Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (3)

~--- -- ------ Approaching the Throne

SAN DIEGO PLANS GREAT RECEPTION

FOR BISHOP-ELECT CHARIB5 F. BUDDY Diocesan Paper Contains Strong Editorial

v\'hen the ne,vs of the appointment by His Holiness Pope Pius XI of the V ry Rev. Charles F. Buddy, S.T.L., Ph.D., as the Bishop of the newly cre– ated Diocese of San Diego reached The Southern Cross, the diocesan paper of San Diego, Saturday morning. in or– der that Catholics of the diocese might have his biography before the n xt regular issue, an extra edition was put out for distribution at the churches Sunday morning. The bi– ography was accompanied by a th1·ee– column cut of the Bishop-elect. Plans are already being formulated by various Catholic organizations for the reception in San Diego of the prel– ate, who will arrive shortly after his consecration the first of the year as the first Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego and open a chancery office In that city, where his Cathedral parish church will be under the patronage of St. Joseph. Among those participating in his consecration in St. Joseph will be His Excellency Archbishop-elect John J. Cantwell, who will be formally in– ducted into the Archepiscopal office at St. Vibiana's Cathedral in Los An• geles early next month. Prominent in the initial steps of the formulation of plans for a fitting re– ception for San Diego's Bishop are the Knights of Columbus. who are be– ing joined by the Catholic Daughters, the Pan-Pacific Jesuit Association, the Young Ladies' Institute and other or– ganizations. Bishop-elect Buddy is by no means a stranger to Southern California, for 1t has been his custom frequently to 11pend vacation sojourns there, and

terpri e are the center now of a dio– cese, and within a few months the Church's new Bishop will rule over the Church's newest principality. Non-Catholics, as well as Catholic11, In San Diego see in the appointment of the Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy as head of the San Diego See a continu– ance of that Catholic history that haa given San Diego a particularly high place among all cities in the United States. It was here that California had its first Mass and its first martyr. I It was here that the Faith first took root in California soil. It was here that the fount of inspiration for the building of California missions was preserved. And we may hope con– fidently that when the last vestiges of our civilization shall be dissolving the Catholic Church will have her rinal temple on the shores or the Har– bor or the Sun. It is not in a spirit of congratulation to Bishop-elect Buddy and to the Catholic people of San Diego that The Southern Cross writes this brief edi– torial. It is rather in the spirit of humility and gratitude to Almighty God that In His direction or His Church He has seen fit to place Hi11 religion in San Diego directly under the direction o! a successor to the Apostles. The result or this must be a quick- I ening or Faith, an extension or hope, a broadening of charity. And how great must be his joy, as, from the high battlements of Heaven, Junipero Serra and his devoted Franciscans who won their way to glory through the hard way of their work in Califor– nia, look down upon the diocese that has come as the fruit or their labors In soil made blessed by their foot– steps and sanctified by their blood.

:raking Bishop Buddy by the hand, Archbishop Cantwell led bun to tbc throne of St. Didacus, wistalling him there as the First Bishop of San Diego.

MANY FORMER PASTO SHERE FOR CEREMONY Helping t17b people of the Dio– cese of San Diego to realize the importance of the installation of tl: eir bi.;hop by their presence here 'ednesday for the cerlemonies, where over two hundred members of the clergy, many of whom had worketl in San Diego in former year. Thoug-J1 by no means a complete list, 'lhe Soutl11ern Cross was able to recure the names of the major– ity of these very welc-0me visitors. Their names follow: Bishops Mo ·t Rev. C. Hubert LeBlond St. Joseph, I\ o. Most Rev. Francis F. Noll Bi ·hop of Fort Wayne, Indiana Most Rev. Robert Armstrong, D.D. .. Bishop of Sacramento, Calif. Most Rev. Gerald Shaughnessey, I Bishop of Seattle, Wash. M st Rev. Philip G. Scher Bishop of Monterey-Fresno Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey Bishop of Amarillo, Texas l\lost Rev. Joseph 1\1. Gilmore Bi" op of Helena, Mont. l\lcst Rev. Philip Ruggle, O. S. B. Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey at Conception, Mo.

., on egnors

Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jose Gutierret: Los Angeles, Calif. Rt. Rev. Msgr. William J. Forde Los Angeles, Calif. Very Rev. Msgr. A. Verhagen Spokane, Washn. Very Rev. W. Congon Vicar Gt\neral of Spokane Diocese Very Rev. Msgr. Pa.trick Dunne San Bernardino, Calif. Very Rev. Msgr. Verhagan Very Rev. Msgr. Condon Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. P. Brady, V. G. St. .Joseph, Mo. Very Rev. Msgr. .John J. Clifford Los Angeles Very Rev. Msgr. N. Conneally Santa Monica, Calif. Very Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Conaty L-Os An1rnles, Calif. Very Rev. l\fsgr. P. Cornides Pomona, Calif. Very Rev. Msgr. George Donahoe Redondo Beach, Calif. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thos. .J. O'Dw-yer Los Angeles, Calif. Very Rev. JUsgr. M. O'Gorman Los Angeles, Calif. Very Rev. Msgr. B. J. Schiaparelli Wilmington, Calif. Very Rev. l\.Isgr. C. Salman Los Angeles, Calif. l\.I!'"gr. Warin~ N.Y.

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