"The maintenance of religion and its ministers in Spain and her colonies was not an act of mere piety or generosity towards the Church, but a partial and meagre compensation to the Church for repeated spoliations, particularly during the last century."
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William Ambrose Jones
William Ambrose Jones (July 21, 1865 – February 17, 1921) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Puerto Rico.
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