Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Victoria, Texas, diocese of Comprises the counties of Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria, Wharton and Fayette west of the Colorado River. Founded on 13 April 1982. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Victoria New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Victoria-Palmerston, Australia, diocese of Founded as the Vicariate Apostolic of Port Essington in 1845. Elevated to the diocese of Victoria on 27 May 1847. Jesuits missionaries landed at Palmerston (modern Darwin) on 24 September 1882. On 10 August 1888 the name was changed to the diocese of Victoria-Palmerston. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart took over … Continue reading “Victoria-Palmerston, Australia, diocese of”

Victoria Nyanza, Southern Vicariate apostolic erected from the mission of Nyanza, 13 June, 1894, lies north of the Vicariate of Unyanyembe, and comprises the land surrounding the southern half of Lake Victoria Nyzanza from Lake Kivu in the west to Lake Natron in the east, on the Anglo-German frontier (36º E). The mission thus including … Continue reading “Victoria Nyanza, Southern”

Victoria Nyanza, Northern The Mission of Victoria Nyanza, founded in 1878 by the White Fathers of Cardinal Lavigerie, was erected into a vicariate apostolic 31 May, 1883, with Mgr. Livinhac as the first vicar Apostolic. When the latter was raised to the superior-generalship of the Society of White Fathers (October, 1889), the Holy See appointed … Continue reading “Victoria Nyanza, Northern”

Victoria, Australia, diocese of Founded as the Vicariate Apostolic of Port Essington in 1845. Elevated to the diocese of Victoria on 27 May 1847. Jesuits missionaries landed at Palmerston (modern Darwin) on 24 September 1882. On 10 August 1888 the name was changed to the diocese of Victoria-Palmerston. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart took over … Continue reading “Victoria, Australia, diocese of”

Victoria (VICTORIEN. IN INS. VANCOUVER.) Diocese in southwestern British Columbia, of which province it is the capital, was known until recently, first, as the Diocese, and later, as the Archdiocese of Vancouver. It is the mother-diocese of British Columbia, for at its establishment in 1847 it comprised the mainland of this province and all the … Continue reading “Victoria”

Victor Vitensis An African bishop of the Province of Byzacena (called VITENSIS from his See of Vita), b. probably about 430. His importance rests on his “Historia pesecutionis Africanae Provinciae, temporibus Geiserici et Hunirici regum Wandalorum”. This is mainly a contemporary narrative of the cruelties practised against the orthodox Christians of Northern Africa by the … Continue reading “Victor Vitensis”

Victor Tununensis Victor (48) Tununensis, an African bishop and chronicler. He was a zealous supporter of the “Three Chapters,” enduring much persecution after 556 and till his death c. 567, both in his own province and in Egypt. Of his Chronicle, from the creation to a.d.. 566, only the portion 444-566 remains, dealing almost exclusively … Continue reading “Victor Tununensis”

Victor, St The lists of martyrs and saints in the Roman Catholic Church include an extended series of personages named VICTOR, concerning whom see AusJ’ihrl. Heil. Lexikon and the accompanying Kalender (Cologne and Frankfort, 1719), p. 2262-2271. See Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Victor Regnault Catholic physicist. Born 21 July 1810 at Aix-la-Chappelle, France; died on 19 January 1878. Made valuable determinations of the specific heat of solids, liquids, gases, etc., and invented accurate instruments for further investigations in this field. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary