The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-02

Twenty-Five years ago, on Dec. ~,
1889, Father McGolrick, of Minneap.
oils, was consecrated to the bishopric
of Duluth. The conservation services
took place in the cathedral at st. Paul
by Archbishop John Ireland.
This week clergy from many states
met in Duluth to honor the man whose
work at the head Of the diocese Of
Duluth has been notable for many rea-
sons. Archbishop John ireland, Of st.
Paul, delivered the sermon Tuesday
morning, when pontificial high mass
was celebrated at the Sacred Heart
cathedral.
Among the noted members of the
clergy who attended and spoke at the
different events planned in honor of
Bishop McGolrick, were Father Cleary,
Of Minneapolis; Bishop Archbishop
Keane, Of Dubuque, Iowa; Bishop
O'Reilly, Of Fargo, N. D.; Bishop
Wehrle, of Bismarck, N. D.; Abbot
Peter Engel, of st. Johns, and Bishop
Trobec, of st. Cloud.
Invitations to attend the anniver-
sary services were extended to the
bishops of Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa.
The anniversary services began Mon.
day afternoon with a celebration by
the parochial schools of Duluth, num-
bering over 1000 students, in the Ca
thedral auditorium.
Tuesday morning the pontif1cial
high mass was celebrated, and on
Tuesday evening dinner in honor of
Bishop McGolrick was given at the
Kitchi Gammi club. The dinner was
followed by public reception at the
cathedral.
On May Is, 1888, st. Paul became
an archdiocese and the next year saw
the erection Of three new sufgragan
sees, Duluth, jamestown and Winona.
The diocese of Duluth embraced the
counties of Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami,
Carlton, Cass, Clay, Cook, Crow Wing,
Hubbard, 1tasca, Kittson, Lake, Mar
shall, Norman, Pine, Polk and St.
Louis. 1t covered an area of 39,439
square miles. There were Is secular
priests and five regulars in the do
cese: Rev. Timothy Corbett. pro-ca-
thedral; Rev. S. Koefer, o. s. B., St.
Clement; Rev. w. T. Roy, St. John the
Baptist; Rev. John Sroka, st. Marys;
Rev. ]. F. Buh, Tower, with the entire
range; Rev. S. Schells, GAINESVILLE;
Rev. Thomas Gleason, Brainerd,
Rev. Charles Giraux, Cloquet; Rev. E..
Fayolls, Crookston; Rev. E. ]. Lawler,
st. Marys, Crookston; Rev. G. v. Ga.
mache, Detroit City; Rev. E. Theillon,
GENTLY; Rev. D. w. Lynch, Hinckley;
Rev. Augustine Brockmeyer, o. S. b.,
Moorhead; Rev. l.. Arpin, Red Lake
Falls; Rev. L. Feige. Terrebonne; Rev.
Thomas Borgerding, o. S. B., Red Lake
Indian reservations; Rev. S. Lampe, O..
S. B., Red Lake Indian reservation;
Rev. Aloysius Hermanutz, o. S. b.,
White Earth Indian reservation.
The following figures represent the
material condition of the dioceses at
that time: Churches, 80; stations, 10;
schools, S; pupils, 800; Catholic In
dians, 1000; white population, TO-
900; communities of sisters, 1.
In 1910 the Duluth diocese was d.
vided and the diocese of Crookston
created. The present area of the Du-
luth diocese is about $4,000 square
miles.
Rt. Rev. James McGolrick was born
May 1, 1841, in Borrisokane, county
Tipperary, Ireland. He was ordained
priest by Bishop Moriarty Of Kerry
in All-Hallows college, Dublin, June
II, 1867. Two of his brothers. VIII
liam and Henry, since deceased, be-
came priests, and two of his sisters,
Bridget and Elizabeth McGolrick, are
sisters in st. Joseph's Community. st.
Paul. Father McGolrick was ordained
for the diocese of st. Paul. He reached
the episcopal city in August, 1867, and
was made assistant to Father John