The Calumet news., 1912-06-03

lations between the missionaries ana
the government became more normal
About the year i74l chapel and
dwelling for the missionary were built
within the stockaded fort.
"In l761 the English succeeded the
French. Their unpOpularity brought
about the Pontiac massacre Juno :,
1893. In 1879 Major De Pcystcr com.
menced substantial stone for, on
Mackinaw Island The chapel in the
old fort was taken down and hauled
over tho ice end re-ercc.Cd. The island
heeane q great trading post and the
gateway To western civilization. Faith
er Du Jaunsy attended the mission for
q quarter of century, but with the re-
noval of the church to the island the
Jesults seem To have given up the con-
troll Of It. After that regular and se7
cular priests had charge of il, at times
they were stationary and then again
only paid Il an occasional visit Among
them were Pere GuiDault, 1875: Perc
Payet. 1887: Pere Lc Dru, 1894. Faith
er Michael I.evadouN. 1896. was the
FIRST to come under the jurisdiction OF
AN American prelate. Pishop Carroll.
T,y the Treaty Of Paris, Sept 3, 1888.
Mackinac became tho possession Of the
United States. The British, however.
did not evacuate until October 1896.
Major Henry DurbeclS took possession
uf il. on June 2e, 1893. Father Cab
riel Rickard came to the island He
received mis- Jurisdiction from the bish-
op Of Baltimore. but April s, 1903. the
Diocese Of Bar dstown was erected and
Michigan came under tile jurisdiction
OF Bishop Flaget. Again. whom the
Diocese of Cincinnati wGs established.
June -. 1921. Michigan was included
In this territory. Rt. Rcv. Edward Rem
wick was the first bishop 10 Visit Up
per Michigan. Upon the death Of this
sanity bishop. Detroit was created an
episcopal sec (1S93l and Frederick
Fleze became It's first ordinary.
During the first National Council in
May. 1852. the Fathers recommended
that Upper Michigan be made e vicar
late Apostolic. BY a brief of July %.
1853, Plus IN disjoined the territory
from Detroit and under the same date
appointed Frederick 3araga its vicar
apostolic with the title of Bishop OF
Amyzonia in partibus lie took up his
residence in Sault ste. Marie from
which the vicariate and later the dio-
cese took IT'S name Bishop Baraga
found three churches and three priests
In his vicariate. but after three years
OF administration his report shows not
only an increase and permanency OF
missions, but vast possibilities I'm de-
veopncnt so that the Holy See did not
hesitate to raise tho vicariate to the
dignity of a diocese, oonferring at the
same time upon BaTaga the title of
bishop OF Sault Ste. Marie. The city
was at the extreme east end uf tht
diocese, so that, when many important
missions developed in the west end. the
question of moving the see to q more
accessible place naturally suggested IT.
self The choice fell upon the town
OF Marquette and the Holy See. sane
toned the removal. Oct %, 1865, en-
Joining that the Old name be retained
together With the new~one, hence the
name OF the dlocesei Sault ste Marie
and Marquette. Since the elevation OF
Milwaukee to an archdiocese Os75), Il
has belonged to that province.
"Thc bishops Of Detroit Milwaukee,
st. Paul and Hamilton. Canada. had
c.ded jurisdictiho 10 Bishop Barsea
over the missions, mostly Indian. adj
Joining the territory. Thus the north
ern portion of Lower Michigan, and
regions around Lake Superior through
out Wisconsin and Minnesota froni
Port Arthur to MIchipicoten anu the
Sault, were attended by him and ais
whilo he ruled the diocese.
bishop Baraga died Jan 10, 1868, HIS
countryman. Ignathis Mrak became his
successor. He vas consecrated Feb,
q 1869. resigned in 1877, was trans
terreu TO AntlhOc, III pdIlibuS' uieN
Jan. J. 1901. John Vcrtin became the
third bishop He was consecrated Sept
II. 1879: died Feb. 1899. The fourth
bishop was chosen in the person OF
Frederick Els He was born Jan. 90
lS43. at Arbach. Diocese of Trier. Ger
many. the youngest Of four children.
In 1855 his parents cmigrated to Am
erica and settled first at Calvary, Wis.
but later removed to Minnesota and
from there went to RoclSlaud, Mich,
where the diligence and talent OF thH
future bishop attracted the attenticn
of the pioneer missionary. Martin
Fox. who at cnce took a lively intcres,
in him. civil War broke UP most of
the colleges and younS Frederick went
from st. Francis. Wis. to Joliet Can
ada. to complete his studies. He was
by Bishop Mrax, Oct. 80, 1870.
various important pastorates,
he was made, upon the death Of Bishop
vertin. administrators of the diocese