O'GOR'MAN, THOMAS (1843— ). An Ameri can bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, born in Boston, Mass. Ile lived in Chicago and in Saint Paul, Minn., until 1853, and for twelve years thereafter studied in France. In 1867 he took a pastoral charge in Rochester. Minn., but left it in 1878 to become a member of the I'aulist community in New York City for four years, and was then pastor at Faribault, Aline., until 1885. The following year he went to Saint Thomas College. Saint Paul. as professor of dogmatic theology, and was the first president of that in stitution. In 1890-95 lie was professor of mod ern Church history in the Catholic University. Washington. 1). C. Ile received his D.D. degree from the Pope in 1893, and in 1896 was conse crated Bishop of Sioux Falls, S. D. His publiea tions include A History of the Boman Catholic; Church in the United Ntalcs (1895).
0GOWAI, 6'gt?'wV, or OGOVE, t3'gelvtl'. The principal river of French Congo, equatorial West Africa. It rises about 150 miles northwest of Stanley Pool, and flows first northwestward through extensive savannas, and then westward through a dense forest region, where it leaves the inland plateau in a series of falls and rapids. Finally turning southwestward, it enters the Atlantic Ocean through a large delta in latitude 1° S. The Ogowai flows through a densely popu lated country, but, owing to its numerous rapids, its commercial importance is not as great as it was thought to be before its upper course was explored. Its length is over 700 miles, and it is navigable for small steamers a distance of 200 miles from its mouth. Along its banks are a number of European trading stations.