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San Diego, Wednesday, August 6, 1969

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SAN ANTONIO RITES HELD New Archbisho Assumes By ROBERT DIVEROLI EVENING TRI UN! ReI;1Ion Wrller SAN A. NIO-The Most ev. FranCJs J Furey be- Post • 1n

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came the third archbishop of San Antonio todav amid pomp and pageantry in 231-ycar-old San F n o Cathedral Th~ f er San Diego bish- op acce t d the cro 1er, or staff \ he of his sp1ritual euthonlY, over some 535,000 Ca!holt ln the San Antonio diocese from Archbishop Luigi Ratmondl. Apostolic Delegate to the Cruted States. Hundreds o f prelates. in- cluding a contmgent from San Diego, formed a procession prececding the two archbish- ops into the cathedral for the 40-mmule mslallation cere- mony. The 700-~eat cathedral was filled lo capacity. The procession m a d e its way to the altar where the yellow. blue and white papal flag and the U S. flag were staffed at the rear of the sanc- tuary. 95 From San Diego Ninety-five San Diego cler- gymen and laymen accompa- nied Bishop Furey to the Tex- as city for the occasion. Archbishop Raimondi w a s pr inc i pa I celebrant at the Mass which followed the in• slallalion ceremony in the old- est cathedral sanctuary in the United States. Among the 27 celebrants. in- cluding 16 bishops, were Arch- bishop Furey; his predeces- sor, Archbishop Robert E . Lu- cey, and San Diego Auxiliary Bishop John Quinn . Plans Are Told In his sermon. Archbishop Furey, said he would base his leadership of the San Antonio Diocese on a f1rm faith in its p r i e st , laymen and God's blessing on his work. Directing his remarks to the 4.51 priests in a diocese where some 68 priests last year re- belled against his predeces- sor, Archbishop Furey quoted from Christ's words lo h!S apostles: "I shall not call you serv- ants any more. I call you friends." Position Seen l\e Quoting from a Sec d Vati- can Council document, be said that "Bishops should regard priests as their brothers" and be constantly ready to consult

Quinn rrpl'es nting priests of San Dirgo Dioce e. They hosted bishop at lun,·heon yesterday at El Co!'tez.

Bishop Furey Honore Service 8 l an 1>1 o and Bl lanuel Perez G of ~le ical In h C'athed al addr , Bishop F1..rey told ome 300 priests and laymen that he 11111 especially reme'l1bcr his 1x ) car. h re for his ordma- l100 of 62 prie ts a!l of II horn are ti priests except t\\"o 11ho died ", othing plea,es me more because the mo~t wonderful thing in t c life of a bishop is the ordination of a priest." he aid. Thal none have le t the pn thood i especially grat1- fving, he added. Bishop Furey indirectly re- ferred to la t Jear·. upri ing a ainst 'an ,\ntumo ~rchbish- op John E. Lucey b~ 68 prie ts l'tho accused him or being uncommunicallve a n d against change. Texas Situation Discussed "I'm ~ure the priests of San Antonio have been maligned," he said . "I can't believe o many pr I est s could be so much a g a I n t their bishop 11ithout bem~ in ome way misunder tood. There must be omethlng II rong. "A Bi hop and his priests can t ~o misunderstand each other unle~ · there is some- t h i n g basically wrong," he added. 'I' he Archbishop-de~ignate said he will tell San Antonio priests and laymen that he will follow the Vatican U ad- monition that bishops regard prie~ts as "b r o th e r s and friends" and that he ha faith in both prie ts and laity. Other re Listed Other luncheon speakers 11ere Bishop Quinn, Bishop Gil and the nev. Thomas Meagh- er. president of the San Diego Priests Senate. 'fhe Rt. Rev. .\lsgr. John F. Purcell, Vicar General of the d1occsc, \\"as toastmaster. "We are sad lo :ce him ea\e, but we are glad he's oing to a higher position in San An t o n i o,'' said Father Meagher. Ring Pre eoted

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l,/,,vu,or.. Ethnic Affair

terday Sharon Se;,;ec 1 h, 4, of San An• tonio, wears Texas-,ty\e hat pre· sented to prelate who was installed 111 ceremonies tod;iy,-AP Wirephoto

YO NG GREETER - New Arch• bishop Francis J. Furey of San An- tonio diocese shows his love for kids on his arrival in that Texas city yes-

irector Named The Most Rr.v. Francis J. Furey, bishop of:the San Diego Catholic diocese, has announced the appointmen of the Rev. Patrick Henry Guillen to the diocesan post of director of ethnic affairs at the Univer ity of San Diego. The po t wa5 created on the recommendation of the Chicano Frdcration and the Diocesan Pne~ts' Senate, Bishop Furey said F 0 lher Guillen has been adm1m,lrator of San Salvador Par- ish Ill Colton. Hi~ new duUes will include lh obtaining of scholarships for Mex1can-Amencan students, and efforts to add )\1exican-Ameri- ~an stu~ies to the curriculum of Junior and sel'llor high schools m the diocese and at the University of San Diego. A temporarJI office will be established in the chancery with a permanent offl~c later, sibly in the Our Lady of Angels Par• 1sh, Father Gmllen said.

companied by .'\rchbishop Lu- cey, escorted San A.ntonio's new Ar c h b i s h o p lo the throne, 11here he v.as present• erl with the symbolic 6-fool· high gold crosier Its origin goes back to the shepherd's crook and was first usecl about the first century. Archbishop 1' u I c y today reached the zenith of a career that began in 19~0 when he was o r d a 1 n e d a priest in Rome and a signed to Phila- d cl p .1 i a. In 1960, he was named Auxiliary B I s h o p of that city and m 1963 became coadjutor bishop of San Diego .with right of succession.

on their rntry into the cathe- dral, from whose to11er Santa Ana flew the "no quarter" flag during the battle of the Alamo in 1836. b its rector, the Rev. Joseph ,\uevo. After the Apostolic Delegate seated himself on the episco- pal throne in the sanctuary and checked the Papal docu- m e n t s certifying the new Archbishop, th e documents were read to the congregation by the notarl, the Rt. Rev Msgr. Patrick Murray, chan- cellor of the San Antonio Di0- cese. Scene Described Archbishop Raimondi later descended the throne and , ac-

with them on matters of con- cern to both pnests and laity. He said "a .eemingly im- possible task" is given to a bishop but that "Everything is possible for anyone who has faith." Archbishop Furey preFented his letter of appointment yes- t e I d a y to his predecessor. Bells lolled and organ music filled the air. When a big black Stetson hat appeared he ploppeU it on his head and then 11aved it at th crowd Cheers went up and soine sang a few strains of ·'Tne Eyes of Texas." T o d a y, Archbishop Furey and Raimondi were greeted

\gr llirecti Cited Both at a Ma s In St lunch• eon later a1 El Cortez Hotel, R1 hop Furl'y aid he would abide by a Vat can Council II d1rect1ve that btshop; con ider rel!rement al no later than ag 75 B hop 1" rev will be in• t, lied a archbi hop of San n to n o \\ ednesday 111 San Fernando Cathdera. m t h e Texas c ty. 60 till Prie •~ Yest rda). he was honored by San Diego Diocese priests at a pontifical concelebrated Mass m the cathedral and the luncheon. Concclebratinn w I th him we r e Auxiliary Bi hops Jo• e p h Dougherty and John Ward of Los ngeles Auxilia- ry Bishop John R. Quinn o! (Cont. on Page B-9, Col. 1) Jo- eph' Cathedral nd

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Once she got her husband out of town, Mrs. Jack Walsh accomplished in two weeks more toward getting their Point Loma home remodeled than he did in three months. Walsh will return next week from a vacation (with his five sons) wearing a five-week growth of beard and hair to

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On behal£ of the San Diego Diocese priests. Bishop Quinn presented Archbishop Furey with a ring bearing the Bish- op's personal coat of arms and those of the San Diego and San Antonio dioceses. Bishop F u r e y annoounced ------==~-=~ that he has been appointed Catholic military chaplain for 'fexa and Louisiana, a post similar to ore r.e held here.

Rhoades match. Intimates say he'll wear the foli- t•l', !:(el 11er~Lal1ort1 m.·ur,lnce. 1;0Let ma111tge1· ftllcy has moved to Los Angeles to aC"cept one of the best jobs ever provided by the hotel industry for a ,vornan. Coupl<' of university PR dir<'ctors, Phil Bernstein, Cal Westem, and Mikft Ne»man. USD 1 are back from a meeting in New York, knocking the big town good. . Bemstein: "If you want to play a dirty trkk on a guy, send him to New York on a vacation in July. Weather: awful. Prices: up 20 per cent over 16 months ago. A medium-size bottle of club soda - not the quart - costs 75 cents. Newman: "The phones don't work and people are a~ked to tum off air-conditioning because of a power .-hortage. Humidity: insuHerable. The newest build- ini:s are grimy and bar drinks are $1.65." (It's not a gripe by agreement. Philip and Michael are not acquainted.) Speaking o[ colleges, Simon Reznikoff, 4786 62nd, aslis: " it any w nder that San Diego State ii:; so dis- 1mgulshed and so peaceful on the campus?" Then he explains: "It has been built by Love (Malcolm, the presid nt); administered by Joy (Ned, the dean of un- dergraduate ) ; and planned with Hope (Frank L. Jr., the campus architect).

BISHOP FUREY WAVES GOODBY

Field yesterday. He was arcompa• nied on the rha1iered plane ~y dele- gation of 100 San Diegans who will witness his elevation today in San An- tonio's 231-year-old San Feniando Cathedral. He was in San Diego's dio- cese for six years.

The ~'[ost Rev. Francis J. Furey, archbishop-designate of San Antonio and former bishop of thf' San Diego Catholic Diocese, waves black Texas hat in farewell to members of the Bishop's Choir who were among large crowd who saw him off at Lindbergh