The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION

age to apply on the debt and to aid in
the education of the children of the
institution.
The Right Reverend James McGol-
rick, who was born May 1, 1841, at
Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ire
land, completed his studies for the
priesthood in All Hallows College,
Dublin, and was ordained for the Dio-
cese of ST. Paul on June II, 1867. I'M
mediately after his ordination he came
to st. Paul and served for time as
assistant pastor of the Cathedral. He
was soon assigned to Minneapolis to
minister to the needs of the Catholic
population on the west side of the
river To. provide a place of worship
for his new flock, he built an addition
to the little frame structure erected
a few years previously by Father Tis-
sot of st. Anthony's parish and used
as school by the Sisters of ST. JOS
eph. This was the first Church of the
Immaculate Conception. In a short
time the number of Catholics in the
parish increased to such an extent
that it became necessary to build
more commodious church and in the
summer of 1871 the cornerstone of the
church which stands at Third Street
and Third Avenue North was laid and
the first Mass was celebrated on De-
cember s, 1872. The church was dedi-
Gated on the following New Years
Day. Father McGolrick remained in
charge of the church until December
27, 1889, when he was consecrated
first Bishop of Duluth, in the old Ca
thedral of ST. Paul by Archbishop Ire
land. On the same occasion the late
Bishop Stanley of Fargo and the late
Bishop Cotter of Winona were elevat-I
ed to the episcopate.
Bishop McGolrick arrived in Duluth
on January 9, 1890, and was installed
as first Bishop of the Diocese in the
small frame church on Second Avenue
and Fourth Street which was erected
by Father Cebul in 1S70-the first
Catholic church built in Duluth. 1t
was destroyed by fire on July 2, 1892
dral of the Sacred Heart was laid by
Bishop McGolrick on July Is, 1894,
and the formal dedication took place
two years later.
When Risanp yMcCol@ick arrived in
Duluth there were, only fifteen dioces-
an priests in the territory under his
jurisdiction which at that time COM
prised the present Diocese of Duluth
and that of Crookston, which was
erected into a separate Jurisdiction in
1910, with the Right Reverend Timo-
thy Corbett who had been pastor of
the Cathedral of Duluth for twenty
one years, as it's first Bishop At the
present time the Diocese of Duluth
has an area of 22,354 square miles,
and Catholic population of 43,20O,
miniStered to by siXty-tWo priests, dio-
cesan and regular.
During the twenty-five years of his
residence in Duluth Bishop McGolrick
has taken the greatest interest in
municipal and civic affairs. He has
been a member of the Park Board for
twenty years, member of the HUI
name Society, of the Commercial
Club, and of the Agricultural Commits
sion. He has labored indefatigably
for the spread of religion within the
Diocese by organizing new parishes,
building churches and educational in
stitutions, and providing priests for
the welfare of his people. In addition
to that he has been actively engaged
in the work of colonization and has
been instrumental in establishing sew
eral colonies of Catholics in different
parts of the Diocese. He is still hale
and vigorous despite his seventy-th
years and his hosts of friends among
the clergy and laity of the Northwest
pray that he may be long spared to
labor as in the past for the spiritual
and temporal welfare of the people.
With these The Catholic Bulletin
joins in the glad acclaim: AID Multos
Amos.