Evening journal., 1904-07-25
FATHER HUGHES
PASSES AWAY
Popular Priest Succumbs to
Lung Trouble After an
Illness Of Two Years
BODY WILL Be BROUGHT HERE

Word was received here yesterday Of
the death Of the Rev. Peter j. Hughes.
one Of the most popular priests of the
/ Catholic Diocese Of Wilmington. The
deceased had been i'll for the past eight
months at The home Of his mother Mrs
Mary Hughes at No. 2130 North Twen-
tieth street Philadelphia. and died
there at 9 o'clock yesterday morning.
For the past two years the Rev.
/ Hughes had been suffering from lung
/ trouble but insisted upon remaining at
his post until compelled to retire be-
cause Of the inroads made by the dis
ease upon his constitution He had
/ twice visited the South with the hone
/ of regaining his health, and while his
! condition improved ON both occasions
/ the severe weather of this climate upon
! his return told on his weakened con-
lsutuuon.
Previous to eigh, months ago. when
Father Hughes illnesy became so seri-
GUS that he was obliged to leave his
duties he was stationed at ST. Paurs
/ r. C. Church this city as assistant
priest OF that congregation. Previous
10 that he held posts at St. Dennis
/ Church, Galena. Md, and st. AIMS,
this city. I'm 1899 he was called by
/ Bishop Monaghan TO be one of his ass
sistants i'm the administration of St.
/ Paurs parish, the largest congregation
| i'm Wilmington. He labored here for
| five years among an classes with untir-
| ing energy until at last he was COM
PEELED to retire from active service.
Born in Ireland
Father Hughes was born I'm County
! Tyrone, Ireland, on December l. 1870,
and came with his parents, Felix and
Mary Hughes to this country when nine
years old. They settled i'm Philadelphia
where the family have since made their
home AS a boy he attended the Chris
tian Brothers School Of st. Paurs par
/ ish, Philadelphia, and served as an altar
boy at the Church Of the Annunciation.
When about thirteen years of age DE
determined to devote his life to the
I priesthood and was sent by his par
ents to st. Charles College Eulcott
! City. Maryland, to begin his studies
1 Here he remained, for six years, gradu-
ating with high honors I'm the class
of 1890 While student of St
/ Charles College he determined to amH-
ate himself with the diocese of Will
mington and was adopted for the do
cese by Bishop Curtis.
After his graduation at ST. Charles
/ College Father Hughes was sent to st
Mary's Seminary i'm Baltimore by
Bishop Curtis for the purpose of COM
pleting the higher studies Of philosophy
and theology. on June 90, 1895. he
was elevated TO the Holy Priesthood i'm
the Cathedral of Baltimore by Bishor
Curtis. He celebrated his first mass in
his parish church Of the Epiphany
Philadelphia, on June %, 1895.
Services in Wilmington.
The body of the dead priest will be
brought to Wilmington, Wednesday
afternoon, arriving at the French street
station at sos o'clock. The members
of the Holy Name Society of St. Paul's
parish. the ST. Aloysius Sodality. ano
the BrOwnson Library Association viii
meet at the church and proceed to the
station to meet the remains. The body
win be escorted by them to St. Pauls
Church at Fourth and Jockson streets
There it viii remain I'm state all oI
Wednesday night and until the funera
services on Thursday morning. Tn,
divine office viii be chanted by tho
reverend clergy beginning at 9.3l
O'Clock a. m. This viii be followed bs
Solemn Pontihcial Requiem Mass with
Bishop Monaghan as celebrant After
the funeral services the body viii b'
taken back to Philadelphia, where Il
will be Inferred I'm the family buryias
ground in the Holy Cross cemetery
While the body is lying i'm state in st
IPauls Church on Wednesday night
there viii be a guard of honor over q
continually The members OF the vari.
Gus organizations Of the church viii b'
chosen as the guards.
This evening, i'm their hall-at Tentl
and King streets. Santa Maria Coun-
lcil. Knights Of Columbus, viii hold Z
meeting to take action on the death o.
1.-THE late Father Hughes. The knights
lwill attend the funeral services over th'
remains in St. Paurs r. c. Church II
q body.