The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-15
WAS TUTOR TO POPE LEO XIII,
NOT tBLE CAREER ~ NEW YORK
or FiTHER kOHLWiNN.

The Jesuit Who Is Said 10 Have In.
siillcd Democratic Ideas In Leo Mi.
Was Administrator Of This Diocese
Tor seven Years - His part I'm
Founding ~. Patricks CathedraIs.
IN his sermon at st. Patrick's Cathedral
or tho occasion OF the celebration of the
jubilee Of Pope Leo Kill, the Rev. Thomas
d. Campbell. 5. j., drew attention TO the
fac, that Leo XIII. had as his professor
in theology ia the Roman College a once
famous New York Jesuit. the Rev. Anthony
kohmann From the inspiration of this
TEACHER, who was for twenty-five years o
resident Of the United States, Is believed to
lav, come the Pope's democratic lean
ig- and progressive tendencies
lie had another teacher who was also
resident here. This was the Rev. John
Baptist Piancani, ). j., a scientis: OF Eu-
iopean fame who was stationed at the
Jesuit College in Georgetown, ID. G.. in
Isis-49. having come hero with the famous
astronomer. the Rev. Angelo Secchi, s. j..
and Fathers De Woo and Sestini and others
who were exlcd from Italy during the
political troubles of that peri cd. Some
Of the Pope's schoolfelows were also well
known in this city. notably the Rev. Paul
NiENdIu, IOIlk tSSOCldltu Will
Naver's Church in West Sixteenth street.
Who died there Oct. =, 1881, and the Rev
Remegius Teller, s. j., rector OF st. John e
College, Fordham, and Superior of the
Jesuit Mission Of New York and Canada
who died in Montreal, Jan. I, 1860. An
other was the Rev. William s. Murphy.
also we'll known in New Orleans and st
Louis.
- 4. Al
interesting figure OF all. He was born
at Kayserberg. near Colmar. Alsace, July
10, I'LL. The troubles Of the French Revo-
luton drove him to Switzerland and he
completed his theological studies at Frei-
burg.
Having received ordination he Joined
IN 1900 the congregation Of the Fathers
Of the Sacred Heart, the order succeedin g
the Jesuits then recently suppressed. In
this he labored in the military hospitals
Of Padua and Pavia. From Italy he went
10 Bavaria as director Of an ecclesiastical
seminary. then to Berlin and last to Am
sterdam TO preside over a college
Pope Plus VII, having acknowledged
aud approved the remnant Of the Jesuits
that had been existing in Russia. Father
koIlmann was admitted TO their ranks,
q desire long entertained. on June 81. 1909.
He was sent TO the United States in 1903.
locating at the Georgetown college and hav-
iug as his first care the missions in Mary
land and Pennsylvania.
In October. 1905 hs was transferred to
New York as pastor OF st. Peters, Barclay
erect. the only Catholic church then in this
city. lie was also made vicar general and
Administrator OF the diocese and served a.
sich until the arrival here on Nov. Il. 1915,
a. Bl-hop Connolly. the first Bishop 90 rule
the See
The first appointed Bishop. Dr, Concanen,
-, named In April, isos. but NEVER reached
New iprA. dying at Naples four months
later ~ the seven YEAR sacco.ding
iI'hor K1Llnan rIled the diocese a. AL.
nipisiritpr He might have been Bishop
bat Do" -u ieslred and Archbishop Carroll
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lu' '' preferred 10 remain n simpl. Jesuit
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