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(Burlingtonensis).
Diocese established 14 July, 1853; comprises the whole State of Vermont, U.S.A. an area of 9135 square miles. The territory now making up the State of Vermont was not only discovered but first settled by Catholics. Champlain bestowed on the State in 1609 the name it bears and the first Mass said within its boundaries was offered up in 1666 by a
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