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12 New Archdioceses ; ' I 3 Dioceses Established In U . S. by Pope Pius Pallium Conferred Wednesday at Vatican Upon Arch- bishop Cantwell of Los Angeles at Same Ceremony ·with Newark and Louisville Prelates; To Name New Bishops

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'fwo ew Archdioceses, Three Dioceses Created by Pope Pius XI, Raising umber of Sees to 111; Au. iliary 1 amed in Detroit; Bi ·hops Floersh, Walsh Elevated WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-The number of Ecclesiasti- cal Privinces in the United States has been raised to 19 by the creation of two new Archdioceses. This is one of a group of announcements contained in word from Vatican City received at the Apostolic Delega- tion here today, and ,vhich are of profound importance to ted States during the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Pius XI. Three have been established in New Archbishops 1937 and four in the last eighteea months. the Church in this country. For one thing, five new Provinces have now been established in the Uni-

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At the same time three new Sees have been created, bringing the number of diocese up to 92, including the Ukrainian Greek \ Catholic Diocese and the Diocese I of Pittsburgh (Greek Rite). This 1 is a net gain of one diocese, for though three new diocese are now ' created, two existing ones have been raised to archdioceses. dignity, th-.:ee new Bishops are to be cre- ated, and an Auxiliary Bishop is named for an archdiocese already existing. Changes Are Listed The Diocese of Louisville, one of the oldest in the United States -having been erected originally at Bardstown in 1808-is created the Archdiocese of Louisville. The Diocese of Newark, estab- lished in 1853, is created the Arch- diocese of Newark. The Most Rev. John A. Floersh, Bishop of Louisville, becomes Archbishop of Luisville, and the I Most Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, Bishop of Newark, becomes Arch- bishop of Newark. A new Diocese of Paterson is created by a division of what was the Diocese of Newark. A new Diocese of Camden is created by a division of the Diocese of Tren- ton. A new Diocese of Owensboro is created by a division of what was the Diocese of Louisville. It was also announced today that the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Stephen Woznicki, pastor of the Church of St. Hyacinth, Detroit, has been named Titular Bishop of Pelte and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit. Receive Pallium Archbishop Walsh and Arch- bishop Floersh will receive the Pallium by proxy at the Secret Co11,sistory to be held at the Vati- can Monday. At the same time the Pallium will be conferred, also l1v proxy, upon the Most Rev. John J. Cantwell, Archbishop of Los Angeles, and the Most Rev. Ed- ward Mooney, Archbishop of De- l troit. Both Archbishops have been named since the last Consistory. The names of the Bishops of the three new United States dio- ceses are expected to be an- nounced at the Public Consistory on Thursday. Territory Covered The Ecclesiastical Province of Newark embraces all of the State of New Jersey, which heretofore was part of the Ecclesiastical Pro- vince of New York. Besides the Metropolitan See of Newark, the Province will have as Suffragan Sees ·the already existing Diocese of Trenton and the new Dioceses of Camden and Paterson. The Diocese of Paterson will embrace three counties in the of New Jersey, while the (ContinuPd on page 81 Two American Bishops are raised to archiepiscopal

Archbishop Floersch was or- Covington in Kentucky, and the dained to the priesthood and con- 1 new Diocese of Owensboro in secrated Bishop in Rome. He went Kentucky. to the Diocese of Louisville first as The Diocese of Owensboro will Coadjutor Bishop, after having embrace 32 counties in western served on the staff of the Apos-- Kentucky. tolic Delegation in Washington for a decade. Archbishop Noted Scholar Born at Nashville, Tenn , Oct0- ber 25, 1886, Archbishop Floer.,;h received his early education in th~ parochial schools of that city. L:i- ter he went to Rome to study at Propaganda College, and he wa, sey under his episcopal jurisdic- ordained in the Eternal City on tion. He undertakes his new of- June lO, 191 1. He returned to th~ fices with a widespread reputation United States and was stationed as a scholar, with a wealth of ex- at St. Patrick's Church, Memphis, perience, and with a brilliant rec- for a short while before bein~ ord of accomplishments. called to the Apostolic Delegation. Born at Parker's Landing, Pa., Archbishop Floersh joined thr, in 1 87 3, Bishop Walsh made Apostolic Delegation staff as S?<> studies at the College and Semi- retary to the Apostolic Delegate. nary of !St. Bonaventure. Alie- then Archbishop John Bonza:::i.o. gany, N. Y., and at the Appolin- He accompanied Archbishp Bon- aris College the Pontifical Roman zano to Rome when the Papal Seminary Rome. At the latter he Delegate was recalled there iu received the degrees _/Doctor of 1922 for elevation to the Sacred Divinity and Doctor of Canon College of Cardinals. He was in Law. In 1913, St. Bonaventure's the Eternal City when it was an- conferred the degn,e Doctor of nounced that he had been named Laws upon him. Titular Bishop of Lycopolis and Ordai~ed to the priesthood in Coadjutor to Bishop Denis O'Don- 1900, Bishop Walsh returned ~o aghue of Louisville. the United s.tat~s frcm Rome and I Cardinal Bonzano officiated at became an Assistant at St. Jo- j Arshbishop Floersh's episcopal seph's aCthedral, Buffalo. In the consecration in lhe chapel of First as Bishop of Trenton and then as Bishop of Newark, Arch- bishop Walsh at various times has had all of the State of New Jer-

same year he was named Se:::re- tary to Bishop James E. Quigle:v. later Archbi.:;hcp of Chicago, and occupied the rnme post with hi5 successor, Bishop Charles H. Col- j ton. Under Bishop Colton, Bishop VVe.lsh served e.s Chancellor of the Diocese of Buffalo, an office to which he was reappointed by Bishop Dennis J. Dougherty, now the Cardinal Archbishop of Phila- delphia. From 1915 to 1918. hv was also Rector of St. Joseph's Old Cathedral. Consecrated Bishop of Trenton on July 25, 1918, Bishop Walsh governed that See with distinction until he was transferred to the Diocese of Newark on March 2, 1928. In 1922, the Holy Father honored him with appointment as an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne. In 1926, he was again honored when he was designated to give the Eucharistic Blessing in the presence of the Pope, a pTivilege never theretofore accord- ed any American Bishop. The in- cident occurred while Bishop Walsh was in Rome for the beati-

Propaganda College, Rome, on April 8, 1923. The co-consecrators were Aishbishop, now Cardinal, Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani and Arshbishop Michele Cerrati. Archbishop Floersh received a warm welcome upon his arrival in the Diocese of Louisville, in June, 1923. and succeeded as Bishop of Louisville on July 26, 1924. follow- ing the retirement of Bishop 0'- Donaghue because of ill health. Bishop-elect Woznicki was sec- retary for 18 years to the late Bishop Michael J. Gallagher of Detroit. He was born at Miners Mills, Pa., August 7, 1894. He made his studies for the priesthood at the Seminary of SS. Cyril and Metho- dius at Orchard Lake, Mich., and at the Seminary of St. Paul. l\Iinn. He was ordained to the prielithood in 1917. Bishop-elect Woznicki has been pastor of St. Hyacinth's Church since last December, and holds the position of "Officialis'' in t, h c

The Most Rev. Thomas J. Walsh (UPJler photo) Bishop of Newark, has been named Archbishop of Newark and the Most Rev. John A. Floersch, Bishop of Louisville, has been named Archbishop of Louisville.

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