).The whole vicariate is greatly indebted to him for all the missions he has founded or helped to found; Kimberley, Mafeking and Harrismith have, thanks to him, their churches and presbyteries.When in 1886 a separate vicariate was erected, the Right Reverend Anthony Gaughren, also O.M.I., was appointed the first Vicar Apostolic; he was elected in May, 1886, consecrated on 10 August 1886, and died in Kimberley on 15 January 1901.