The Irish standard., 1895-03-30
WORKED IN MIN ES.
The Late Bishop Manogue Was an
Extraordinary Character in the
American Episcopate. &,
ENCOUNTERED MANY PERlLS,
Acts Of Heroism Performed While
in the Discharge OF His . J.
Sacred Calling.

Il ;
in the Discharge Of His
Sacred Calling,
With the death, on the 18th ult., oi
Right Rev. Patrick Manogue, D. D.,
Bishop OF Sacramento, Cal, perhaps the
most extraordinary character in the
American episcopate passes from com
mand in the Church militant to athrone
in the Church triumphant.
Bishop Manogue was native Of
County Kilkenny, Ireland, and lacked
out fortnight Of sixty four years at the
time OF his death. He came to the
United States in 1848. After residing
for two years in Connecticut he went to
Chicago, where he spent four years in
the University Of st, Mary's of the Lake
In 1854 he arrived in California and be-
gan working in the mines at Moore's
Flat, Nevada county, to obtain money
enough to defray the cost of the adj
vanced course Of ecclesiastical studies he
desired to take
I "A complete history of the dangers
Bishop Manogue faced during his Ne.
vada career" writes one who knew him,
in sketch in the Monitor, of San Fran
cisco, would form volume as large and
as exciting as the history of the old Cru
saders." He weat to Virginia City, Ne
vada, in 1862, when that renowned min
ing camp was in it's infancy. The miners,
gathered there principally from the
Placer mines of California, lived in tents
and dug outs in those early days, and
the Jealous priest cheerfully accepted
what the hospitable gold hunters had to
offer. This was not Father Manogue's
first experience among the passes of the
mountains andin the mines, and hum
dreds Of the men then camped in the
shadow of Mt. Davidson were personally
known to him.
His first Mass on the Comstock was
said in canvas church. Men of every
shade of religious belief attended that
Mass, and from that morning until the
day Of departure to become Bishop of
Sacramento Father Manogue was the
most highly respected and influential
man in the territory Of Nevada.
When the success of the mines was
assured he built large and beautiful
brick church in Virginia, but where the
money came from the parishioners knew
not. Father Manogue made no collec-
tions for the building. In the fall of
1876 q fire swept away many of the
North Emo hosting works and a great
portion Of the city besides. The Catho-
lie church shared the fate Of the hoist.
ing works. When the church caught fire
the stalwart miners came in great num-
bers to assist Father Manogue, but see
ing that the orphan asylum near by was
in danger he cried out to the mon: ''Let.
the church go, but save the orphans at
all hazards
The men obeyed went to work with a
will, and, tearing down the intervening
buildings, they saved the orphan asy-
lum. Npt more than q year had elapsed
when Father Manogue had the present
"Church Of ST. Mary's OF the Mountain"
erected on the ashes Of the former one.
At that time the bonanza kings were
around, and though they were not all
mon OF blsmeless lives, they all honored
and reYered the blameless priest. It is
more than probable that he had only ssto
ask in order to receive But certain it
is that he asked nothing Of the people to
build his church even the second time.
Mike Lynch, the millionaire, q man Of
piety and generous ins, incts, was then
living on the Comstock. So also was
Denis Driscoll, q man Of means, in whose,
noble heart the quenchless Irish faith
was active. There was j. B. Mallon,
also o man Of wealth.
These and many others loved Father
Manogue, and would have denied MIN
nothing. They were men OF faith and
good works, and likely saved their es-
teemed pastor. ths hardship Of appealing
to his people for the wherewith to build
Father Manogue was reyered alike BY
Catholic and Protestant, Jew and infidel.
Even the Indians looked 70 him for pro-
tection. He vas the adjugter of all their
differences, and il. time zof need they
never appealed g him il vain. Captain
Sam, the Chief of The Piutes, consulted
Father Manogue and sough hin advice
ii the management otf hin triibe In Oil
their wants the poor alborii igEiines went u
the sBig Black and his liberal
hand supplied than. nth mad ,blsad
md blanket ssSf.
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