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in the cemetery here. Her mother lived to be 104 years old, and her father, 73.
The name Delozier is an Anglicised form of the French surname De Lozier (that last syllable, "ier" being pronounced ya). De Lozier means "of Lozier," as we in English often use the preposition "of" preceding a Christian name to distinguish persons.
There are many Deloziers in the parish of St. Augustine and faithful members of the Church.
The Diocese of Altoona
And Its Bishops
The Diocese of Pittsburgh having grown numerically too large to be attended by one bishop on account of the merging into one diocese of the two divisions of the former Diocese of Pittsburg after the resignation of Bishop Domence and the assumption for a time of the administration of the Diocese of Allegheny by Bishop Tuigg, the Diocese of Altoona was formed by order of Pope Leo XIII. in 1901, including with its bounds the counties of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Fulton, Huntingdon and Somerset in the state of Pennsylvania, and Rt. Rev. M's'g'r Eugene A. Garvey, Rector of St. John's parish, Pittston, the largest parish in the Diocese of Scranton, and Vicar General of that diocese, was appointed to the bishopric of the new diocese.
Sketch of the Life and Labors of
Rt. Rev. Eugene A. Garvey
Rt. Rev. E. A. Garvey was born in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pa., 1845. He made his preparatory studies for the priesthood at Ellicott City, Md., and Glen Riddle, Pa., and continued his studies at the old St. Charles Seminary, Eighteenth and Race streets, Philadelphia. He was ordained by Bishop O'Hara in Scranton, September, 1869, and was sent as assistant to Father Boethe, a German priest at Honesdale. In December, 1870, he was appointed pastor of the Holy Ghost Church, Athens, to which was attached the mission of Ridgeburg, eleven miles distant. In December, 1871, he was sent to take charge of
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