The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-23
Dead Of ArehbIshop soureaarde.


The Catholic church in the inter
mountain west is shrouded in gloom.
Archbishop Peter f5ouregarde. head OF
the church in the Santa re archdiocese,
has laid down liis crozier and there is
a vacancy in the ranks of The workers
in the vineyard of the Lord which il
will be hard to fill.
In this connection it might be said
that the clergy Of the diocese of Denver
are unanimous in their desire that the
honor of being the successor to The
worthy archbishop Of Santa re fall
upon the Right Rev. Bishop \. c. Matt.
who as bishop of Denver has success
fully ministerel TO the large Catholic
population Of the state of Colorado.
Although the archdiocese of Santa
Fe embraces the state of Colorado. the
archbishop has had little of the care of
this state upon his shoulders, Bishop
Matz having kept a watchful eye over
every parish IN his jurisdiction. For
this reason Colorado did not know
Archbishop Bouregarde personally, but
his fame as an administrator Of churcn
affairs and a counsellor of the sick OF
soul was widespread.
Archbishop Bouregarde went to Hot
Springs, Ark, a few weeks ago in the
hope Of recuperating his strength. His
health had been failing for some time.
He seemed on the road to recovery
when he left Hot Springs early this
month and went to Chicago. 1t was
there that he died on Sunday last. The
fatal illness lasted but one day, and (
during the visit Of the archbishop in |
Chicago he had seemed i'm fairly good |
health and drove out every dav. Sun
day he had a sinking spell and sue
cumbed to heart failure. Father s. I
Gates, chaplain of the hospital, and f.
Father Thomas Caraher. a patient at
the hospital where Archbishop Boure-
garde was. were at the bedside when
the end come. Bishop Bouregarde was
one of the pioneer priests in the south
west. He was native of France but
came TO this country in 1869. settling
in Arizona, then in a wild and woody
state of existence. There were only
three priests in the whole territory
when Father Bouregarde undertook his
labors there. He was first stationed at
Yuma, then at San Elizario, and Silver
CITY. n. NJ. In 1885 when Archbishop
Salpointe took charge of the Santa Fe
see, Father Bouregarde was made vicar
apostolic Of Arizona. In 1888 the vicar
ate was made into a regular diocese
with the seat at Tucson, and Father
Bouregarde became its first bishop. 1t
was IN 1889 that his holiness, Pope Leo
ALL oIHclally transferred the bishop
from the diocese of Tucson to the Met
see Of Santa Fe Bishop Matz
went down from Denver for the cere- =
mony. at which the title of archbishop
Nas conferred on Bishop Bouregarde !
Six months later the archbishop was 7
invested with the pallium at the hands {
II Bishop MatZ in the cathedral of ST.
Francis Of Santa Fe. The two church |
men We're fast friends
Bishop MatZ left Denver on Tuesday
# this week for Santa Fe to attend the :
uneral Of the archbishop. whose body )
vas brought from Chicago that If
night be inferred close to the scene of >
MS apostolic efforts. He intended to =
emain in New Mexico week. :
Six years ago coadjutor to the :
Tchbishop Of Santa Fe was selected i
ecause the territory to be covered was =
lTge and the labor attendant upon its :,
ase arduous. This honor fell to Fa- ;,
her John Baptist Pitaval. a priest of .
he diocese. of Denver. He was conse-
rated at Santa Fe in the summer of
BOZ Bishop Pitaval has endeared him
elf TO the people Of the archdiocese -
Ut the broader experience of Bishop
latz makes him more likely candi- "
ate for the archbishopric. Although ~
'enver and the state generally would u
Mss him. there would be consolation
the fact that he had been the re-
pient Of a high honor. -