The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-08-26

pointed the first. resident priest of
treat Falls, February, 1891. He soon
a,aid the debt Of $4,000 on the new
church, which was about one-haf of
It's original cost. He bequeathed SUR
fcient. funds to furnish room in the
Columbus Hospital that was built by
the Sisters Of Providence under the
direction of Venerable Mother Julian.
Father Dolls bequeathed also the cot
tage that he occupied to st. AIMS
congregation. Father Dolls was called
Ito his reward May 80, 1898, and was
|Rsucceeded the {. following month by
Rev. Fl. B. Alleys, who during his
hort administration made substantial,
improvements on the rectory and laid
| he foundation of a new brick church
out which was never completed until
he advent of the first Bishop Of Great
Falls. Rev. G.. Pauwelyn succeeded
Father Alleys ON August 8, 1901, as
pastor of ST. AIMS church until the
Frliocese of Great Falls was created.
when the new Bishop, by virtue of his
,ffice, became pastor of st. AIMS
;hurch, which became the prof athe-
iiral. Father Pauwelyn remained at
I he pro-Cathedral as assistant pastor
n acting rector, but was allowed to-
lraw the same salary as when he was
pastor, until he was transferred to
alendive, August. 1906 Rev. Thomas
-McC ormack succeeded Father Pau
Velyn from August, 1906, to June,
1909, when he returned to his do
;ese in Ireland. Rev. James Molly
neux followed Father Mccormack
rom June 8, 1909, to February 2, 1912,
when he was transferred to Glasgow,
Montana; Rev. D. J. Dineen succeeded
Father Molyneux from February 3,
1912, to June 81, 1917; Father Dineen
vas transferred to his former charge
It Glasgow after the death of Father
Molyneux. Rev. M, r. O'Brien sue
,eeded Father Dineen June 81, 1917,
Ind is still at the Cathedral giving ex-
,ellent satisfaction, like his prede-
3essors. All of these priests were chan
aellors of the diocese of Great Falls
md each one was given the powers
If a Vicar General, to grant matri-
| nonial dispensations, in the absence
If the Right Reverend Bishop from
.lome, Rt Rev. Matthias G.. Lenihan,
}. D.
| On May Is, 1904, the late Pope
| 'ius x divided the state of Montana
INTO two dioceses, making Great Falls
he Episcopal See of the eastern por-
ion of the state, with a territory of
l4,158 square miles, leaving to the
original diocese of Helena the
mountainous district with territory
If 1922 square miles,. The Very
reverend Matthias Clement Lehman,
4. R., ". F., who was Dean and an
removable Pastor. of Marshalltown,
owa, was appointed the first Bishop
# the new Diocese of Great Falls by
lis Holiness, Pope Plus X of happy
memory. Bishop Lenihan was con-
s'ecrated by the late Most Rev. Joseph
T. keane, d. d. assisted by the
present metropolitan of Dubuque,
N,ut who was, at that time, the Right
Rev. James J. Keane, D. D., Bishop
If Cheyenne; and the Right Rev.
Joseph B. Cotter. d. d., Bishop of
Winona. Most Rev. John Ireland
preached on that memorable &C.
sasion. At the banquet, in Hotel
Julian, following the conservation
ceremonies there were present three
Archbishops, Is Bishops, and over two
hundred priests and monsignori, be-
'1des large NUMBER of prominent
aymen from Marshalltown, Dubuque,
Vail, Denison, and Chicago. Bishop
Lenihan was formally Installed in his
lew See, at St. AIMS church, Great
Falls, November 9, 1904, by Archbish-
op Alexander Christie, of Portland,
Oregon, at which ceremony the other
orelates of the Province of Oregon
City, OF which the Bishop of Great
Falls is suffragan, and large num-
Ser of priests and lay people were
present In his sermon at the in
,stallation ceremony the new preiate
announced that he would name the
prot Cathedral SAINT ANN in honor
OF the Blessed Virgin, which was the
title of the first church that he built
at his first mission at Vail, and which
he was pleased to learn was the name
Of the first church built at Great Falls.
He selected as legend for his Epis-.
copal escutcheon "Fides ct Charitas,"
which two virtues, Faith and
Charity he wished all his priests
and people to practice in a pre-emi-
nent degree as. we'll as aiming to
practice these virtues himself. He de-
yeloped, at length, the words of his
text eve should live soberly, and
Justly and piousIy in this world"
EeTitus IL, 12.1 1t was quite natural
tor the new Bishop to speak on the
virtue of sobriety since he was the
president. of the; Archdiocesan Total
Abstinence Society in Iowa, when he
was chosen head of the new diocese.
He was consistent advocate of
Christian Temperance during his Is
years as parish priest in his native
state OF Iowa. Both as priest and as
Bishop he administrated the total
abstinence pledge to all candidates
preparing to receive the sacramento
of Holy Communion and Confirma-
ton, until they were Is years of age.
Bishop Lehman has always been an
ardent advocate of state Prohibition
and Woman Suffrage since he came
to Montana. He has the satisfaction
OF knowing that the majority of
voters in all the counties of the stato