The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-12


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AAh1SAh N LOUIE
ne reached st Louis the ioeeer Part q De-
traitor OF tho diocese. Bishop Roeata being ssfu
absent Upon the death OF Biahop Roaaetas
september 8, 161s, Bishop Kenriok suocee4e0
to the epfscopacy. When he began His admin
istratton st. Louis was . town of shout 30yo0e
There were only two Catholic
churches here. the cathedral. which vas b1ils
In 1884. and little chapel buflt BY the Jesutts
~ Ninth street and Washtngtcu Avcnue- The
cathedral was heavily encumherod With debt,
but BY his untiring efforts, finally succedded In
For . number Of years Bishop Kenrick Inc.
vested largely In real estate. and built iasHe
blocks OF stores and dwellings, the rental cf
which went TO the support Of the orphans. the
erection Of new charities and other diocese
needs. In 1858 he purchased the Clay farm,
half Of which was converted Into Calvary cem-
etery. He Was enabled TO make soch pur.
chases through the munincence OF the Mol.
lanphy family, the beQuests from other benev.
olent Catholics and the fact that many mem.
bers Of his flock deposited their money In hie
hands for safe-keeping. In is ana ls0 he
disposed of the greater part of the property q
the diocese, In order to cancel the church
debt
The early years Of Archb shop Kenrick1
episcopaee were frouRht with great deal a
lsbor The diocese was a little larger than
tue present archdiocese, including the whole
* Missouri and Arkansas and the western
half Of Illinois His duties in the line Of
visiting every church in the diocese at eer-
tain intervals were especially severe ana
DANGEROUS In 1877 ST. Louis was made an
archdiocese and Bishou Keurick wns elected
to the archbishoprfc On sunday September
8, 1913, he received the palliura from the hands
OF his right reverend brother In St Marys
church, Philadelphia. The erst priest on.
dained by Archbishop Kenrfch In the diocese
wss Rev. James Herman, the ceremony takine
place Nay 20, 1872 In August, 1850, the arch.
bishop called diocesan synod. For Q short
time during the fall OF that wear he tauehs the.
class of doemstic theology In the diocesan
seminary, then.located In Carondelet. In Nay.
1852 he attended the first pleuary council, ae
Baltimore.
The death OF the archbishop's brother Ia
July, 1863 was q severe blow to him. In 1909
the archbishop published = work ON sSacred
Cosmoeony." Archbishop's Kenrick,s silver
jubilee occurred on November 30, 1855 but ow-
ing to the fact that he was known to 20
averse to any public display, thero was
onIv a martial ceIebration Of his annie
versary. In 1867 he sent to Romo 70
unfte with the Catholic enfsconacv of tina
vorld In celehratIon ~ the eiehteen hum.
dredth anniversarv Of the martvrdom cf S.
peter He remained awnv for more than 4
wear. and ON his return there vas q marnincent
in his honor. The arcbbdshop
pafd another visit to Rome In the fan az looD,
for the purpose of atfendips the vatican couu.
Gil convore1 nv the sovAreion f,puti6 Pfun
TX, which met December 8 Of that year Tho
council was one OF the iarrest ever held, con.
sistin9 of nearly 900 bishops Tho main oucs-
t,ons before the body were the truth OF the
doctrine Of papal infsllibilfty and the on.
OF declaring the Same IN article
OF faith. Archbishop Kenrick was opposed 70
the declaration Of this doctrine, and he had O
his side many distinguished ecclesisstios The
council, however, passed upon the question Sd
versely to his views, and he submitted hia
Judgment to the teachings Of the council and
the church.
FIRST CoADJUroR APPOINTED
Archbishop Kerrick returned to St Lsais
in the spring of 1871. In tho spring Of IS7s he
received q coadiutor in the person OF Rev. p.
7, RYAN then pastor OF st. JOINS church and
vfcar-Reneral Of the diocese Bishop Ryan Sc
taiued that position foe II year.. when he was
appointed archbishop of Philadelphia. Afser
the departure Of Bishop Ryan Archbisi op
Kenrick did not ask for q coadjutor, but again
resumed his episcopal duties with great deal
OF vigor.
Probably the mot interesting event In Ar'h-
bishop Kenrick's long and useful career was
the celebration OF the fftieth apniversary. OF
golden Jubilee, OF his consocretton rs . 0isne p
This celebration occurred on MONDAY. Novef1.
Der 30. 1851, and was continued Tor several
days, being one OF the Rrandese ana most Ina
pressive events In the ecclesiastical history Of
the country In recent years. The serv1cos-
which were held In the old cathedraa ON wal
nut street, were attended by distinguished pre-.
lates from all parts OF the country. ana
the occasion was one long Ia
be remembered. solemn Pont1ncat hfgn
mass was ceieorated IN the morn
lug, Cardinal Gibbons being the ceie0rane u
the Afternoon banquet was gwen ~ the Liza
dell hotel, and at night there was beaueiful
torchiight procession
On Tuesday, December 1. there was DEM
hall IN the mosp,ns ns ana ~
ages. On the following day and evening .
number of receptions were rendered Arch
o'Aop mns,rc nava
After the golden jubilee celebration the
archbishop began 10 decline I'm bodily strength
and mental vieor; eradusly e.o.ine sca.es
ano Mcase un.a 49,. wss s .oanI aSas . Su,,.s % ~
,onSens nm ,,r.o,, ~ ,he archh;snonrtc alone -.