The newly appointed judge of Uie Victorian Supreme Court, Mr. Leo F. B. Oussen, is a Catholic. The Right Rev. Dr. 'Ch.inrion, S.M., Bishop of Cariopolis, and Vicar- Apostolic of New Caledonia, successor to the late Bi-hon Frnyssc, was consecrated in St. Joseph's, Noumea, »on February 25. The ceremony was a vrry imipressive one, all the colonial officials and over a t^'ouramd Heor'p attc J ndtinsr. Addie^es of "welcome anil conejratuli 17m w*re e,iv<'n, to which the new prelate made a suitable response. Dr, Chanrion was appointed administrator of the diores<? on the death of Dr. Fraysse in September last. He lias been laboring; on the missions in New Caledonia for some years, and is very popular with priests and people.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 13, 29 March 1906, Page 31
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