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Port Isabel honors Bishop Garriga in centennial tribute
The Port Isabel Press dedicates its issue to Bishop M. S. Garriga of the Corpus Christi Diocese a Port Isabel native born May 31 1886. The piece highlights his 50 years as a priest 25 years as a bishop and his leadership across Texas and Louisiana including his wartime chaplaincy and role in founding St. Cecilia parish and St. John Seminary.
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South Texas
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Point Isabel
Brownsville
St. John’s Orphanage
San Antonio
St. Mary's College
Kansas
St. Francis Seminary
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Incarnate Word Convent
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Devine
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Msgr
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Richard Vershaffelt
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Texas Historical Commission
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Siene
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
St. Peter's Church
Laredo
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Jerusalem
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Port
Bishop M. S. Garriga
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