The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-07-11

Bishop of Oregon City tPors.
lsnd) and he succeeded Arch.
bishop Francis N. Blsnehes in
that post. In December, 1880.
Before setting out for Ore
gon he toured the Alaskan mis-
sions again and appointed mis-
sionaries to continue the work
he had begun.
Father John Althoff, a young
priest from Holland, was APP
pointed the first resident mis-
sionary in Alaska, by Bishop
Seghers, Nov. %, 1878, living
in Wrangel, in southeastern
Alaska, transferring to Juneau
In 1885.
While on a visit to Rome IN
1883 Archbishop Seghers obtain
ed permission to resign from
his See of Oregon and return to
his old See of Victoria which
was then vacant.
He was reappointed on March
z. 1884, and Immediately re-
sumed his plans for the Alaskan
missions. 1t was not until July,
1886, however, that he was able
to sail from Victoria.
Accompanied by two Jesuits
of the Rocky Mountain Province,
Father Pascal Tosi and Father
Aloysius Robaut and a lay help
er, Francis Fuller, they arrived
ut Chilcoot Pass a week later
and went on to the headwaters
of the Yukon. It was decided
that the two Jesuits would re,
main for the winter at Harpers
Place while the Bishop and
Fuller proceeded with two In
dian guides for Nulato.
During The long and srdv-
Gus journey Of LOO miles
Mr.. Fuller. after many signs
Of mental distress from the
lhsrdships endured. fatally
shot the Archbishop with q
rifle, when they were less
than days journey from
their goal, NvIsfo.
And thus the Apostle Of
Alaska" became a martyr for the
missions Nov. %, 1886. The full
story of his martyrdom is re
lated in the report of the Com
mission for the Cause of Canon
izati0n of the Martyrs of the
United States (1957). Archbish
OPP John Mark Cannon, Bishop Of
Erie, Pa, chairman.
Father Tosi and Father Ro
baut continued their labors In
the missions, reinforced later by
Jesuit Fathers A. Ragaru, JIM
Treca, p. Muset, A. Parodi
Francis Monroe, John Post ant
many others.
OF particular notice were thu
labors of Jesuit Father William
Judge, of Baltimore, Md, WHIT
arrived at Holy Cross mission
In 1890, and aided in remodel
ing and erecting the mission
buildings. In 1897 he followed
his migrating flock in the STAN
pede to the Klondike. where HI
built a hospital at Dawson ant
ministered to the miners durin,
. typhoid fever and pneumoni
epidemic. He died In the hos
pital he had built, Jan. is. 1895
Another noted Jesuit mission
sry, Father Francis Barnum. al
% Of Baltimore, arrived at 81
Michael's in 1891. A gifted lir
euist, he labored in the missioi
ut Tununa, where he began hi
great work of an Innuit Gran
mar and dictionary. Father Jul
ius Jette, ST., likewise con
piled an Indian dictionary.
On July IL, 1894. the TER
tory OF Alaska was raised to
Prefecture Apostolic, and cea'
Cd to be a part of the dioces
OF Vancouver Island. Father T,
d was appointed its first Pr
feet Apostolic.
In February, 1895, he explo
ID the western part of the S
yard Peninsula up to Port Cla
erce and on the Selawik Rive
Illness overlook him and he r
signed the post in March, 189
and died at Juneau, Jan. ]
1893.
Father John B. Rene, ST., W,
appointed to succeed Faith,
1osi, and he resigned In Marc
1901. The famed missionar