The Irish standard., 1915-09-01

Sented himself from their midst. He
travelled near and far to the scattered
settlements in his diocese, in order to
dispense to his subjects the consola-
tions of religion; and in such journeys
he disregarded privations and dis
comforts. The account left by him
of trip made to the Red river val
ley in the summer of 1861 gives us
some idea as to what inconvenience
had to be encountered under those
circumstances. The bishop went up
the Mississippi river as far as Crow
Wing, then back as far as St. Cloud,
whence a stage coach line took him
across the prairie to a point on the
Red river, where he boarded small
steamer bound for Pembina. From
there he paid visit to the city of ST.
Boniface, Manitoba. The care and
solicitude of the bishop extended to
the lowliest and humblest of his chill
dren. In 1862 large number of Sioux
Indians were tried before the courts
for having taken part in the uprising
and the massaCreS connected there
with, which put terror into the hearts
of the white population of southern
and southwestern Minnesota; 38 Of
them were sentenced to death, and
meanwhile were kept in a prison at
Mankato. The bishop upon hearing
of the lot that befell these poor In
dians sent Father Ravoux to them,
who succeeded in preparing 33 of the
condemned for happy death; 80 of
the converts were baptized, and three
received holy communion for the first
time Bishop Grace in his private
life was the sanity minister of God,
who devoted much time to prayer and
gave most of what he had, and what
was not spent in works of religion, to
works of charity. AS the late Bishop
Stanley expressed it in the funeral
sermon, Bishop Grace was man, of
whom it could be truly said, that the
world is better, because he has lived.
To Bishop Grace succeeded his CO.
adjutor, the Right Reverend John Ire
land QSA-), under whose ener-
getic and wise government the diocese
attained its present fourshing condi-
ton. He was born at Burnchurch,
county Kilkenny, Ireland, September
II, 1888, and came to St. Paul with
his parents in 1852. Bishop Cretin no.
ticing vocation to the priesthood in
him, sent him to Meximieux and
Hyeres in France, where he made his
college and seminary course; he was
ordained to the priesthood in St. Paul
on December 21, 1861. He served as
chaplain to the Fifth Minnesota Regi-
ment during the Civil War, and was
afterwards stationed at the cathedral
of St. Paul. In 1875 he was appointed
titular bishop of Maronea and coad-
jutor to Bishop Grace, in whose cathe-
dral he received the episcopal conse-
Grafton, December 2l, 1875. Upon the
resignation of Bishop Grace he be-
came bishop of St. Paul; and on May
Is, 1888, he was raised to the metro
politan dignity as archbishop of St.
Paul. With earnest purpose and ener-
getic zeal he endeavored to build up
his diocese, and to serve the church
and the country at large as we'll. He
is known at home and abroad as the
earnest advocate and apostle of tenn
perance, as a promoter of Catholic
education, and as a friend and patron
of all that tends to the betterment of
humanity.
After his elevation to the archiepis-
copal dignity the ecclesiastical prov
ince of St. Paul was organized with the
suffragan sees of Duluth, St. Cloud,
Winona, jamestown or afterwards
Fargo, and Sioux Falls l8S9), to
which were added afterwards the do
ceses of Lead (19O2), Crookston and
Bismarck C91O), cut off from the do
ccse of Sioux Falls, Duluth and Far
go respectively. The erection Of the
episcopal see of Winona took away
from the jurisdiction of the archdio-
cese the southern section of the state
of Minnesota. In 1910 an auxiliary
bishop was appointed in the person
of the Right Reverend John J. Lawler,
rector of the cathedral of St. Paul,