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| | Handbook of Texas Online: SHAW, JOHN WILLIAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | John William Shaw, fourth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Antonio, was born on December 12, 1863, in Mobile, Alabama, to Patrick and Elizabeth (Smith) Shaw. |
 | | Shaw was subsequently appointed administrator of the Texas diocese on May 18, 1910. |
 | | On January 25, 1918, Bishop Shaw was appointed archbishop of New Orleans, a position he held until his death, on November 2, 1934. |
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