The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-27
Archbishop Purcell.

From the Cincinnati Telegraph Of the t
18th inst we copy the following sketch Of
the life and works of this most eminent
prelate: . 81 h. 81 t" ~ 49, Pr
: Sunday the Most Reverend Archbishop
his conservation. We, avail ourselves of
this opportunity. to present our readers
with a short sketch of his life:
sATbis cmminent Prelate was born on the
26th of February, 1900, in the town of
MailoW, County ofColk. Ireland, Of resp o.
children as sound an education as could be
had in the schools of their native place.
Like Samuel of old little John was coRse-
Grated. even before his birth, to the service
of God. He experienced the greatest joy
| when he was first allowed to serve at the
\ altar. The priest had such confidence in
his integrity that he appointed him to dis
tribute the Sunday collections among the
needy. Deceived in his expectation to re-
! eeive from we'll to- do relatives the neces-
sary means for completing his studies at
| Maynooth, and resolved not to be burden
to his parents, he emigrated to the United
States at the age of eighteen years. Hav-
ing received certificate of qualification
from the faculty OF Asbury College, of Bal
timore, he was engaged as private teacher
by family on the Eastern Shore, in Mary.
land, and later he was received az student
and teacher in the Mount St. Mary's Col
Iege, near Emmitsburg, in the same State.
4 In 1928, Archbishop Marechal, Of Balti-
more, conferred on him the Four Minor
Orders. On the first Of March, 1924, he
Brute, afterward first Bishop of Vincennes,
to complete his studies in the Seminary of
St. Supice. In 1926, Archbishop de Quelen
ordained him priest in the Cathedral OF
Notre Dame, Paris. Returned to America,
I he wac made Professor of Moral Philoso-
-, ~ L., nfarv1a TnitnO and anaiRE-
ed the aged, and venerable Father Brute
in the instruction Of the students OF theol-
ogy, at the same time attending to his reg
t ular duties in the confessional and pulpit
> / The first Bishop of Cincinnati, Edward
!, Fenwick, had died Of the cholera in Sep
. TENDER, 1882, and in1933 che Pope appoint:
!, ed him his successor. He was cpnseczated
I on the 18th October of the sumo year BY
Archbist op Whitfield, in the Cathedral o.
8 Baltimore, in the presence of the Bishops
n Iof Philadelphia. Rev. Dr.. Ecclestol
/, preached the conse cration' sermon. During
: tho VI eek folio ing til young Bishop toeh
d part in the second Provincial Council IL
, the same city. ,,......, -. 80 ~
When Bishop Purcell came to Cincinnati
d he found but one Catholic Church. Out
: side the city limits there were in the entire
G diocese, embracing the State of Ohio, six
q teen SO called churches, few OF which de
! served the name. They were mostly
II blockhouses and have long since disappear
! ed. The Catholics were scattered over fh'
# entire State, and their spiritual wants wer'
n administered to by sixteen priests, ,wht
@ were compelled to live, and often die, OF
= their Missionary journeys. '-
: The new diocese grew rapidly in epIte
Q the strong opposition Of the different Feces
o who considered every Catholic crimina
il and idolator, and in whose eyes prizes
y was a monster, 1t soon became necessar.
i. to erect second diocese for tue north bal
d of the State, and on the 10th of October
n lS47, the Rev. Amadeus Rape was coDse
l. Grated its first Bishop in the Cathedral &
It Cincinnati. The year 1868 witnessed th
r. erection Of the Diocese of Columbus unde
1, Bishop 8. II. Rosecraus.
r The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has q
lie present, Catholic population OF abon
ID $40, 600 souls, of whom moro than 5000
ts are In Cincinnati, the majority being Ger
" mans. From no other diocese have ther
al gone forth so many Bishops, twenty !
" number, which proves that the ArchbishO
az has always understood how to, suTroun
Al himself with worthy and efscient priest
AT The glorious results Of Rishop Pnrceli
If liAbors excited the eaVy OF the dinsrer
q. seces, who resolved 20 drive all Catholic