The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-06-04

L ouGptcl0ue day, tho venerable man tnvktnl
i Archbishop Purceil 20 e0gah over 60 Ii
Belle France and celebrate hiA Golden ia
bilee. They are the only two survivors o
the large class ordained la Paris on tha
day.
/ In 1872 hereturned to tbe United Bsates
| and Ras, on his arrival nc Mount st. AFary's
appointed Professor Of Moral Philoeopky
He also assisted the venerable Father Brute
in the instruction of the students of theoio
gy, at the same time attending to his regu.
| lar duties in the. confessional and pulpit
Afferward he became President of ths
College, and while acting as such he re-
ceived from New York ms an alumnits he
who, In 1864, became Archbishop Of New
York, and ON the 9th of April, 1873, re.
ceived the insignia from the hand of pa
pal delegate, of Cardinal priess of the
Catholic Church, the esteemed and venera-
BILE Cardinal McCioskey.
Archbishop Purcell was exactly seven
years, four months and seventeen days q
priest on the 18Th day of October, 1893,
when he was c0nsecrated Bishop OF Cin-
cinnati, by Archbishop Whitfield, the
fourth at Baltimore. The assistant Bishops
were the late Bishops Dubois and Ken
rfcks and his friend Father Ecciest6n, who
preached the cOnsecration sermon.
Ardent and seaious to perform the duties
now imposed upon him, the youBg Bishop,
during the week following bis consecra-
ton, took part in the Second Provincial
Council of Baltimore, after which he set
ont for Cincinnati, the tof his appointed
bishopri0.~ On his arrival he in no ways
found things in q iourishing condition, the
Catholics only possessing one Church at
the tine. Knowing however, that the
held laid out for his laborwas of fertile and
productive soil, he applied to the work his
erudite and persisting mind, deeply imbued
with the Importance of its task. Soon ex-
periencipg that the German element prom
lsed to constitute strong and highly ipda>4
entail portion of the Catholic population,
he at once set about building . separate
project he sacrifced q valuable piece of
real estate left 60 him by bis predecessor.
G04ng from house to house he gathered CON
tributions for this holy and praieewortby
design, and in one year he had the cOnsO-
lation Of consecrating the fret German
Catholic Church in Cincinnati, the Church
Of the Holy Trinity. The entire diocese,
ed sixteen so called churches, few ofwhich,
deserved the name, as they were
mostly bicck-hOuses, now long eiDce dis
appeared, having given place to moro
modern edifces. Owing to the rapid
growth of Catholicism is soon became me-
,0rthern half of tho State, and on the 10Th |
If October, 1647, the Rey. Amadeus Rappe |
vas consecrated its fret Bishop in tbs |
Cathedral Of Cincinnati. The year 1868
the erection of the Diocese of
Columbus, under Bishop 8 81. RoaecFans |
The former Diocese of Cincinnati. embfa<
ing the present archdiocese, the Diocese of 7
and that of Columbus, now con
aims instead of sixteen churches, over 400, |
md nearly 100 chapeis. Isa Catholic pop
llatiOn amounts to 45O 600, of which fhe
of Cincinnati comprises at
present 240 600, more than IS 600 being in /
tincinnatl alone. Where once he beheld /
'ut one Catholic Church, he now counts
more than thirty splendid and Inn posiog ed
dces. Furthermore, these three dioceses
DjOy the services of more than 375
lergymen, and contain more than 81 reli
ious communities, three theological semi
aries, three colleges, twenty three lite
ary institutions for girls, twenty two or
han asylums, one prOtectory for boys, six
ten charitable Institutions, and
66 parochisl schools. The statistics of
876. compared with those Of 1882, are
ighly hatteTing, and, as must be conceded
y all, can only be the accomplishment Of
0 undauntsd spirit as that Of His Grace,
be Most Rev. John B. Purcell; for under
is direct administration were established
he following institutions, VIZ: The The
logical Seminary at Mt st. MsrY,s of the
Vest, st. Xavier College, the Passionist
Eonastery, Mount Anaals the Catholic
gymnasium of st. FsAncis Assisium, st. I
oseph's Academy, So. Mary's Institute,
x literary institutes for young ladies,
lree of which are conducted by the Sisters
Notre Dame, the others by the Ladies of
he Sacred Heart, Sisters Of Charity and
Trsuline Nuns six converts, the Found t
ng Asylum and Lying in Hospital of st.
'incent de Paul, the Protectory for Boys, o
{. Mary's Hospital, the Hospital of the =
rood Samaritan, St. Peters, st. Joseph's,
nd st. AlOysius' Orphan Asylum, and more .
ian thirty parochial schools, with over
), goo children in attendance. Among the
Iany incidents of the ArchbishoP's life the
blowing are of interest and worthy of note. 3
bout the time when religious excitement
as at it's height, there took place the eel
orated debate between Alexander Camp
oil, the founder of . new sect Of his name
Who now call themselves Christian Disci- =.
les), aud the Archbishop. 1t lasted over
week, and the ave judges, representing
many different denominations, awarded
10 victory to the ArchbishOP, which ,
luse6l the greatest enthusiasm among the +.
aSholicA and q large number of PrOtes-