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Reverend Father has filled various official 

 posts, including that of Secretary to the 

 Chapter of the Cathedral of Havana; Chap- 

 lain of the Choir ; Secretary of the Records 

 (Sumario) ; Secretary and Prosecutor of the 

 Bishops of Havana and Cienfuegos; Curate 

 and Vicar of Sagua la Grande; Curate of 

 Cruces, Laias, and Cienfuegos; Adminis- 

 trator of the House of Correction, and pro- 

 fessor of the four courses in Latin and the 

 Humanities in the Seminary ot Havana. 



In 1907 Father Ruiz was appointed 

 Bishop of Pinar del Rio. He was desig- 

 nated in April, 1907, consecrated in Cien- 

 fuegos on the eleventh of June, and took 

 possession of his charge on the tenth of July 

 of the same year, where he continues. 



He is the author of various Pastoral 

 Letters, has translated The Heart of Jesus 

 of Nazareth, and is the author of Liras y 

 Estrofas, poems published under the pseu- 

 donym " Lucas del Cigarral," and a volume 

 Impresiones de un Viaje a Tierra Santa. 



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