COMMISSION FOR CATHOLIC MISSIONS AMONG COLORED PEOPLE AND INDIANS
Record Group 2 of Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records
Commission Diocesan Aid Applications and Reports -- African Americans, 1886-1974, 1976

Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 1 1 Albany, New York, Diocese of, 1969
5-2 - - Alexandria, Louisiana, Diocese of
5-2 1 2 1911-1916, 1921-1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Diocese of
5-2 1 3 1925, 1959-1960
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Amarillo, Texas, Diocese of
5-2 1 4 1943-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Arlington, Virginia, Diocese of
5-2 1 5 1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Atlanta, Georgia, Archdiocese of
5-2 1 6 1956-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Austin, Texas, Archdiocese of
5-2 1 7 1948-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Baltimore, Maryland, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1893, 1900, 1902-1903, 1905-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 1 8 1909-1916, 1922-1944
5-2 1 9 1945-1961, 1963-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Baton Rouge, Diocese of
5-2 1 10 1962-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Beaumont, Texas, Diocese of
5-2 1 11 1967-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Belleville, Illinois, Diocese of
5-2 2 1 1922-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, 1909, 1914, 1921-1922, 1924-1960 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - Birmingham, Alabama, Diocese of
5-2 2 2 1970-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 2 3 Boston, Massachusetts, Archdiocese of,1954, 1974
5-2 2 4 Brooklyn, New York, Diocese of, 1909, 1923, 1942, 1974
5-2 - - Brownsville, Texas, Vicariate Apostolic of, 1890-1904, 1906-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Buffalo, New York, Diocese of
5-2 2 5 1922, 1924-1951, 1953-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Camden, New Jersey, Diocese of
5-2 2 6 1940-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Cap-Haitien and Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Diocese of, 1921-1927, 1931-- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - Charleston, South Carolina, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1889-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 2 7 1972-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Charlotte, North Carolina, Diocese of
5-2 2 8 1972- 1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series 5-2

Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Chicago, Illinois, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1892-1899, 1901-1906, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 2 9 1910-1916, 1926-1927, 1931, 1933, 1939-1942
5-2 - - Cincinnati, Ohio, Archdiocese/Diocese of
5-2 - - 1890, 1895, 1905 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 2 10 1913
5-2 2 11 Cleveland, Ohio, Diocese of, 1924-1925, 1930-1931, 1933-1935, 1961, 1970
5-2 - - Columbus, Ohio, Diocese of
5-2 2 12 1916, 1926, 1940, 1948, 1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Corpus Christi, Texas, Diocese of
5-2 3 1 1926-1927, 1929-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Covington, Kentucky, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1888-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 3 2 1900-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Dallas, Texas, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1896-1900, 1905, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 3 3 1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 3 4 1948-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 3 5 Detroit, Michigan, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1915-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 4 1 Erie, Pennsylvania, Diocese of, 1925, 1948-1974

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Evansville, Indiana, Diocese of
5-2 4 2 1945-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Fall River, Massachusetts, Diocese of, 1906 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - Fort Worth, Texas, Diocese of
5-2 4 3 1970-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 4 4 Fresno, California, Diocese of
5-2 4 4 1941-1942, 1944-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Galveston-Houston (Galveston), Texas, Archdiocese/Diocese of
5-2 - - 1887, 1889-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 4 5 1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Grand Rapids, Michigan, Diocese of
5-2 4 6 1963-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans)
5-2 - - 1925, 1935-1936, 1948-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Indianapolis, Indiana, Archdiocese/Diocese of
5-2 - - 1906, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 4 7 1909, 1911, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Josephite Fathers (Josephites)
5-2 - - 1909, 1913-1916, 1922, 1924-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Kansas City (Leavenworth), Kansas, Archdiocese/Diocese of
5-2 - - 1887, 1889-1890, 1892-1903, 1905-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 4 8 1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, Diocese of
5-2 5 1 1910-1916, 1922, 1924-1946, 1948-1957, 1959-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Lafayette, Louisiana, Diocese of
5-2 5 2 1921-1922, 1924-1937
5-2 5 3 1938-1956
5-2 5 4 1957-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 5 5 Lansing, Michigan, Diocese of
5-2 5 5 1971, 1973-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 6 1 Lincoln, Nebraska, Diocese of, 1944-1959
5-2 - - Little Rock, Arkansas, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1889-1890, 1893-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 6 2 1909-1916, 1922-1924
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 6 3 Los Angeles, California, Archdiocese of, 1926, 1932, 1940-1970
5-2 - - Louisville, Kentucky, Archdiocese/Diocese of
5-2 - - 1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1902, 1904-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 6 4 1910, 1913-1915, 1922-1974
5-2 - - Memphis, Tennessee, Diocese of
5-2 6 5 1971-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 6 6 Miami, Florida, Archdiocese of
5-2 6 6 1959-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Archdiocese of
5-2 6 7 1921-1923, 1925-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Mobile, Alabama, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1886-1894, 1898-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 7 1 1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1946
5-2 7 2 1947-1961
5-2 7 3 1962-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Nashville, Tennessee, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1888-1893, 1897-1900, 1902-1905, 1907-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 7 4 1909-1916, 1922-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Natchez-Jackson (Natchez), Mississippi, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1886-1887, 1889-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 7 5 1909-1916, 1921-1922, 1924-1953
5-2 8 1 1954-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Natchitoches, Louisiana, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1888-1902, 1905-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 8 2 1909-1910
5-2 - - Newark, New Jersey, Diocese of, 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - New Orleans, Louisiana, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1889-1897, 1899-1903, 1906-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 8 3 1907, 1909-1912, 1914-1916, 1922, 1924, 1951
5-2 8 4 1952-1966
5-2 8 5 1967-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - New York, New York, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1889-1894, 1897-1900, 1902-1906, 1908 -- see -- Additions. part 1
5-2 - - (For the Bahamas), 1892-1901, 1903-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 8 6 1909-1915, 1917, 1921-1922, 1924-1951
5-2 9 1 1952-1963, 1965, 1968-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Oakland, California, Diocese of
5-2 9 2 1963, 1965-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Archdiocese of
5-2 9 3 1924-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Omaha, Nebraska, Archdiocese of
5-2 9 4 1922-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Orlando, Florida, Diocese of
5-2 9 5 1968-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Owensboro, Kentucky, Diocese of
5-2 9 6 1940-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 9 7 Paterson, New Jersey, Diocese of, 1944
5-2 - - Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, Diocese of, 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 9 8 Peoria, Illinois, Diocese of, 1925, 1930-1932, 1935

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1890, 1892-1900, 1902 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 9 9 1909-1915, 1921-1922, 1924-1943
5-2 10 1 1944-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Phoenix, Arizona, Diocese of
5-2 10 2 1940-1973
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1889-1892, 1894-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 10 3 1909, 1911-1916
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Portland, Oregon, Archdiocese of
5-2 10 4 1939-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Raleigh, North Carolina, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1887, 1900-1903 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 10 5 1925-1953
5-2 10 6 1954-1970, 1972-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 10 7 Reno, Nevada, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1955, 1963-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Richmond, Virginia, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1889-1890, 1894-1900, 1902-1904 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 11 1 1909, 1911-1916, 1922-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Rockville Centre, New York, Diocese of
5-2 11 2 1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Sacramento, California, Diocese of
5-2 11 3 1972
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Saginaw, Michigan, Diocese of
5-2 11 4 1972
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series 5-2

Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - St. Augustine, Florida, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1887-1900, 1902-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - 1909-1916, 1921-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 11 6 St. Joseph, Missouri, Diocese of, 1927-1936, 1947-1955
5-2 - - St. Louis, Missouri, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1887-1890, 1894, 1896, 1898-1903, 1905, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 11 7 1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1945, 1948, 1951-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1900-1912 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 11 8 1940, 1972-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - St. Petersburg, Florida, Diocese of
5-2 11 9 1968-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - San Antonio, Texas, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1889-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1901, 1904-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 12 1 1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - San Diego, California, Diocese of
5-2 12 2 1941-1972, 1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - San Francisco, California, Archdiocese of
5-2 - - 1888, 1893-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 12 3 1938-1939, 1942-1963, 1969-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Savannah, Georgia, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1887-1897, 1901-1907 – see – Additions, part 1
5-2 12 4 1909-1916, 1922, 1924, 1926-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 12 5 Seattle, Washington, Archdiocese of, 1948-1967
5-21 12 6 Sioux City, Iowa, Diocese of, 1964
5-2 - - Society of African Missions, 1922, 1924-1926, 1934, 1947-1974 – see – Additions, part 1
5-2 - - Society of the Divine Word, St. Augustine’s Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1923-1936, 1938-1974 – see – Additions, part 1
5-2 12 7 Springfield, Illinois, Diocese of, 1940-1941
5-2 - - Toledo, Ohio, Diocese of
5-2 12 8 1935-1964, 1968, 1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 12 9 Trenton, New Jersey, Diocese of, 1925

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Tulsa, Oklahoma, Diocese of
5-2 12 10 1973-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Verona Fathers (Camboni Missionaries [Sons of the Sacred Heart])
5-2 - - 1958-1959, 1962-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Washington, D.C., Archdiocese of
5-2 13 1 1948-1964
5-2 13 2 1965-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Wichita, Kansas, Diocese of
5-2 13 3 1935-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2
5-2 - - Wilmington, Delaware, Diocese of
5-2 - - 1891-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 13 4 1909-1914, 1916, 1919, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - 1976 -- see -- Additions, part 2

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Series 5-2

Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 13 5 Youngstown, Ohio, Diocese of, 1945-1958
5-2 - - Additions, part 1
5-2 13 6 Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, 1909, 1914, 1921-1922, 1924-1960
5-2 14 1 Cap-Haitien and Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Diocese of, 1921-1927, 1931
5-2 14 2 Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans), 1925, 1935-1936, 1948-1974
5-2 - - Josephite Fathers (Josephites)
5-2 14 3 1909, 1913-1916, 1922, 1924-1944
5-2 14 4 1945-1974
5-2 14 5 Society of African Missions, 1922, 1924-1926, 1934, 1947-1974
5-2 14 6 Society of the Divine Word, St. Augustine's Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1923-1936, 1938-1974
5-2 14 7 Verona Fathers (Comboni Missionaries), 1958-1959, 1962-1974
5-2 15 1 Baltimore, Maryland, Archdiocese of, 1893, 1900, 1902-1903, 1905-1907
5-2 15 2 Brownsville, Texas, Vicariate Apostolic of, 1890-1904, 1906-1907

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Additions, part 1, continued
5-2 15 3 Charleston, South Carolina, Diocese of, 1889-1908
5-2 15 4 Chicago, Illinois, Archdiocese of, 1892-1899, 1901-1906, 1908
5-2 15 5 Cincinnati, Ohio, Diocese of, 1890, 1895, 1905
5-2 15 6 Covington, Kentucky, Diocese of, 1888-1908
5-2 15 7 Dallas, Texas, Diocese of, 1896-1900, 1905, 1908
5-2 15 8 Fall River, Massachusetts, Diocese of, 1906
5-2 15 9 Galveston, Texas, Diocese of, 1887, 1889-1908
5-2 15 10 Indianapolis, Indiana, Diocese of, 1906, 1908
5-2 15 11 Leavenworth, Kansas, Diocese of, 1887, 1889-1890, 1892-1903, 1905-1908
5-2 15 12 Little Rock, Arkansas, Diocese of, 1889-1890, 1893-1908
5-2 15 13 Louisville, Kentucky, Diocese of, 1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1902, 1904-1908
5-2 15 14 Mobile, Alabama, Diocese of, 1886-1894, 1898-1908

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Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Additions, part 1, continued
5-2 15 15 Nashvile, Tennessee, Diocese of, 1888-1893, 1897-1900, 1902-1905, 1907-1908
5-2 15 16 Natchez, Mississippi, Diocese of, 1886-1887, 1889-1907
5-2 16 1 Natchitoches, Louisiana, Diocese of, 1888-1902, 1905-1908
5-2 16 2 New Orleans, Louisiana, Diocese of, 1889-1897, 1899-1903, 1906-1907
5-2 - - New York, New York, Archdiocese of
5-2 16 3 1889-1894, 1897-1900, 1902-1906, 1908
5-2 16 4 (For the Bahamas), 1892-1901, 1903-1907
5-2 16 5 Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Diocese of, 1887-1889, 1892-1898, 1901-1903, 1905-1907
5-2 16 6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Archdiocese of, 1890, 1892-1900, 1902
5-2 16 7 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Diocese of, 1889-1892, 1894-1907
5-2 16 8 Raleigh, North Carolina, Diocese of, 1887, 1890-1893
5-2 16 9 Richmond, Virginia, Diocese of, 1889-1890, 1894-1900, 1902, 1904

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Series 5-2

Series Box Folder Folder Title
5-2 - - Additions, part 1, continued
5-2 16 10 St. Augustine, Florida, Diocese of, 1887-1900, 1902-1908
5-2 16 11 St. Louis, Missouri, Archdiocese of, 1887-1890, 1894, 1896, 1898-1903, 1905, 1908
5-2 16 12 St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, Archdiocese of, 1900-1912
5-2 16 13 San Antonio, Texas, Diocese of, 1889-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1901, 1904-1908
5-2 16 14 San Francisco, California, Archdiocese of, 1888, 1893-1908
5-2 16 15 Savannah, Georgia, Diocese of, 1887-1897, 1901-1907
5-2 16 16 Wilmington, Delaware, Diocese of, 1891-1908
5-2 - - Additions, part 2 (Not included in microfilm edition)
5-2 17 1 Alexandria, Louisiana, Diocese of, to Lansing, Michigan, Diocese of, 1976
5-2 17 2 Memphis, Tennessee, Diocese of, to Rockville Centre, New York, Diocese of, 1976
5-2 17 3 Sacramento, California, Diocese of, to Wilmington, Delaware, Diocese of, 1976
5-2 17 4 Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans), Josephite Fathers (Josephites), Sons of the Sacred Heart/ Verona Fathers (Comboni Missionaries), 1976