SEBASTIAN, Saint - Current state of the crypt of St. Sebastian in the cemetery ad catacumbas. The altar is placed over the remains of the loculus where the relics of the Saint were deposited. Rome.
striped, the University directed by the Jesuits (S. University), 2 colleges, 4 orphanages, 13 hospitals.
The Hudson Bay Company conducted trade in the territory, and many French-Canadians were among the workers. Dr. Giovanni McLoughlin, head at Vancouver, requested priests in 1834-35 from Msgr. G. Norberto Provencher, bishop of Red River, and from Msgr. Signay of Quebec. Priests were scarce, and the bishops could not respond affirmatively to the request. The Company, on the other hand, refused to transport the missionaries. Finally, in 1837, Rev. F. N. Blanchet and Rev. N. Demers set out for the northwest and arrived at Vancouver on 24 Nov. 1838. Rev. Blanchet opened a mission at Cowlitz, which became the mother church of the northwest; he built a church there in 1839. After 1839, he settled at St. Paul (Oregon), while Rev. Demers remained at Cowlitz, and a few years later the Oblates of Mary Immaculate opened missions for the indigenous peoples.
On 24 July 1846, Pius IX created the diocese of Walla Walla and appointed Rev. Magliore Blanchet as its first bishop, while Rev. Demers was named bishop of Vancouver and consecrated on 8 Sept. 1860; the diocese took the name of St. in September 1907.
SEBA (Heb. Šebha', "oath"?), "the seven [gods]"). - A Benjaminite, son of Bochri (Gen. 46:21), the "pestilent man" mentioned in II Sam. 20. He stirred DAVIDE (v.) just as the rebellion of Absalom was concluding. He traversed all Israel as far as the extreme north to gather followers, but few heeded him. Pursued by David's men, he shut himself up in Abel Beth-Maachah, whose inhabitants, however, cut off his head and threw it to the besiegers.