The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-13
CALLED TO A HIGHER SEE
BISHOP RADEMACHER, OF FORT
WAYNE, DIED YESTERDAY.
Noted PreIates to Attend the Funeral,
in the Cathedral, Tuesday-Hfs
Busy Life-otbcr Deaths.
s,e.,a, 70 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

tORI WAYNE, lnu., JAN IL ne iliShl
Rev. Joseph Rademacher, r. c., bishop of
Fort Wayne, died of heart failure at 11:30
O'Clock this morning, after a serious Ill
ness of only a week, although his health
has been very poor for more than a year.
During part of that time he was at Chi
cago undergoing medical treatment, but.
thought benefited, there has been at no
time any hope of his ultimate recovery.
The collapse which was the ultimate cause
of his death was due to overwork and
financial worry caused by the condition Of
affairs in his diocese.
The funeral of Bishop Rademacher will
take place Tuesday morning, at o'clock
in the cathedral. Archbishop Elder will Of
fciate at the POLITICAL high mass of re-
QUEEN and Bishop Horstman, of Cleveland.
will preach the funeral sermon. Among the
distinguished ecclesiastics who will attend
will be: Bishop Foley, of Detroit; Bishop
Mas. of Covington; Bishop Richter, of
Grand Rapids; Bishop Jansen, of Belleville.
ILL.,, and probably several others who have
not yet telegraphed. kilograms were re-
ceived tonight from nearly all the arch
bishops and bishops in the country. Among
the noted priests who will be present will
be: The Rev. Father Morrissey, G. S. c.,
president Of Notre Dame; the Rev. John
Fehrenbach, of St. Mary's College, Ken
lucky; the Rev. August Guendling, c. S.
S. p, of st. Louis; the Right Rev. Athen-
asius Schmidt, abbot of st. Meinrad's
Monastery, Indiana, and others. The body
of the dead prelate will be laid under the
altar of the cathedral by the side Of Bish
ops Luers and Dwenger and Mgr Benoit.
A dispatch from Cincinnati says: Arch
bishop Elder will attend the funeral of
Bishop Radamacher at Fort Wayne. to-
gether with the bishops of the archdiocese
and many others. There was recently a
meeting of the bishops of this archdiocese
here at which nominations were made for
a bishop to succeed the late Bishop Wat
adjutor to the bishop of Fort Wayne. IT Is
said that the next bishop of Fort Wayne
will likely be selected from the nominations
that have been sent to Rome for coadjutor
and that the name of Rev. John Schoen-
hoff. of this city, was the first on that
list"
The Right Rev Joseph Rademacher.
third bishop of Fort Wayne, was born on
the Sd of December, 1910, in Westphalia,
Mich. In 1855 his parents sent him to St.
Vincent's College, Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, a famous institution Of
learning conducted by the Benedictine
! monks, where he completed the education
the groundwork of which was laid in the
parochial schools of his native town. He
completed the classical and philosophical
course and entered upon the study of the
ology. He completed the latter discipline in
St. Michaefs Seminary, at Pittsburg. Be-
coming affiliated with the Fort Wayne do
ceSe, he was ordained to the priesthood
Aug. 2, 1868. His first parochial charge was
the village of Attica, Fountain county.
with twelve missions, which he attended
for six years. Then the bishop, the Right
Rev. j. II. Luers, who had learned to value
his sterling qualities, transferred him to
Columbia City. Later on Bishop Dwenger,
in recognition of his arduous and faithful
labors, promoted him to the important par
ish of ST. Mary's, in Fort Wayne, and
TO the office of diocesan chancellor. In
June, 1880, he was appointed pastor of
| st. Mary's, Lafayette, to further the in
terests OF that large and important con-
| gregation. The diocese of Nashville, Tenn,
| having been left without bishop after
| Feehan to Chicago, Father Joseph Rade-
macher was appointed to that seat in
| April 1888. and was consecrated bishop of
| Nashville June "a of that year. His ad-
miniStration of that see was sngularly sue
cessful and he added materially to the ad-
vancement of his diocese. Bishop Rade-
macher was one of the two American pre-
| lates who in 1889 joined in the pilgrimage
| to Palestine, and he was the only one who
accompanied the pilgrims through the
whole journey, the other, Bishop Wjgger.
1 Oh newark, N IdlllnS SICK III Rome
| and being obliged to discontinue the pill
| grimage. After his return Bishop Rade-
macher continued the administration of his
| diocese with renewed vigor. When Bishop
| Dwenger, Of Fort Wayne, died, Jan. %,
| 1893. the archbishop and bishops Of the
province of Cincinnati, and the clergy of
| the diocese of Fort Wayne, where his
labors priest had been successful, wished
| to have him appointed to the succession.
| To their great joy Pope Leo XIII on July
| -. 1893. appointed him bishop of Fort
| Wayne. He arrived in the city Oct. 3 of
| that year. and the entire population turned
out to welcome him, the demonstration be-
/ ing unlike anything ever seen In the city
| before. He was installed the following day,
| many bishops from the Northwest being
| present. The sermon was preached by
| Bishop Foley of Detroit. When he became
| bishop of Fort Wayne many complex prob
| lens had presented themselves. The dis
| cOvery of natural gas had created new
| cities, brought new elements into the popu-
| lation and to handle them required fine
| diplomacy and great executive ability.
| Bishop Rademacher was hard worker
| and the arduous labors incumbent upon
| him were faithfully and Zealously dis
| charged. He never spared himself visiting
| every parish, every school. He was an
| earnest advocate of Christian education
| and the parochial schools of the diocese
| have been maintained on a par with the
| best, public religious, in the country
| The hospitals and orphan asylums OF the
| diocese were objects of his special care
| Bishop Rademacher was a man of superior
| education, well versed in philosophical
theological, biblical and scientific knowl.
| edge, yet as modest and unassuming in
manner as the most humble of his flock
| His quiet piety and charity for the erring
and tolerance of those who differed from
| him, were his most charming traits OF
| character.
Col. w. s. Mcclure, of Madison.