The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-31

AIbaflNs M5gf. J0Seph feFnIc0ne.
New York. was named Auxiliary
Bishop Of New York.
MAY = At the Vatican huge
throngs from all over the world
witnessed the ceremonies which
raised Plus X. the Pope of the
Eucharist and the modern Father
of the Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine" to sainthood. In Wash
ington. the Us. Supreme Court
handed down a long.awaited de-
cision and ruled racial segregation
in the nations public schools is
unconstitutional In Richmond. a
week before the high court de.
cision, Bishop Peter L. Ireton di.
rected the opening of all Virginia
Catholic high schools to Negroes.
Mrs. Margaret r. Murray. wife
of a San Francisco painting con-
tractor and mother of seven, in.
Guiding two priests, was named the
1854 Catholic Mother. while in ST.
Cloud, Mimi, Mrs. Catherine J.
Bartholome, mother of Bishop Pc
ter w. Bartholome, who was voted
the first Catholic Mother OF the
Year in 1912, observed her 101st
birthday. Charles ]. McNeill of
George Pflaum, Publisher. Inc,
was elected president of the 44th
annual Catholic Press Association
convention in Chicago.
The 1854 Official Catholic Di.
rectory listed 31,648, ,424 Catholics
in the US, years increase OF
1928, 400. Celebrating his golden
ordination jubilee. Wheeling's
Bishop John ]. Swint was given
the personal titleOf Archbishop by
the Pope. Msgr. Howard j. Carroll.
NC.W.C. General Secretary, was
named to represent the us. Hier.
archy on the Holy Sees Supreme
Council on Emigration. At the Vat.
lean, Archbishop Gerald P. O'Hara
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta and
Papsl Nuncio to Ireland, marked
his silver jubilee in the Hierarchy
Death claimed Anne O'Hare Nc.
Cormick, ~, distinguished journal,
list and 1914 Laetare Medalist, in
New York.
JUNE - Five new names were
added to the list of Saints when
Pope Plus at a single ceremony in
St Peters Basilica officiated al
the canonizations of Saint Dominic
Savio, Is, follower of st. John
Bosco; Saint Maria Crocifissa di
Rosa, foundress of the HandmaidS
of Charity; Saint Peter Chanel, %
Marist, martyred on the Pacific
isle of Ftftuna; Saint Gaspar del
Buffalo, Italian founder of the Pre-
cious Blood Congregation. and
Saint Giuseppe Pignatelli, who for.
sock life of luxury and became a
famous Jesuit. All died during the
10Th century and they raised to SO
the number of Saints canonized by
the Holy Father.
Catholics total 472-million among
the 2,440-million inhabitants of the
world, a study by Father Adrien
Bouffard in The Priest And The
Mission, review published in Par.
is, disclosed. Stricken ill while en-.
route to the canonization of ST. Pi,
us X, Bishop James Boyle of Char
lottetown, Canada, died in London
England. Archbishop Gerald p
O'Hara, Bishop of Savannah-At,
lanta, who had been Papal Nuncio
to Ireland, was named Apostolic
Delegate to Great Britain. Arch
bishop Albert Levame. veteran
Papal diplomat, was named to the
Dublin post. Bishop Thomas Asa,
goro Wakida of Yokohama, Japan,
visiting the US, warned that if
Korea goes communist, so will ia,
pan. Cardinal Paul Emile Leger,
Archbishop of Montreal, confer,
red an honorary degree of the Uni
versity Of Montreal on Ethiopia s
Emperor Halle Selassie, visiting
Canada and the us.
JULY - The Pope made Bishop
Thomas j. Toolen an Archbishop
lad personam" and changed the
name of his See to the Diocese oil
Mobile-Birmingham; named FIR
Robert F. Joyce, Rutland, VT, Aux
iliary Bishop of Burlington. ano
appointed FIR. John j. Scanlan
San Francisco, Auxiliary Bishop oi
Honolulu. Bishop Leo christopher
Byrne, %, was consecrated Auxil
iary Bishop of st. Louis. Msgr
Paul f. Tanner, NC.W.C. Assist
ant General Secretary, was eleyat
ed to Domestic Prelate.
FIR. Terence S. McDermott left
New York for Rome TO serve as
Dominicans' acting head after FIR
Emmanuel Suarez, Dominican mas
ter general, was killed in auto &C
cident in France
On visits to us. and Canada
came Valerie Cardinal Valeri from
Rome to act as Papal Legate al
Cansda's Marian Year celebration
and 1t. Genevieve de Galard Ter
raube, Angel of Dien Bien Phu,
from Paris. A Berlin report saic
the Czechoslovakia Red regime hao
jailed for 25 years on espionage
charges Bishop Stefan Trochta, 40
of Litomerice, and three priests
The CPA 1854 Directory reported
all-time high of 20,201,412 sub
scribers to Catholic Press in US
Cardinal Stritch in pastoral urg
ed Catholics to refrain from engag
ing in religious unity assemblies
or conferences.
AUGUST = Warning that there
can be no coexistence with com