The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-02-11
EUROPEAN NEWS.

EUROPEAN NEWS.
A Missionary Bishop Knighted.-
Mgr. Prosper Augouard, G.. S. Sp., the
intrepid missionary bishop of the Ou-
Danghi, has received from the King
of Belgium the title of commander
of the Order of Leopold 1t was in
testimony of his admiration for the
great work created in it's entirety by
Mgr. Augouard in the Congo, that
King Albert wished to confer upon
him this distinguished honor, which
had never before been granted to any
missionary. Mgr. Augouard has been
for many years an officer of the
Legion of Honor
Benedctines for the Congo.-A
party of Benedictines have reached
the Congo, with the intention of max
ing a foundation there and to minister
to the white settlers and natives.
They have one other monastery in
Africa, that of the Vicariate of South
Zanzibar, founded in 1887.
S. Maria, in Trastevere, to be Re-
stored.-Steps will be shortly taken to
restore the ancient Church of S.
Maria, in Trastevere, the titular
church of the Cardinal Archbishop of
Baltimore in Rome.
Nn%a
bouchere has retired from the editor
shop of London Truth. He is now in
his eightieth year The paper has
been transferred to corporation
Protestant Solicitor Converted
Mr.. Arthur Blood-Smyth, one of the
best known Protestant solicitors in
the North of Ireland, and for twenty
eight years prominently identified
with the Masonic and Orange Orders,
was recently received into the Catho-
lie Church at Cootehill after having
read a public recantation
Father Goetz Goes to East Africa
Rev. Father Goetz, c. S. Sp., formerly
rector of St. Joachim's parish, De-
troit, and beloved by wide circle of
friends, has been appointed pastor
of the Cathedral at Zanzibar, British
East Africa, by Rt. Rev. Bishop Al
geymer, D. d. This is a very import
ant promotion and is tribute to the
fidelity and ability of the jealous
priest
Redemptorist Appointed Bishop of
Perth, AustraIia.-The Very Rev. Pat
rick Clune, G. SIS. r., superior of the
Redemptorist house in Perth, Western
Australia, has been appointed Bishop
of Perth, to succeed Mgr. Gibney, who
resigned his see last year
The Bishop-elect is a native of
Glare, Ireland. He was ordained in
1885 and went to the Diocese of Goul-
burn, where he ministered for seven
years, after which he joined the Re
demptorist Congregation. Returning
to Ireland, he worked hard in many
parts giving missions. His sermons
always drew large congregations. In
1899 he returned to the Antipodes.
After few years missionary work he
was appointed superior of the Redemp-
torist house, Wellington, New Zealand,
and later on rector of the Redemp-
torist house, Perth.
Pious Society of Missions.-This
year the Pious Society of Missions will
observe the seventy-sixth anniversary
of it's foundation. In January, 1885,
the Venerable Vincenzo Pallotti found
ed the society, which is now spread in
several parts of the world. There are
five houses of the order in this coun-
| try, under the direction of Very Rev.
John Vogel, P. s. M, whose head
quarters are in Brooklyn. The other
| communities are located at New York,
Baltimore, Newark and Hammonton,
N. J.
English Army chaplains. With
Monsignor Keatinge's promotion, the
English Army chap1ains officially label
ed, r. c." make a brave fifth of the
total of twenty first class chaplains
who rank as colonels. To Father
Collins, D. s. o., belongs the distinc.
ton of seniority, not only among the
Catholic chaplains, but,among all chap
lains now on the active list. Mon.
signor Keatinge, who won ''men
ton" during the last South African
War, had brother in the same serv
ice-the late Father Charles Walter
Keatinge, who took part in the Nile
Expedition, and was therefore col
league of the present Bishop of Not
tingham.
More French Papers lnterdicted.--
Four other newspapers have been con
demned by French Bishops Mgr. Vii
lard, Bishop of Autun, while publish
ing the Introduction signed by the thir
teen Catholic prelates of the Lyons