The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

coi w u lew HontHet ana pEopaply leLC
tho priests who came with him. Pro-
ceeding to Richmond towards .hc end
OF the year. he offered In the House OF
Delegates. by invitation of the General
Assembly. the first mass ever said in
the capital city. His successors at
Richmond. with Interruptions. were
the Rcvs. T. c. Mongrnnd. Xavier
Michel. John McEIroy. John Baxter,
John Mahoney, James Walsh. Thomas
Hore and Fathers Horner and Schrei-
ber
Tradition tells us that at an early
date, probably at the time of the De-
claration OF Independence. Alexandria
had log chapel with an unknown res
ident priest. Rev John Thayer of
Boston. was stationed there In 1884
lev Francis Neale. who in 1895 con-
structed at Alexandria a brick church.
erected fourteen years later a moro
suitable church, where Fathers Kohl
mann. Enoch and Benedict Joseph Fen
wick, afterwards second Bishop of Ros-
ton. frequently ofliciatcd. About 1886
Rev. James Bushe began the erection
of church at Norfolk. His success
sors were the Very Rev. Leonard Neale.
afterwards Archbishop of Baltimore;
Revs. Michael Lacy, Christopher Della
ney, Joseph Stokes. Samuel Cooper. J.
Van Horsigh and A L. Hitzelberger.
Right Rev. Patrick Kelly. ID. D..
mond August "a. 1890. and came to
side at Norfolk. where the Catholics
were much more numerous than at
Richmond. January ls. 1921. The cree
ton of Virginia Into diocese had been
premature and was accordingly op-
posed by the Archbishop OF Baltimore
Because of factions and various 9TH
err difficulties. Bishop Kelly soon petit
toned Rome to be relieved of his
charge. He left Virginia in July, 1922.
having been transferred to the See of
Waterford and Lismore. where he died
October S. 1929. Archbishop Marechal
of Baltimore was appointed admins
traitor Of the diocese.
Built ST. Peters Church.
Rev. Timothy O'Brien. who came as
pastor to Richmond in 1882, did more
for Catholicism during his eighteen
years labor than any other mission
airy. excepting bishops of the Sec In
1884 he built st. Peters Church, after
wards the cath edral, and founded St.
Ioseph's Female Academy and Orphan
Asylum. bringing as teachers three
Sisters of Charity.
The Rt. Rev. Richard Vincent
Whelan. D. D., consecrated March 81.
1S4l. established the same year, on
the outskirts of Richmond. st. Vim
cents Seminary and College. dlscon-
tinued in 1916. Leaving Rev. Timothy
bishop took up his residence at the
seminary. and acted as president. In
1872 Bishop Whelan dedioa ted st. JOS
eph's Church. Petersburg, and ST. Pat
rick's Church, Norfolk. and the fol-
lowing year that of ct. Francis at
Lynchburg. In 1886 he built church
Mt Wheeling and two years later
founded at Norfolk ST Vincent's Fee
male Orphan Asylum. Wheeling was
made a separate see uly 20, 1850, and
to 1t was transferred Bishop whelan.
"Rt Rev. John McGill. d. D.. con-
secrated November 10, 1850, was pres
ent In Rome in 1854. when the Dogma
of the Immaculate conception was
proclaimed. BY pen and voice he OPP
posed Knownothingism. In 1855 Bish-
op McGill convened the first diocesan
synod. During the yellow fever plague
OF the same year Rev Matthew
o Keefe. of Norfolk. and Rev. Francis
the latter dying martyr TO priestIy
duty. In 1856 st. Vincent's Hospital.
Norfolk was founded Alexandria,
formerly in the Baltimore archdiocese
as part of the District of Columbia.
but ceded back to Virginia. was an
Is. 1858.
In 1860 the bishop transferred St.
Mary,s German Church. Richmond, to
the Benedictines. During the Civil
War Bishop McGin wrote two learned
works. The True Church Indicated
to the Inquirer" and Our Faith. the
victory. republished as THE Creed
OF Catholics The bishop established
at Richmond the Sisters of the Vista
ton. ana at Alexandria the Sisters of
the Holy Cross. He also took part in
the Vatican Council Bishop McGiIl
died at Richmond, January H. 1872.
Cardinal as Bishop.
Rt. Rev. James Gibbons D. ID.
afterwards archbishop and cardinaD.
consecrated titular Bishop OF Adramyt-
tum to organize North Carolina into a
vcariate. August 16. 1865. was ap-
pointed Bishop OF Richmond. July
80. 1872. He established at Richmond
the Little Sisters of the Poor. and st.
Peters Boys Academy Erecting new
parishes. churches and schools, max
Ing constant diocesan visitations fire.
quently preaching to large congrega-
lions of both Catholics and non
Catholics, Bishop Gibbons. during his
short rulo Of five years. accomplished