The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-30
Death Of tie very Rev. Abss xasah.at.

ICondsnssd from the New Orleans Timesl
It 10 with NO feigned regret that we announce
The death Of the Very Rev. Able c. Maenhaus,
at Ghent. Belgium, on the LIST of November, as
the advanced ego Of :eventy-eeysn .years. II
sns as
with devotion and zeal, to pay Just tribute 20
his vencrated memory.
Mr.. Msenhaut was Q native Of Belgium, and
to emo Of the most respectable fami.
lies Of his birth placc, his father occupying and
filing with distinction the position Of notary
Inclined to virtue, to the practice Of which his
after going through eourse Of classical sudiss,'
to enter tho ecolesiastioal life. He oama over
to this State upwards Of forty years ago, wss
ordained priest here; and e. once wa sssisnsd
FIRST field of labor was Florida, settling chieay
in Pensacola, where he built . church and
school house, evangelizing and teathiag With
From there he was transferred by superior
authority to New Orleans, where he filed for
many years the position Of Vicar ut st. MaryI
church, but from which, in the exercise Of dc
the unenviable conveyances of those days, to
very great distances, ct times As far al Bt
Louis. Most of his life however, was spent
in New Orleans, where he baptized and mar.
ried thousands, where he was known in every
family, beloved az true and devoted friend.
He was remarkable for stern devotion to the
cause of religion, to duty, for his submission
and adherence to authority, for his earnestnes
of purpose frankness and moral courage,
which he signally evidenced during tho de-
plorable schism in this city in 1645.
In later days Mr.. Maenhaut was pastor of
the st. Louis Cathedral, the duties of which
position he discharged with singular ability,
particularly in the administration of the tenn.
poral affairs of the church. In 1865, after the
troubles Of the war, he felt desire to visit bis
native land and crossed the ocean, residing in
Client, where he was honored by the ecclesias-
teal authority with the title of Canon of the
Cathedral of Bavon. His health, already con-
siderably impaired, grew worse, so much so
that he felt constrained to abandon the cher
ished idea of returning to his country of adop.
ton, and continued to reside in Client, cared
for by two neices, ladies of great virtue and
merit, who loved him as o father, until tho
time of his lamented demise:
Father Maenhaut has generously assisted
several charitable institutions in Belgium
during his lifetime, and his will, just opened
in the Probate Court, shows that he 10 not an
migrate to the place in which he has been sig
ually favored in temporal point Of view. he
makes munificent legacies Of different portions
of real estate to several charitable institutions
in this city, among which are the Camp Street
Orphan Asylum, the st. Mary Orphan Asylum
Shepherd, and the Little Sisters Of the Poora
Messrs. Thomas Layton, the President of the
Southern Bank, and c. T. Dugazon, of the firm
of A. Rochereau q Co., are his executors, and
Mr.. E. Bermudez is the counsel designated by
him in his testament to settle his estate. We
trust that the Lords servant has left this vale
of tears to receive the reward promised to the
good and virtuous. Peace be to his respected
ashes.