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BISHOP FAMED FOR HIS Alo·TO NEEDY New Head of Diocese of San DiegoChampion of Unfortunate. (By :N. O. J. 0. News SerniceJ St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 7.-J\Iost Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral here, wJ10 has been named .,Bishop of the newly-created Diocese of San Di– ego, is a priest of widespread popu- 1 arity and is particularly well J,nown for his tireless efforts jn behalf of the destitute and the sicl-:. Bishop-elect Buddy established on Jauuary 1, l 930, St. Vincent's Cafeteria- and Men's Shelter for the destitute of this city and for tran– sients. This agency provided an average of 3,000 1neals a day to the ueedy and gave lodgings to some 700 men. In 1934, St. Vincent's Cafeteria e.nd Men's Shelter was taken over by the Federal Govern– ment as a transient shelter. When >\'Ord of bis appointment as Ordinary of the See of San Diego was received here, Bishop– elect Buddy was praying in the

In addition to being well known for his charitable, sociological and civic work, hiB labors ;:i.s e. mem– ber of the C ommunity Chest board and as a member of the city board of health, Bishop-elect Buddy is distinguished as an administrator. He has carried out many improve– m.ents to St. Joseph's Cathed:r,a,l, in– c luding its c omplete redecoration, since he became its rector on March ll, 1926. He also inaugurat– ed an information f o rum, through which a total of 1,000 converts have been brought into the Church. The name Budd y has been traced back in this country to Colonial days. At one time the name was sp elled Buda, at another Buddi and at a nother Buddoi. About ·a cen– tury ago the name was changed to the n1o re An'lerican form of Buddy. The Bishop-elect was born in this city, O ct. 4, 1887. His father, Charles A. Buddy, a native of Al– lentown, Pa., died in 1927. His mother, J.virs. Annie F'arrell Buddy, a native of this city, died on March 23, 1936. Mrs. Buddy's parents were immigrants from County Cav?.n. Ireland. After making his ~lementary ,st u d ieo at the parochial school t h en known as "Little Convent," und er the directio n of the Religious of the Sacred Heart, Bishop-elect Bud dy attended the Christian Brothers· school, here; the high ~cb o ol department o( St. Benedict's C ollege, tchisou, Kan.. and St. :;\[ary's College. SL :Mary's, Kan. Then followed two years of philos– ophical studies and four years of theo logical studies at the North .\ m.erican College in Ro1ne. He r,.ceived the degree Doctor or Phil– osophy from the Propaganda Col– lege, Ro1ue, in 1911. He was or– dained to the priesthood in the Basilica of St. ,John Lateran, Rome, o n Sept. 19. 1914. He remained iu the Eternal City until July 1, 19i15, t o c omplete his stud ies. Cbancello 1· or Diocese Returning 1o th United Srates, the ~l:sl1op-ch:ct w,:,,, named s-

sistant Rector of St. Joseph's Calh- I edral, here, Aug. 1, 1916. On Oct. 1, 1917, he was appointed Chan– cellor of tl,e Diocese of St. Joseph and Secretary to the late Bishop l\Iaurice F. Burke. In January, 1923, he was named Dio cesan Di– rector of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, an , office he has held ever since. In 1925, the l ate Bishop Francis Gilfillan named the Bisho p-elect to organize a parish and to build a church for Color€d people. On Dec. 8, 1928, St. Augustine':! Church was dedicated. When, on 1\Iarch 11, 1926, he was named Rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral, he was also named Administrn_to r of Diocesan Cemeteries. He was named a Diocesan C o nsultor in J.!127, and a. judge of the Diocesan M l.1·i'J:1onial Court in 1931. The ye.u·s between 1930 and 1934 saw tile develoment and successful operation of St. Vincent's Cafeteria and :tvren's Shelter, a pro ject which has been warmly praised in n1an) quarters. Bishop-elect seven children. Buddy is one His o lder brotl1er. Dr. Edward P. Buddy, is a promi- 1 nent St. Louis physician. A sister, Sister Mary Magd a len. is Superior o f Sacred Heart Academy, Ogden, Utah. Other sisters li,ing arc Mrs. Louis J. Dan duran t, of this city, and 11.trs. D a niel J . Red m o n d , o f Lau reli o n, L. I.

:110!,,T .REV. CHARLl<.:;S BUDDY Cathedral. He had just returned fru11, a meeting of the Community Chest, after which he had called upon a number of parishioners. School Health Oli1lics Another highly successful unde1·– ta king launched by the Bishop– elect is the progra1n of care for 1 dernourished children of the athedral School. He al::;o e.rrangcd a program of health clinics for the children of the school, for which doctors. Sisters and nurses at St. Joseph's Hospital volunteered their sen•ices.