Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-27

The shepherd Of million souls Is
dead. man who served God in
simplicity throughout the long wears OF
his life has laid down his work 10
enter into his reward. \ vicar whom
thousands upon thousand mourn today
has finished "the good hghr. tlN
episcopal motto: "Sim Fidells iThat
7 may be faithfully, is accomplished
Edmond Francis prendcrgast, Il priest
of the Roman Catholic Church for httN-
two years, Auxiliary Bishop OF Phila-
dalphia for fourteen years and Arch-
bishop OF the diocese Of Pennsylvania
! for nearly seven years, came 10 ms
death only after a life overfowins WIN
such service as has been WITHIN lhe
power of few men 10 OFFER. lie uieS
! rich in years and crowned "ith hoilo' ~
The child who was TO become one or
,ba foremost dignitarles OF the Catholic
| church in America was born III May
/ 1s4g. IN Clonm.l, County Tipperary.
] IraIaud a town which was old When
pom. was young. and whose ancient
cac,,c name. "Cluain Maella,' or vale
OF honey" is significant OF the sweetness
aud beauty of the place.
lie came of an illustrious parentaSe,
on both his mothers and his fatner
side. Ills paterual forebears trace then
,,ns from Maurice de PrenderGast. one
80 tha Norman lords who landed i'll
Iralard in the twelfth century. war
rio,. v.rro is famous in ireland for having
kent faith with the Irish princes wheh
the Normans would have betrayed theni.
other famous members OF the fanny
80 Tnhn patrick Prendergast. MS
.ortar ~ the Cron,wellian Invasion OF
Inai,,a. Thomas Prendergast. - mem
hsr of the Irish Parliament: ana his
h,o,ber who was Crown Solicitor. Many
- ,he prendergasts settled in Spain
ord Irance. one becoming president OF
,ho Spanish Cortes; announcer ,ne
C,heyaier Edmond Prendergast: an oIn'
49, in the Jacobite wars, following
rti,. James II into exile in France. and
! a,ir anotner Edmond Prendergast De
coming a general in the army OF FRANCS
His mother was daughter o ."'
rareyys. whose forefather. Nn,ia,'
Carew. was the son OF Geraid uo "niu
sor. Governor of Pembrohe nnu 'o,.
90 Carew. and tho Princess Nesta al
Tudor Of Wales
Roth the Carews and the ffehuer
casts have given many aons ana osusn
ters 10 the church. One'of ms oro.nel"
the Rev. Or. Peter j. trehue, e"s,, ~,
came rector Of the Church OF the Epiph
any.. New York. Another brother IN
, pe,, Francis Prendereast. was sta
TONED at Dungarven. Waterford IRE
land Two Of his sisters entered IN
religious life in Ireland. one OF tnen
became the Reverend Mother Mar
peter of the Presentation Convent LIS
, more HIS fathers brother, the He'
LANES Prendergast, died in the ministr'
at the age of eighty-six. Two othe
uncles. his mothers brothers. were IN
late rather Edmond Carew, OF the arch
diocese of Cashel. and the late t'athe
J Francis Carew, pastor OF the church o
~. Rose of Lima, at Carbondale, Pa
ENTERS PRIESTHOOD
Young Edmond Francis Prendergas
h caue 10 the United States from lrelan
y IN 1859, when he was sixteen years OLE
: At the invitation of his uncle, the Re'
: Traneis Carew, he entered the diocesa
r seminary of st. Charles Borromeo, the
n boused In the old building at the north
d east corner OF Eighteenth and Rae
streets. Logan Square. From that tim
on Tor fifty-nine years. his life was
be centered in that locality. In IN
i great cathedral dominating Loga
I souare he was TO be accorded. whe
z he had been in the priesthood for fift
|, years. the most splendid tribute evs
r given to any man in the Catholic churc
: IN this city b.
lis class ct ths erminery WA n
= cslYbd Into ne q esfhoQd N u1l p