PEOPLE WE HEAR ABOUT

New Zealand Tablet, 29 May 1919, Page 37

PEOPLE WE HEAR ABOUT

Rev. Edmund F. Gibbons, who * succeeds Bishop Cusack in Albany* U.S.A., was ordained 25 years ago. He has been rector of St. Teresa’s Church, Buffalo, for some years. Up till 1918 he was the Superintendent of Schools in the diocese. He iff noted as a preacher. * ,yy p a ; ?cit i.uv; u

Right Rev. Edward; D. Kelly, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, ; U.S.A., who , succeeds Bishop Gallagher in Grand Rapids, was ordained June 16, 1886. He was the 5 -Administrator of the Diocese of Detroit after the death of the late Bishop Foley, who has been succeeded by Bishop Gallagher. S£f|T^

Bishop Dowling, who succeeds the late Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, U.S.A., - has been head of the Des Moines diocese since 1912, coming from the - pastorate of the Cathedral of SS.. Peter and Paul in Providence, RT j: after seven years there;' ■ ’Born in New York City, Bishop Dowling spent most of his childhood in . Newport, R.I. He was educated in Manhattan College and St. John’s Ecclesiastical Seminary at Brighton, Mass. He was ordained to the priesthood in Providence in 1891, after which he spent several years at the Catholic University, Washington, D.C. He was pastor' for two years of -Sacred Heart parish, East Providence; instructor at St. John’s, Brighton, for four years, and editor of the Providence Visitor for two years before taking up the pastorate of St. Mary’s in Warren, JR.I. He went from there to SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Providence.

J Several months ago the Brooklyn Tablet announced the appointment of • Rev. . Edmond- Heelan as Auxiliary Bishop to Bishop Garrigan, of Sioux City, U.S.A., but confirmation was not made until a few weeks'- ago. - The 5 new Auxiliary Bishop is about 50 years of age and has always > been one of the most popular priests in the Sioux City diocese. He organised and for 21 years has J been pastor of—the Sacred Heart parish" at Fort Dodge, where his zealous work has endeared him to all. He has a brother in the - Sioux City diocese, Rev. D. J. Heelan, who is pastor; of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church at Fonda, Iowa; The Sacred Heart parish of Fort Dodge is one of the, largest and most important in the State, made so principally by his able management. The school, to which he has given his careful supervision,-is' regarded as a model. .Father Heelan was ordained at All Hallows’ College, Dublin, for the archdiocese of Dubuque, and, on coming to that city, served first as assistant at the Cathedral and Chancellor of the .Archdiocese.. Twenty-one |years?: ago he whs appointed to found the Sacred Heart parish at Fort Dodge, and has continued as its pastor ever, since. ~ He is in the prime of his physical and- mental powers and will be a' valuable assistant to the revered head of the diocese of ,Sioux City. Bishop Garrigan is in advanced years and poor health.

The Pope has appointed a new Archbishop of Genoa, Italy, in the person of Cardinal Thomas Pius Boggiani. He succeeds Archbishop Gavotti, who died last December. Born January 19, 1863, at Boscomarehgb, the birthplace of Pope St. Pius .V., the new Archbishop, when j- still h very young, ?■ became ta Dominican at Chieri, near ‘ Turin. He completed his. theological studies in the Dominican College : at -where also he;taught for some time. He is well known in Genoa, as for some years he was parish of the Dominican Church called S. Maria d A Gastello, the Cathedral waly; irtwi. Vi Sajr.eiiiv '

Church in the early ages. The Holy See, knowing his great learning, ..prudence, and experience, made frequent I use of him. He was a missionary at Constantinople; Apostolic Visitor of ;no less : than 23 didceses in North Italy, and of nearly the' whole of Sardinia, In 1908 he was ; made Bishop of Adria, and soon after Rope Pius X., sent him as a Delegate Apostolic to Mexico. On his return he was chosen Apostolic Administrator of the Genoese Archbishopric, and rein Genoa for some time. Recalled to Ronie, Pius X. made him , Assessor of the : Consistorial Couglegation, and in that • capacity he acted as secretary; at the Conclave- which elected Pope Benedict XV., who created him Cardinal in the Consistory ■" of December 4, 1916. The last Cardinal who was Archbishop of Genoa was Archbishop 4 Placido Tadini, a Carmelite Friar, who died in 1847. The Dominican, Order has given six other Archbishops of Genoa, among whom was .the famous Blessed Giacomo da Varazzo. It was 1 officially announced recently that Rev. Joseph F. McGrath, rector.: of St. Patrick’s ; Church, Tacoma, - diocese of Seattle, U.S.A., had been appointed Bishop of Baker City, Ore., and' that Rev. Edmund Heelan, rector of Sacred Heart Church, Dodge City, .lab; was made Auxiliary -Bishop to Bishop ’Garrigan, of Sioux City. Rev. Joseph. McGrath was born in lieland’ about 47 years ago. He made his theology course at Montreal and- was ordained* there : in 1895 by Archbishop Fabre for the diocese of Springfield, Mass. His first pastoral -labors were spent as assistant to -the well-known Father McCoy, of the Springfield , diocese. Father - McGrath later ■ spent a two years doing missionary work among the Indians of Northern Michigan. The hardships of his missionary labors overtaxed his strength, and he was compelled to spend some time in Texas recuperating. When Father McGrath had fully regained his health, he went to Seattle and was assigned to the Cathedral parish. On December 27, i 1906, Father McGrath was named by Bishop O’Dea to be pastor of St. Patrick’s ' parish, Tacoma. ; At that time the parish was without a church. v -The little - frame structure that had previously served I the congregation was burned ’ to the ground shortly ;before Father McGrath was given charge; of the parish. 1 Undaunted by the hi!’but promising outlook, Father McGrath gave himself with unreserved vigor to the task that confronted him. St. r Patrick’s parish has flourished under Father McGrath’s administration, and to-day a magnificent stone church,, built at a .cost of 100,000 dollars, and now nearly out of debt, stands .in the place of the charred, embers that, 12 years ago represented all that was left of the original: Church of St. Patrick. The 'new'Bishop will succeed Right Rev. Charles J. O’Reilly, D.D., who was appointed in April to the . diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. The Baker City diocese, which is ' one of the largest in the United States, comprising as it does 68,000 square miles, "and / including a large - number"' of Oregon counties, was established in 19,03. Right Rev. Charles J. O’Reilly was appointed Bishop of the new diocese and was consecrated August 25,.M and took up his residence ? at Baker City. ■ ' There are but 7500 Catholics in- the diocese, and only 18 diocesan priests.r t;:.;