dunn found a rapidly growing diocese and encouraged church building on an unprecedented scale. the first stone of the church of the holy spirit in west bridgford was laid by bishop thomas dunn in 1929. he introduced the daily recitation of the divine office by the cathedral clergy and gave a more prominent place to the use of plainchant in the liturgy. in 1918, the xavierian brothers established their novitiate at deeping st james. the following year the capuchins transferred the seraphic college from cowley to panton hall. towards the end of his tenure, the diocese acquired padley chapel as a pilgrimage center.