The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-06-08
A choishop Kendrick Retired Aft
Gritty Years Service.
HE WILL RECEIVE A PENSION
Famous in His Attitude Against Papal
Instability and the immaculate
Conception.

st. Louis, June 3.-Archbishop Ken
rick has been deposed by Rome. A ca
blegram announcing his deposition and
the appointment of Most Rev. John j.
Kahn as the new archbishop of st. Louis
was publicly read during the solemn
pentacostal services at the cathedral
Sunday morning by Vicar General
Muehlseipen.
The cablegram was signed by Cardi-
nal Project Ledochowsl1i, and stated
that the action had been taken at a
meeting held May q. The effect of the
decision was to effectually retire Arch
bishop Kenrick from all rights, titles
and privileges obtaining to the arch
bishopric Of st. Louis. Under supple
mentary instructions, expected from
the propaganda, an order will come to
provide a fitting annuity for him out of
the resources of the archdiocese.
Though a matter of urgent necessity,
the compulsory retirement of the veneer
able metropolitan will come as a rude
shock to the Catholics of his arch
diocese.
Archbishop Kenrick was in no sense
council which has declared against the
dogmas of papal infallibility and the
immaculate conception, gained him a
worldwide reputation and involved
him in controversies with the greatest
theologians within and without his
church. His attitude at the conclave
begot him the unendirg opposition of
the authorities at Rome. This feeling
has cropped out frequently. notably in
the removal to Philadelphia of Arch
bishop Ryan, whom Archbishop Ken
rick wished to be his successor. Since
that time there has been an unbroken
silence between the metropolitan of st.
Louis and his ecclesiastical supporters
at Rome. The retirement of Archbish-
op KenriCk is the result of a petition
TO the propaganda, setting forth his
mental incapacity as dangerous to the
business affairs of the diocese.
Archbishop Kenrick was born in Dub
lin, Ireland. If he lives till the 18th of
August he will enter on his goth year
He was ordained March 6, 1882. He
came to America a year later and went
TO Philadelphia, where his brother was
coadjutor bishop. In 1910 he went to
Rome, where he met Bishop RosaIi of
st. Louis. who was in search of a CO.
adjutor, and he took the young eccle-
siastic, whom he knew by reputation.
November IS, 1841. he was consecrated
bishop Of Drosa and coadjutor to the
bishop of st. Louis in the cathedral of
Baltimore. In 1S47 st. Louis was ele-
waited into an archdiocese and Bishop
Kenrick became the first incumbent.
In November, 1891. Archbishop Ken
rick celebrated the golden jubilee of
his ePiscopate. The excitement Incl
dent to the ceremony was too much for
the aged prelate. and. Joined to the sub
sequent bitter agitation for the APP
pointment of a coadjutor, which he op-
dosed strenuously. his once giant intel
lect gave way.
Washington, June 3-Monsignor Sa-
TOLL. the papal ALLOCATE, declined this
afternoon to be interviewed on the sub
ject of Archbishop Kenrick's deposition.
He refused to deny or confirm the truth
Of the report.
THE POPE rs IN GOOD HEALTH.
Rome, June 3.--Cardinal Gibbons had
a private audience. lasting 40 minutes,
with the pope today. He stated to an
Associated Press reporter that he had
not seen the pope since 1886 and was
surprised at his excellent health. He
said he was astonished at the mental
vivacity of the pope, who. in spite OF
his age, has the strength of his intellect
unimpaired.