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lishmeiit of additional aees in Canada West. TD thia end he was
siiecesaiul in having the Second Provincial Council of Quebec, May 28
Julie 4 1854, resolve to form the two new dioeesee of Hamilton and
London. The Holy See acceded t~ the resolution, and iasued Buila ia
1856, establishiiig ~he new sm, and appointing Biehops to them.

Formatioii of the ncw dioceses. de Charbonnet honed. would mean
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an increaee in the nutiiber of clerg in Upper Caneda. This was the
prirne need if Catholieism was to be maintained and to develop in t&
region. More clergy were desperately wanted to tend the spiritual
well-being of the CathoUc population scenered through a vast and
sparsely -settled area, and to take the jnitiativc in the growjng struggle
for the establishment and maintenance oi an adequate system of Catho-
Iic edneation. .4 pephic illustration of de Charbonriel's lack of clergy
is found in a GaIt ~ubmriber's letter to the Toronto Mirror in 1855:
Drar Mirror: it is threp yaare gince we purchased B lot in Calt for a
church eitc, and it was mmir 6ix moniha aIter ~hai time heiore we paid
3s mch as il5 on it. but rh~ wiiiter following His lmdship, ~he Bishop
of Toronto, happened to comp ID Pre5ion, and we had an inierview wiih
His Lordahip. as to how we were situated in Gall. respecling our lot,
snd he promked ue lie would send ue an lrish Priest for a week or two,
snd go His Lord3liip made good liie pmrnipe. ernt us ~hr Rev. hlr.
McNulty, and before Iiis deparLure imm us WC had paid for Our Church
lot with the excepiion of a lew pound*. Now, Sir, we have il al1 peid for
and hold Our bond, and stjll it fitrinde 40, wc have neither a Church nor a
5chool House, thoupli therc are over sirty CsthoIic acholiw~ in Calt oI
arhaol uge, diat is Imm 5 LO 15 yearfi: and, desr Mirror, ut are ahle
enough if we werr only willing - rh~rt LW Churches riaing up in wery
village srnuiid us- and we lisve now; but di we ranl is ~he influence
of a Priest. Hoping in God His Lord~hip mag corne to sre hie and taka
some inlerest in Gali, as we are worse off for s Priest than those who are
in the wild buih. 1 Iiave no doubi if ihe Rer. >Ir. McNiiliy hed bcen
among ue for a few weeks, but we would lisre a School House.. . 1 will
conclude by hoping ilist His Lordèhip wiU take pity on lie poor Catlio-
lice of Celi - and dn something for thcir bene61 -as s man rnuci go La
Guelpli [or a Priefit in ci9r 01 need .. . Galt, 22 Oci., 1855.(+1
The Rev. John Holzer, S.J., missioiiary stationed iii Guelph at the
time expressed reeiet, perhaps even a litrle arinoyanee, at this published
letter:
. . . ihe Biehop of Toron10 did nnt forgei ihe Ca~holics ol Gd!, and inded,
el1 the priesls ut this Diocese know thst iheir well-heloved Bighop and
Chief Pastor feels iiitensely and ur.deruisnds ~horou~hlv, ml1 the spirituel
wsnt3 of his people; tliat he wroie ID 18 Biahops OF Christendom ai one
time, asking 39 it were wi~h suppli~ni knecs, [or ninre co-lahorers, and
thal rreenily. et Si. Joliu's, Ncwloundland, he. in ihc. presence of so meny
illuslriouo prelatrs. deelarmi thal he loves hi* 0ark and is prepared ta
lay down hi6 life, ii necesaaq. Wilh such faeis, iri il not painIul ior us
io hrar our Bishop ndmoui~hed to take some interest in the people of
Gall . . . ? (5)

(4' Th Mirror, Oci. 26, 1855.
(" The Mirror, Nov. 2. 18.55.