The Irish standard., 1891-05-30

WHO WAS SouG GulGnol ny D16uOp OdllVl
from this city about the beginning O
the century, and who remained in th'
Blue Grass state four years, at the ex
plration of which period he wen
abroad, his trip being sanctioned b,
Bishop Carroll, and died, subsequently
at Limerick, Ire, where he did duty jr
his closing years. His departure left
Father Badin again alone In Kentucky
and from 1903 to 1905 the care Of th'
Catholic settlements in the state de-
volved wholly on him. In 1906 he was
joined by Rev. Charles Nerinckx, whe
proved an able and efficient coadjutor
and who labored with wonderful success
in the state for the ensuing twenty
years. during which he erected. in great
part with llis own hands. no less thar
ten churches, and had charge of half
dozen large CONGREGATIONS, besides 9
number Of stations. He founded tht
Lorettine Sisterhood. and died in 1872!
while making a missionary visit TO Mis-
souri,.
Father Badin remained in Kentuck,
up to 1919 uninterruptedly. In thai
year, however. he conceived desire tt
revisit his native land; and, according
to some accounts, that desire was ac
companled with an ambition to become
bishop. He had seen the two priests
with whom he left France twenty year'
before, Fathers Flaget and David. in
vested with the purple. and it was bu
natural. perhaps. that he should deslr,
such distinction himself. If he enter
tanned such desire, however. he die
not succeed in. securing an episcopa
nomination. He remained in France
up to 1928, but he was by no means idle
while there. His former bishop, the
ordinary Of Orleans, had intrusted him
with the care Of q parish near the epis-
copal city; and in the discharge of the
duties that deyolved on him as pastor
he found plenty of work for his enfee-
bled forces. In 1928. the desire to re.
turn to Kentucky became SO strong that
he resigned his pastorate in France and
again started for this country. After
delaying a short time at Baltimore
where DR.. Whitefeld had succeeded to
the see, he turned his face westward
again. and, reaching Kentucky in the
fall of 1929, he resumed his old labors
among his former parishio toner's. being
then in his SD year. but still full of zeal
and in vigorous health.
Father Badin did not long remain. in
Kentucky on his second visit to that
state. The summer Of 1880 found him
in charge Of the Potto watomie Indian
mission In Indiana, to which he was as
signed by Bishop Fenwick. the first oa-
binary Of Cincinnati. His failure to re
ceive the nomination to the coadj jutOr .
ship Of BardstoWn, for which he is said
to have asked during his residence Ia
France. may have had something to do
with Father Badin's s departure from the
Kentucky diocese, though he subse-
quentlY returned to thai see. While
having charge Of the Pottowato tonnes, he
visited many adjacent places TO that
mission, among others Logansport,
Fort Wayne and South Bend, and the
following five years Of his life were
passed in such work. In 1885 he asked
DR.. Fenwick to relieve him Of his In
dian charge. and, his request being
granted, he went back to Kentucky.
where. in 1887, Bishop Flaget named
him his vicar general, 4 post which he
retained for ten years, during which
time he visited most Of the important
parishes IN the diocese. In l846 he again
left the diocese. and his services We're
then placed at the disposal Of Dr. Quar- taEl:
ter, Chicago's y first prelate. who 2 assigned Z
him 3 parish in Illinois. He remained
inthat state until l844s, when old age:
he was then IA his s0th wear duced
him toreturn TO the scenes Of his earlier
labOrs. whore he hoped to obtain rest.
For Some reason OF other hiss last visit
to: KentuckYsW sWas . brief one: and 1849
found him back in Ohio. where the last
years off his llfe were PASSED With Arch
b,shop Purcell. at whose Iresidence the
prot AIneri can priest died April S22l.
1853.
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