Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-07-22
TO his LONG REST.
Death of Vicar General Eguillon-Sa
Fe Catholics in Mourning-The
Body to Lie in State.

The Very Rev. Peter Egullon, vicar
general OF Santa Fe, breathed his last at
St. Vincents sanitarium, at 6;l5 yester-
day afternoon, and soon after the bells OF
the cathedral announced to the city that
a great and good man had gone to his
reward.
About ten days ago the noble church
man felt suddenly that bis days were
numbered, and he asked for the last rites
OF the church. Many devout prayers
were offered up for his recovery. All the
skill OF the doctors, all the Incompatible
attention Of the Sisters of Charity could
not check the feebleness OF that onceiron
like constitution; and he died as the
faithful servant who had done his duty to
the last, without fear, without agony,
while priests and sisters were reciting the
prayers OF the Agony about his bed side.
Truly it was the death OF just man.
Father Eguillon, known to all the COM
munity as Gel Senior ViCario" had come
to Santa Fe in 1854, few years after
Archbishop Lamy, and, with the excep-
ton OF short time passed in Socorro, he
has been for about forty years constant
resident Of the capital. While his pio-
neer companions, Archbishop Lamy,
| Bishop Marchebouf and the now Arch
bishop Salpointe, were most OF their time
engaged in travelling at large, inspecting
the immense field of New Mexico, All
iona and Colorado, the vicar made Santa
Fe his steady home, and to him, more
than to anyother one individual, is due
the success of the Catholic church in this
city of the Holy Faith. Father Egnillon
has been instrumental IN the erection
of st. Michael's college, II
the establishment of the Loretto academy
in the building OF the cathedral, and above
all in the formation of a parish tina
has no equal i'll the southwest. His ap
: pearauce, as everybody knows, WAS aus
, tere, vet " as his life full of faith, OF purt,
d.. and OF devotion to liis duty. His was
: noble mind the heart full of mercy, tn
a hand always open to the poor; and tn
e wisdom of his counsel WIS so UNIVERSAL
e admitted that his humble rooms were lis
:. court of justice, where enemies woul
D make up their qnarrels and become friend
d again. Many wrong has been rlghted
- many a difficulty adjusted, many poo
soul raised up to a higher and better star
n dard of citizenship through the mediur
of this good man. But the poor people
Those are the ones who will miss hr
most; they loved him because he ha
been time tried as their friend and advisor
in temporal as we'll as in spiritual affairs
and they to-day mourn his death as niue
i as they do that of the beloved Arcf
bishop Lamy, whose memory will b
a cherished until the end OF time.
The deceased was a native OF Franc
and was IS years Of age.
y The funeral wil.take place at the cath
dra Oh Tuesday next at 8 a. m. In tt
meanwhile the body will lay in state
B. the old part OF the cathedral where all tt
popuace, irrespective Of religion, will
doubt 20 and look for the last time at Il
great priest; and his memory shall /
', venerated as long as there will live in tn
n territory great grandchild of the presel
generation, ''for the Just shall be in eve
, lasting remembrance"