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Death of the Most Revered Arch.
bishop Kenrick.
From the New York Tribune July Q.

From the New York Tribune, July Q. d
The death of this distinguished prelate
of the Roman Catholic Church took place
at the episcopal residence in Baltimore,
on Wednesday, July s. Francis Patrick
Kenrick was born in the city of Dublin,
Dec. 3, 1897, was consequently within
about five months OF the completion ofhis
Goth year at the time of his death. His
early education was received in the schools
of his native city, and, after deciding to
enter the ecclesiastical state, he repaired
to Rome for the purpose of pursuing an
extended course of the ology and philoso-
pny. He came to this country at the age
of "a, having been recommended to take
charge of an ecclesiastic seminary in
Bardstown, KY, by the officers OF the
College of the Propaganda, at which ne
had passed four years, and received ordl-
nation as priest He continued in this
Office for nine years, and at the same time
exercising general superintendent over
the missions of the diocese, when in 1880
he was consecrated as bishop, and be-
came coadiutor to the Right Rever-
end DR.. Conwell of Philadelphia, Pa,
and upon his disease in 1912, succeeded to
his episcopal functions. During his resi-
dence in Philadelphia, he founded the
theological seminary of st. Charts Borro-
meo. and introduced into his diocease the
Sisters of the Good Shepherd, who have
taken a conspicuous part in Europe, and
more recentlyin this country, in the estab-
lishment of Magdalen asylums for the res
toration of fallen women. In 1851, ne
succeeded to the archiepiscopal see OF Bal
timore. upon the death of Archbishop &c
cleston He was appointed by the Pope
apostolic delegate to preside over the first
plenary council of the United States, which
was called in Baltimore in 1852, and in
1859 received the title Of Primate of
Honor, comforting upon himself and sue
cessors the precedence over all other Ko-
man Catholics in the United States:
Archbishop Kenrick was distinguished
for the sag acity of his judgment and his
moderation in counsel, as we'll as his en-
ergy in action. During the anti-Catho-
lie riots of 1914, in Philadelphia, he
exerted a wise and Salutary influence
upon his own people, urging them to the
maintenance of good order and charity,
and using every effort to tranquilize the
whole community, which had been greatly
agitated by the disturbances. He was a
voluminous writer, and bore the reputa-
ton of being one of the most learned the
ologians of the Roman Catholic Church in
America. Among his more elaborate
works are Iheologia Dogmatica q vols,
svo., 1s39--4O), Theologia Morals g
vols, Svo., 1S41-43), which are used as
text books in numerous Catholic semina-
ries; ''The Primary of the Apostolic See
INDICATED -" Vindication OF the Catho-
lie Church; and the article, "Roman
Catholic Church, in TIE Neer american
Cycyopedia. He is still better known liz
his writings on Biblical subjects, and es-
pecially by his translation of the Old and
New Testaments, which are held in great
favor in the Catholic community, and, as
is supposed, will supersede the Douay ver-
sion. Archbishop Kenrick was the elder
brother of the present Roman Catholic
Archbishop of St. Louis.