Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

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Joseph's Cathedral

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Installation Ceremony

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I Priests And Laymen Wait For Enthronement Of Most Rev. Charles Francis Buddy As Bishop Of San Diego l Catholics from communities all over Southern Californi.a were streaming into this city in great numbers todav to attend the ceremony in St. Joseph\; Cathedral at which th~ :;\fost Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, D. D., ,-ms to be irn,talled as first bishop of the newly established Diocese of San Diego. The visitors included hundreds·b----------

of devout laymen as well as vir- tually all the priests of the South-I

land whose re 1 igious duties per- mitted th em to absent them s e 1 ves ..._,,.--_,_ from their p a r ishe s. Among those who were to make their

obedience be- fore the new b-ishop were idrr-:==w=::::;;~ the Catholic clergy of San Diego, Impe1ial, Riv- erside and San Bernardino coun- ties, which constitute the domain which Pope Pius XI has designat- ed Bishop Buddy as spiritual leader. Tickets admitting their bearers to the cathedral at Third and Beech-sts were eagerly sought. There will be room for only 900 or 1000 eye witnesses to the im- pressive enthronement ceremony. For the benefit of those unable to find places inside the cathedral a system of loud speakers has been installed so that they may follow the audible portion of the cere- mony in the streets outside. All who go to the cathedrnl will be able to catch a glimpse of the participants in the ceremony dur- ing tlle procession from the rec- tory, where vestments will be donned, into the front entrance to the building. Thi3 procession will pass along Beach-st from Fourth to Third-st.

to be enthroned toda. as ruler of the newly created San Diego Dioces~

Bishop Buddy who wa

This picture shows the new bishop of San Diego as 11, apJ>carcd when an altar boy.

St. Joseph's church, 346 Beech-st, was made a cathedral and the ceremony enthroning Bishop Buddy was to be held there this morning.