Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-06-07
DEP0SED BY ROME
Archbishop Kendrick Retired Aft
er Fifty Years Service.
HE WILL RECEIVE A PENSION
Famous in His Attitude Against papa1
Instability ana 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 ].
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 Ledochowski, and stated
that the action had been taken at a
meeting held May 81. The effect of the
decision was to effectually retire Arch
bishop Kenrick from all rights, titles
and privileges obtaining to the arch
oishopric 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 viii come as a rude
shock to the Catholics of his arch
diocese.
Archbishop Kenrick was in no sense
provincial, His attitude at the vatican
council, which has declared against the
dogmas of papal infallibility and the
immaculate conception. gained him a
World-Wtde reputation and involved
him in controversies with the greatest
theologians within and without his
church. His attitude at the conclave
begot him the unending 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 unbroker
| silence between the metropolitan of st
| Louis and his ecclesiastical supporters
at Rome. The retirement of Archbish
| OPP kenrick is the result of a petition
to the propaganda, setting forth hi
| mental incapacity as dangerous to tn,
business affairs of the diocese.
| Archbishop Kenrick was born in Dub
| lin. Ireland, If he lives till the 18th o
| August he will enter on his goth year
| He was ordained March 6, 1892 II
| came to America year later and wen
| to Philadelphia, where his brother wa
coadjutor bishop. In 1910 he went t.
| Rome, where he met Bishop RosaH O
st Louis who was in search of a co
| adjutor, and he took the young eccle
siastic. whom he knew by reputation
| November is, 1871, he was consecrate,
bishop of Drosa and coadiutor TO tn
bishop of st. Louis in the cathedral O
Baltimore. In lS47 ST Louis was ele
waited into an archdiocese and Bisho
kenrick became the first incumbent.
| In November, 1891 Archbishop Ken
rick celebrated the golden jubilee q
his episcopate. The excitement inc
dent to the ceremony was too much 70
the aged prelate, and, joined to the sui
sequent bitter agitation for the al
pointment of coadjutor. which he or
dosed strenuously. his once giant int
lect gave way.
Washington, June 3.-Monsignor Sa
TOLL, the papal ablegate, declined thi
afternoon to be interviewed on the sui
iect of Archbishop Kenrick's deposition
He refused to deny or confirm the trut
Of the report.
THE POPE is IN GOOD HEALTH
Rome, June cardinal Gibbons ha
a private audience, lasting 40 minute
With the pope today. He stated to a
Associated Press reporter that he ha
not seen the pope since 1886 and wa
surprised at his excellent health. II
said he was astonished at the ment;
vivacity Of the pope, who, in spite ,
his age, has the strength of his intellet
| unimpaired.