The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-30
The End Came Peacefully and Unexpect-
edly at Vancouver.

Vancouver, B. c., dispatch: Aegidi-
US Junger. bishop of Nesqually. died at
the House of Providence convent this
evening. The end came peacefully.
while the bishop was in conversation
with Father Schram. He passed away
with no visible sign Of pain or distress.
The cause of death was Brights dis
case.
Bishop Junger had recently returned
from a tour of the state. during which
trip he made 800 combinations. In
spite OF warnings of his physicians. he
persisted in active work, which hast
ened his death.
He was one of the best educated
Catholic bishops, speaking fiuently
English. German, French. Greek. Lat
in. Hebrew and Italian. During his
administration the diocese increased
from 5000 to 10000 members. He was
recognized as one of the strongest men
in the Catholic priesthood. He had no
relatives in America; but four broth
. ers and one sister living in Burscheid,
Germany.
his celebrating pontificial high mass
Christmas, for the first time since he
has presided over the diocese. He will
be buried in the cathedral vault here.
Aegidius Junger. bishop of Nesquilly.
and suffragan OF the ecclesiastical
province of Oregon, was born April 6.
1888, in Burtscheidt, near Aix-la-Chap-
ellie, in the Cologne diocese. Germany.
He studied for the priesthood at Lou
vain. Belgium, and was ordained for
the American mission July &C. 1862, ar
irving at the scene of his missionary
labors in this New World October 81,
1862. His first mission was Walla
Walla, where he was stationed from
1852 TO 1864. having almost all Eastern
Washington as parish. The late
Bishop Blanchet transferred him from
Walla Walla to Vancouver in 1864, as
pastor of the st. James cathedral, and
he held this position until he was APP
pointed bishop. His conservation as
bishop of Nesquilly took place Oct 2S,
1879.
Since he became bishop of Nesquilly.
including all the state of Washington,
there have been added to the secular
clergy 81, and to the regular Is. Fifty
new churches have been built, and 1O6
new stations are visited by secular and
regular priests. Three new colleges
have been established, and Is new par
ish schools for boys and girls, and two
new Indian boarding schools have been
erected, OF which only one is supported
by the government contract, the other
by Rev. Mother Catherine Drexel. Four
new communities for men have been
added and eight for women. Three or
phan asylums and nine hospitals have
been instituted.
Early In the sos Bishop Junger be-
gan the erection of the present beauti-
full cathedral at Vancouver, the finest
Catholic church in the state
reporter called at the house of
Archbishop Gross at the corner of Fiji
teenth and Davis streets, late last night
TO obtain further particulars of Bishop
Junger. His grace. however, was still
in Baltimore. Father Northman. who
was seen, had already received word
from Vancouver of Bishop Junger's
death. OF him he said:
Bishop Junger was a man of ability
and hard worker. He was of an ami
able disposition, kind and generous.
and universally esteemed and loved by
all who became acquainted with him.
He visited every small mission and
parish throughout his diocese and only
lately he had returned from an extend
ed episcopal visit to the large cities and
small towns along Puget sound, al
though he had been in failing health at
the time.
His death is considered somewhat
sudden, in view of the fact that he was
reported to-day as being comparatively
well by the vicar-general. the Very
Rev. l.. Schram.
THE diocese of Nesquilly loses In
him an active and devoted worker for
the welfare of the church and Christi
anity."