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From 1749 ro Sepi embi r, 1887.
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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION,
( )n entering a large city the eye is filled with tl i of
the material struggle for li of then of tl
dismal. in not but reflecl on that ince which
has upreared the vasl mart. And yet, above all the massive <>r
gant structures that symboliz ind
ambitions of man, there towi chun h
iing out into the country, in the mo I villag
amid surroundings nearer to the God of nature, »till we find the
upreared shaft, reminder of mankii demption.
Th pies, lowli perb, arc the evidei rili-
• II that builds beyond Tim all thi
in Time But the temp]
back of this the civilization >>n uluch depends tl I the
temporal, there hai
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nain, the spiritual. In tl
,1 the hun h to th
ihority overrul
dio . until all ' '•
i then who
th' man
The pages that follow will give the reader an idea of how a
diocese is constructed. The men who most largely figure in this
volume are also heroes of battle-fields, but their victories were
bloodless, won under the banner of the Prince of Peace. God
knows there are wounds to be received in that field.
We who reap what those pioneer priests sowed can, in the
historical sketches that follow, learn something of what it meant,
of hardships, of fatigues, of disgusts and crosses, to make firm
foundation of Catholicity in Northern Ohio and the I)iocese of
Cleveland.
Our contemporaries who are still building and supervising, they
too have history to make, their Catholic imprints to leave on
Time; and their road if less rugged in one way, is as arduous in
another as that of their priestly predecessors. Equal the merit of
those who blaze the road, or those who lay the highway. The
cross assumes many shapes.
The author of this volume — to him a labor of love — is a priest
of the Diocese of Cleveland. Here was he born, here ordained,
here has he ministered. To this diocese of his affections he dedi-
cates this delineation of her ecclesiastical growth.
If its reading will conduce to reflection on what it means to
live for God, the transcendent merit of laboring with eye upturned
to heaven, ever facing the grand edifice of Eternity, he will have
attained sufficient object.
By those of the laity whose sturdy Catholic parents figure in
this work, it will be particularly treasured.
And the value of thus collating facts of early Catholic history,
the advantage of this volume to the future historian on a larger
scale, commends itself at once to the discerning reader.
Manly Tello.
September 10, 1887.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The exhaustion of the first edition of ■ Church in North-
ern Ohio and in the I' of Cleveland," as also a demand for
cond edition, pleasing evid I the growing intei
among our Catholi* e for information on church I
whether d neral.
Though this work docs not pretend to be
< iiolicitv in this fair and pros] i of the Church
it contains in succinct form the historical data and the "I. I.,
trees'* that, it is hoped, will aid and guide the future hi
who will best appreciate the dry-as-dusl labor at impanj
. ■ ! >f Chun h<
The time has not . u> write such hi the
that those who helped to make it
I or still among the livi
I »i valuable assistance rendered to tl, : I tha
[. \l i hebeuf and i
the pit Northern Mr. John G
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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
Grateful for the kind reception given the first and second editions
of "The Church in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of Cleveland,"
the author sends this unpretentious volume, with some changes and
additions, on its third tour amongst an appreciative Catholic public.
March 20, i88g.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Preface to First Edition, ------- 3
Preface to Second Edition, ------ 5
Historical Sketch of Catholicity, Part I.— in Northern Ohio; - - 9
Part II.— in the Diocese of Cleveland, - - 25
Biographical Sketch of the Right Rev. Edward Fenwick O. P., - 46
Biographical Sketch of the Most Rev. John B. Purcell, D. D., - 52
Biographical Sketch of the Right Rev. Amadeus Rappe, D. D., - 57
Biographical Sketch of the Right Rev. Richard Gilmour, D. D., - 76
Biographical Notices of the Secular and Regular Clergy, 1818— Novem-
ber, 1888, ------- 84
List of the Secular Clergy in the Diocese of Cleveland, Dec. I, 1888, 193
List of Regular Clergy " " " " Dec. 1, 1888, 200
List of Churches, Stations, etc., " " " October 1847, 202
List of Churches, Stations, etc., " " " Sept. 1, 18S7, 206
List of Male Religious Communities in the Diocese of Cleveland,
November, 1888, - - 216
List of Female Religious Communities in the Diocese qf Cleveland,
November, 1888, ------ 217
List of Educational Institutions in the Diocese of Cleveland, Nov. 1888, 217
List of Charitable Institutions " " 218
Catholic Progress in Northern Ohio and in the D*iocese of Cleve-
l.in.l, 1 7 ... - - 219
Historical Sketch of Early Catholicity and of the First Church in
Ireland, ------- 226
Historical Sketch of Early Catholicity and of the First Church in
Toledo, »37
[.ntcr from John Gilmary Shea, LL. !>., - - - 243
Catholii Miscellanea, -------
Reminiscences of Rt, Rev, P. I. Machebeuf, D. D.-
Rerain Rt. R< v. L. De Goesbriand, D. L) -
ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. St. John's Cathedral, Cleveland, - - - Title Page.
II. St. Paul's Church, near Dungannon, - - facing page 20
III. Right Rev. Edward Fenwick, O. P., - " " 46
IV. Most Rev. John B. Purcell, D. D., - - - " " 52
V. Right Rev. Amadeus Rappe, D. D., - - " " 57
VI. Right Rev. Richard Gilmour, D. D., - ..... ?6
VII. St. Mary's Theological Seminary, Cleveland, - " S4
VIII. St, Stanislas' Church, Cleveland, - - ..... I26
IX. Ursuline Convent, Cleveland, - - - 150
X. Ursuline Convent, Toledo, - - - . '• " 175
XI. St. Joseph's Church, Fremont, - " 192
XII. Charity Hospital and Foundling Asylum, Cleveland, " 218
XIII. St. Mary's Church, on the "Flats," Cleveland, - " " 226
XIV. (Old) St. Francis de Sales' Church, Toledo, - " " 237
XV. St. Bernard's Parochial School, Akron, - - 246
HISTORICAL SKETCH
— OF-
Catholicity in Northern Ohio
— AND IN THE —
Diocese ok Cleveland.
:pa:r,t i.
Northern Ohio.
1749-1847-
The learned Catholic historian of the Church in the United
States, John Gilmary Slua, LL. 1)., in an interesting article
contributed to the Catholic Universe^ September 15, l88l,
says that the first trace of Catholic missionaries visiting the
territory now within the limits of Ohio, is found as early as
1749. It was then that the Jesuit Fathers, l'otier and Bonne-
camp, came to evangelize the Huron Indians living along the
Vermillion and Sandusky rivers, in Northern Ohio. He also
st.it. 5 that the firsl permanent chapel within the confines ..t
the present state of Ohio, was erected near Sandusky in 1751.
by the fesuil Father de la Richardie, who, with his compan-
ion-, had come from Detroil and Canada to the southern
shore of 1 ,ake Erie.
A part of the Huron tribe was brought by Father de la
Richardie, in 1751. to Sandusky, where, under the name of
Wyandots, they soon took an active part in the affairs ol the
\\ est. They w ere also conspicuous in the last Frendh \\ ar, and
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at its close were implicated in the conspiracy of Pontiac, though
long checked by the influence of Father Peter Potier, S. J.
During the exciting times of the war these missionaries were
driven from Sandusky, Father Potier being the last Jesuit
missionary among the western Hurons. He died in July, 1781.
The Indian Missions in and near Sandusky thence depended
entirely on the priests attached to the French Posts in Can-
ada and Michigan. Although the Wyandots at Sandusky
were thus cut off in great measure from all spiritual care
and instructions they kept the Faith. When white settlers
began to come into the state the Wyandots attracted the atten-
tion of the Protestant " missionaries," who appeared to be bent
rather on undoing what the Jesuit missionaries had done,
than combatting Paganism in its stronghold. A Presbyterian
preacher named Joseph Badger made an attempt to " evan-
gelize " the Wyandots, but met with a firm opposition from
their chiefs, one of whom it is said, put to death a mem-
ber of his tribe because he had apostatised. The Methodists
next attempted what the Rev. Badger failed to do, and with
better success. The old members of the Wyandot tribe hav-
ing died, their children, who had not been properly instructed,
followed the new religious " guides " and so were lost to the
church.*
Traces of these Indian missions have been found recently
near the Sandusky River at Fremont and near the Portage
River at Port Clinton, in the form of plain silver crosses, such
as are known to have been used by the French Canadian
missionaries.
When the Society of Jesus was suppressed, and Canada
lost to the French, the above mentioned Indian missions
were abandoned. From 175 1 to 1795 no record is found
of any further effort made in Northern Ohio to continue
the missionary work begun by the Jesuits. In the early part
of 1796 the Rev. Edmund Burket was sent by Bishop Hubert,
of Quebec, from Detroit to the north-western part of Ohio,
near Fort Meigs, then just built by the British government on
* Shea's Am. Cath. Missions, p. 203.
tSee "Letter from John Gilm'ary Shea, LL.D.," i>. 243. Rev. E.Burke was born in
Ireland about 1743; died at Halifax, as Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia, Dee. 1, 1820.
THE DOMINICANS. n
the east bank of the Maumee River, near the present site of
Perrysburg, Wood county. Here he resided about one year,
ministering to the few Catholic soldiers in the fort, and
endeavoring, with little success, to christianize the Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians in the neighborhood — the latter work
having been for long one of his aims as a missionary priest.
Father Burke left this unpromising charge about February,
1797. From that time, and until 1 8 17, no priest was stationed
in Northern Ohio, and in fact none in the entire territory of
the present state of Ohio.
During this period of about twenty years a number of
Catholic families came from Maryland and Pennsylvania and
settled in Columbiana county, some as early as 18 12, and
others a few' years later in Stark and Wayne counties.
In 18 14 the saintly Dominican Father, Rev. Edward Fen-
wick, was sent by Bishop Flaget, of Bardstown, Ky., to look
after the spiritual interests of the Catholics, sparsely settled
in Southern and Central Ohio, with a view of providing them
with regular pastoral attendance. In 18 17 he paid his first
pastoral visit to the few Catholic families settled in the north-
eastern part of the state — Columbiana and Stark counties.
It is therefore from last mentioned year that Catholicity in
Northern Ohio really dates its beginning.
As this narrative is to be confined to the territory of
Northern Ohio — the present Diocese of Cleveland — in record-
ing the establishment, growth and progress of the Church, it
will de.il with such facts relating thereto as far as the subject
demands, and the narrow limits of a sketch will permit.
I.
THE 1)< (MINICANS.
Columbiana and Stark" counties are the cradle of Catho-
licity in Northern Ohio, and tin- Dominicans its first mission-
aries. As to the early labor-, of these pioneer priests in North-
ern < >hio it is to lie regretted th.it the records are sadly
deficient. In fact, as the writer was informed by the Very
Rev. Provincial of the Dominicans in the United States, no
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THE DOMINICANS.
records were kept by the Dominicans, either by themselves
while attending to their scattered missions, or at their con-
vents in Kentucky, and in Perry county, Ohio, whence they
were sent to Northern Ohio. This account of their early
labors must therefore necessarily be incomplete. The informa-
tion here given was gathered from historical sketches of con-
gregations under their pastoral care, and although meagre, it
is hoped it will not fail to prove of interest to the reader.
As above stated, Rev. Father Fenwick, the pioneer priest
of this state, made his first visit to Northern Ohio in 1817,
and found a number of Catholic families settled near Hanover,,
and near the present village of Dungannon, in Columbiana
county; also at Canton, Stark county. In 18 18 he came
again, accompanied by his nephew, the Rev. N. D. Young,
who had been ordained the year previous. Arrangements
were now made for regular visits. In December, 1818, Father
Fenwick was directed to establish a convent of his Order near
Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, on a tract of land given the
Dominicans for that purpose by Mr. P. Dittoe, a fervent and
generous Catholic.
This convent was the residence of the Dominican Fathers
who attended, at regular intervals, the missions entrusted to
their pastoral care in Columbiana, Stark, Mahoning and
Wayne counties. Rev. Fathers Fenwick and Young were
soon joined by others of their Order, each of whom had charge
of one or more missions in Northern and Central Ohio. The
following is a complete list of their names, viz: Reverends
Vincent de Raymacher, Charles P. Montgomery, John A. Hill,
John G. Alleman, Joseph S. Alemany, P. Fochenkress, J.
O'Meara, Thomas H. Martin, A. Fahey, Thomas McGrady,
D. J. O'Leary, A. F. Van de Weyer and Richard P. Miles.
Wherever they labored they did so with zeal and success, and
left their impress on all the missions under their charge.
Hardships and difficulties and disappointments they bore
cheerfully. They laid the foundation of religion deeply, so
that their successors might, as they did, build solidly thereon
the edifice.
Among them, Fathers Fenwick, Young and Hill were
THE REDEMPTORISTS. 1.3
markedly successful. Their names are intimately associated
with the earh' Catholic history of Northern Ohio ; the first
two as founders of the flourishing" congregations in Colum-
biana and Wayne counties, and Father Hill as the founder of
St. John's, Canton, where his remains now rest.
Bishop Flaget finding it impossible to attend to the vast
territory under his jurisdiction, petitioned the Holy See for
relief. The result was the erection of the Diocese of Cincin-
nati, embracing the States of Ohio and Michigan, and the
appointment of Father Fenwick as its first Bishop. Reluc-
tantly he accepted the burden, and was consecrated at Bards-
town, Kv., January 13, 1822. Till his death, in 1832, he
loved to visit the field of his early missionary labors and was
always most cordially welcomed by his former co-laborers
and parishioners.
The Dominicans gradually gave up to secular priests their
pastoral charges in the above named counties till, in 1842,
they withdrew entirely, St. John's, Canton, being their last
mission in Northern Ohio.
II.
THE REDEMPTORISTS.
Meanwhile the central portion of Northern Ohio, especially
tin- counties of Huron, Erie, Sandusky and Seneca, had
received a considerable influx of Catholics, principally from
< km many.
In [832 several Redemptorist fathers came from Austria
to the United States, under direction of their Provincial and
at the earnest invitation of Rt. Rev. Edward Fenwick, to take
charge of the Indian and tin- few Catholic German missions
in Michigan, then under his jurisdiction as Bishop ol Cincin-
nati. Disheartened at meeting with little or no success in
their priestly labors in Michigan they asked to lie relieved "t
this fruitless mission. As soon as their request was granted
by their Provincial, Bishop Purcell, successor to Bishop Fen-
wick, offered them the pastoral charge of the missions in
Crawford, Huron, Erie, Seneca and Wyandot counties, with
i 4 THE REDEMPTORISTS.
residence at Peru, Huron county, where, since 1829, a congre-
gation of Catholic Germans had been organized. Rev. F. X.
Tschenhens was accordingly sent, in 1834; later he was joined
by the Rev. Fathers Czakert, Haetscher, Prost and Saenderl.
Soon these good and zealous priests found as little consolation
here as did their brethren in Michigan. Their appeals to the
generosity of their people in Peru, for the erection of a new
and much needed church, and for other parochial wants, met
with no response. The spirit of the congregation was bad;
insult and abuse the return given the priests for their labors
and self-saerifice. This was most painful to good Father
Tschenhens, who had in a particular manner interested him-
self in the spiritual welfare of his congregation." However,
in spite of ill-treatment he and his faithful co-laborers con-
tinued to discharge their duty, hoping against hope for a
change of spirit. Father Tschenhens now took personal
charge of the scattered missions in the adjoining counties,
visiting at regular intervals, on horseback and often over
almost impassable roads, Sandusky, Norwalk, Liberty, Tiffin,
Bucyrus, Wolf's Creek (now New Riegel), McCutchenville
(no longer existing as a mission), and occasionally Canton.
Whilst he was thus engaged, Father Czakert and his asso-
ciates above mentioned, attended Peru and the neighboring
missions.
No change for the better taking place in the spirit of the
congregation at Peru, the Redemptorist Fathers asked their
Provincial for permission to give up this charge. Their
request was granted, and on Low Sunday, 1839, tne Rev-
Father Prost announced to the congregation that he and his
•brethren intended to leave them, giving as a reason for so
doing, the continued unkindness and ingratitude shown the
Fathers in return for their labors among the people entrusted
to their pastoral care.
All the Redemptorist Fathers left as announced, with the
exception of Rev. F. X. Tschenhens, who a few months later
followed his associates to Pittsburgh, where they founded a
convent and the present very flourishing congregation of St.
Philomena.
THE SANGUINISTS 15
In 1 84 1 , at the earnest solicitation of Bishop Purcell,
Father Tschenhens again took charge of the congregation at
Peru, which had been without a priest for months, owing to
dissensions which caused the removal of the secular priest in
charge, the Rev. Joseph Freigang. Father Tschenhens was
assisted by the Redemptorist Fathers, Revs. J. N. Neumann
and L. M. Alig, remaining from June, 1841, to November,
1843. Meanwhile he also attended Tiffin and a few other
missions in Seneca and Wyandot counties. With last men-
tioned date ended the labors of the Redemptorists in Northern
Ohio.
III.
THF SANGUINISTS.
Tin- number of Catholics and missions so rapidly increased
that Bishop Purcell was obliged to seek for more priestly help
outside his diocese. Whilst on his return home from a visit
to the Eternal City, in 1843, he chanced to meet at Havre a
band of missionary priests, members of the Society of the
Most Precious Blood (also and better known as Sanguinists ,
who were on their way to the United States to devote them-
selves to the pastoral care of their German brethren in the
Faith. He informed them of the great and pressing need of
priests for his diocese, and kindly invited them to come to
his assistance. The invitation was accepted, and in January,
1844, the Very Rev. Father Brunner, Provincial of the Sanguin-
ists, accompanied by Rev Fathers Meier, Wittmer, Van
den Broek, Capeder, Ringele and Jacomet, arrived at Peru
and tool, charge of St. Alphonsus' congregation as successors
to the Redemptorists. I 'hey also accepted charge of the
missions attended by their predecessors, besides attending to
the Catholic Germans In Cleveland, and the scattered mis-
sion-, in Lorain, Medina, Wayne, Portage and Stark counties.
The advent of these devoted priests was hailed with delight
wherever they were sent. Their labors were signally blessed.
Religion flourished in all the missions under their vigilant
and devoted care, so that the health) growth of Catholicity in
Northern < mio may be justly, and in a large measure, ascribed
1 6 THE SECULAR CLERGY.
under God to the untiring zeal of these excellent priests and
their equally zealous successors. December, 1844, Father
Brunner established a convent for this Society at New Riegel,
in 1845 one at Thompson, and in 1848 another at Glandorf,
each of which places became a centre of Catholicity for the
surrounding country, and from which the neighboring missions
were regularly attended. In 1847 the congregation of Peru,
completely changed in spirit by the prayerful labors oTthe San-
guinist Fathers, was resigned by them. It was then placed
in charge of secular priests and has since been thus attended.
IV.
THE SECULAR CLERGY.
Thus far this sketch has dealt chiefly with the labors of
the clergy belonging to the religious orders. The secular
clergy are no less deserving of special mention, for they too
labored in this part of the Lord's vineyard amid trials, diffi-
culties and hardships, often side by side with their brethren
already mentioned, and more often alone and singly in the
scattered and wide-spread missions of Northern Ohio. And
their labors have borne fruit a hundred fold. They did yeo-
man's service ; they paved the way for those who succeeded
them, and laid the foundation for many missions that have
long since developed into strong, vigorous and prosperous
congregations.
The first secular priest to do missionary work in Northern
Ohio was the Rev. Ignatius J. Million, a learned and pious
clergyman. He was stationed at the Cathedral in Cincinnati
between 1824 and 1834, and was repeatedly sent by his Bishop
to the missions in Stark and Columbiana counties, also to
Tiffin and Fremont, remaining for longer or shorter periods in
each place. His first visit to Northern Ohio was shortly after
his ordination, in 1824. Rev. Francis Marshall was the next
secular priest, doing pastoral work at Chippewa, (near Doyles-
town) in 1827. In 1830 Rev. John M. Henni was appointed
resident pastor of St. John's, Canton, remaining till 1834.
During this time he also attended missions in Columbiana,
THE SECULAR CLERGY.. 17
Stark and Wayne counties. Next in point of time was the
Rev. Edmund Quinn, first resident pastor of St. Mary's, Tiffin,
1 83 1 —3 5 . His mission covered all of Northwestern Ohio. In
1833 Rev. \V. J. Horstmann came to Northern Ohio and
founded a colony on land he purchased in Putnam county from
the government. Here also he established St. John's congre-
gation, Glandorf. Rev. James Conlan had charge of missions
in Columbiana and Mahoning counties, and the eastern por-
tion of Stark county, from 1834. In 1835 Rev. Matthias
Wuertz was appointed pastor of St. John's, Canton, and atten-
ded Massillon, Louisville, Navarre, and several stations in
Stark and Wayne counties. He remained till 1 845. Rev.
John Dillon was the first resident pastor of Cleveland, from
1835 to 1836, and during this short time attended stations in
Summit and Lorain counties. Rev. Basil Schorb, a native of
Pennsylvania, was appointed resident pastor of Chippewa in
1837, and had charge of Canal Fulton, Massillon, Canton?
Liverpool, Randolph and Wooster. He left Ohio in 1843.
Rev. George Boehne was on the mission in Putnam county,
notably Fort Jennings, from 1841.
Rev. Patrick O'Dwyer had pastoral charge of the Catholics
of Cleveland from 1837 to 1839, and commenced their first
church in 1838.
Between 1838 and 1840 the Rev. Michael McAleer did
pastoral duty at Canton, Dungannon and Navarre. From
[839 to 1847, the Rev. Joseph McNamee was resident pastor
of St. Mary's, Tiffin. For several years he also had charge of
all the stations and missions in Northwestern Ohio, covering
the same territory as his predecessor, Father Quinn.
Rev. Projectus J. Machebeufhad charge of the missions in
Sandusky, Henry, Ottawa, Wood and Lucas counties from
[839, till he was transferred to Sandusky, as first resident
pastor, in December, 1S40. Fr m Sandusky he attended
minions in Sandusky, Erie and Huron counties.
In [840 the Revs. Amadeus Rappe and Louis de Goesbri-
and came to < >hio. The latter was sent by Bishop Purcell to
take charge of St. Louis' congregation, Louisville, Stark
1 8 THE SECULAR CLERGY.
county. Father Rappe resided about six months at Chilli-
cothe. In 1841 he was sent to Toledo, where he organized
St. Francis de Sales' congregation, and attended all the mis-
sions and stations in Lucas, Paulding, Williams, Defiance and
Henry counties. In 1846 he was joined by Father de Goes-
briand, who shared with him the privations and labors con-
nected with this difficult charge. Father Rappe remained at
Toledo till his elevation to the Episcopacy in 1847.
Rev. Peter McLaughlin was resident pastor at Cleveland
from 1840 to 1846. Shortly after his arrival he had the
interior of St. Mary's church, on the Flats, completed. The
church was dedicated June 7, 1840. Father McLaughlin also
attended missions in Lake, Lorain and Summit counties.
Rev. Maurice Howard was on the mission in Northern
Ohio about ten years. He came in 1842. Among his charges
were Doylestown, Cleveland and Tiffin. He also attended
missions in Wayne, Summit, Richland, Portage, Medina,
Mahoning, Lake, Huron and Geauga counties.
In 1843 Rev. John J. Doherty was appointed pastor of St.
John's, Canton, where he remained about five years. He also
attended Massillon, Canal Fulton and Navarre.
In 1844 the Revs. John H. Luhr and John O. Bredeick
were assigned charges in Northern Ohio. Father Luhr was
first stationed at St. John's, Canton, October, 1844. In 1845 he^
organized St. Peter's, Canton, whose pastor he was till 1847.
Father Bredeick was the founder of Delphos, and of St. John's
congregation, same place. In 1845 Rev. Peter Peudeprat
arrived from France and was sent to Sandusky as assistant
to Father Machebeuf, where he remained till the following
year, when he was appointed pastor of St. Louis' church,
Louisville, Stark count)'.
From 1844 to 1846, Rev. Cornelius Daley was first resident
pastor of St. Vincent's, Akron, and from 1846 to 1847 pastor
at Doylestown. Rev. Philip Foley was stationed at Massillon
in 1846, and attended Wooster, where he directed the build-
ing of the first church, commenced in 1847 and finished two
years later.
es the above mentioned secular priests the following
THE SECULAR CLERGY. 19
were also on the mission in Northern Ohio : Revs. Michael A.
Byrne, at Cleveland, 1845-47; J- Freigang, at Peru and Nor-
walk, 1840-41; H. Herzog.at Ft. Jennings, 1840; J.Hoffmann,
at St. John's, Canton, with charge of Louisville and Doyles-
town, 1836-37; H. D. Juncker, at Canton and Tiffin, 1836-37;
I. Kearney, who attended East Liverpool and Wellsville from
Steubenville. 1845-46; F. X. Roth, at Avon, 1845-47; E. Thien-
pont, at Tiffin, 1834-35; J. V. Conlan, at Dungannon, in 1847.
Very Rev. Stephen T. Badin and Very Rev. Edward T.
Collins also visited some of the missions in Northern Ohio
between 1835 and 1837, the former ministering- to the Cath-
olics at Canton, Canal Fulton, Fremont and Tiffin, the latter
to those of Dungannon, Toledo and along the Maumee river.
This brief narrative contains the names of all the secular
priests who, at any time between 1824 and 1 847, were either
stationed in Northern Ohio, or attended missions located
therein. As this sketch would hardly permit more than the
mere mention of their nanus, the reader is referred to the
biographical notices""' of these priests, many of whom are
deeply. enshrined in the memory of those who knew them and
their disinterested works in the cause of religion.
The following is a complete list of secular priests stationed
in Northern Ohio, October, 1847, when the Diocese of Cleve-
land was erected : Revs. G. Boehne, Glandorf ; J. C). Bredeick,
Delphos ; James Conlan and J. Vincent Conlan, Dungannon ;
Louis de Goesbriand, Toledo; John J. Doherty, St. John's,
Canton; Philip Foley, Massillon; Maurice Howard, Cleveland;
J. 15. Jacomet, assistant, St. Peter's, Canton; John H. Luhr,
St. Peter's, ( )anton; Projectus J. Machebeuf, Sandusky; Casimir
Mount, Doylestown; Peter Peudeprat, Louisville ; Amadeus
Rappe, Toledo in all, fourteen secular priests.
Of the above mentioned priests only tin- following are
living: The Rt. Rev. L. de Goesbriand, present Bishop ol
Burlington; tin- Rev. John J. Doherty, pastor of St. John's,
Honesdale, Pa,; tin- Rev, J. B. Jacomet, residing .a Thompson,
Seneca county, O., and tin- Rt. Rev. 1'. J. Machebeuf, Bishop
of I Kiiver.
M I
2o THE CHURCHES.
V.
CHURCHES.
As heretofore stated, Father Fenwick came to Northern
Ohio for the first time in 1817, visiting among other places in
Columbiana and Stark counties, the few Catholic families set-
tled near the present village of Dungannon. Here also, under
his direction, n 1820, was built the first church in Northern
Ohio. It was a small brick building, dedicated to St. Paul
the Apostle, and served its purpose till 1849, when the pres-
ent church in Dungannon was erected. Three years later the
Catholics in Canton also built a brick church, dedicated to
St. John the Evangelist. It was replaced in 1872 by the pres-
ent very beautiful church. Until 1829, the above were the
only two churches in Northern Ohio, when a third was built
at Chippewa, near the present village of Doylestown. It was
primitive in style, small in size and built of logs. In 1831
two more log churches were erected, one at Randolph, Port-
age county, the other between Lawrence and Canal Fulton,
in Stark county. In 1832 a small brick church (St. Mary's),
was opened for divine service at Tiffin. It was built under
directioni'of the Rev. Edmund Quinn, and was enlarged by a
frame addition built during the pastorate of Father McNamee
in 1845. In 1833 three log churches were erected, viz.: at
Glandorf, Putnam county; Navarre (Bethlehem), Stark county,
and at New Riegel (Wolfs Creek), Seneca county. In 1834
the Catholics of Peru built a frame church, under the direc-
tion of the Redemptorist Father, Rev. F. X. Tschenhens, who
had it dedicated to St. Alphonse, the founder of the Redemp-
torists. In 1835 a brick church was built at Louisville,
Stark county, and another (frame) at La Porte, Lorain county.
In 1836 a frame church was erected at Shelby Settlement,
Richland county, and another the following year at McCutch-
enville, Wyandot county, eight miles south of Tiffin. In 1839
a log church was erected at Thompson, Seneca county. Cleve-
land's first church (frame) was begun in 1838, and opened for
divine service in 1840. During the latter year the Catholics
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of East Liverpool, Columbiana county, erected a neat brick .
church.
Five churches were added to the above list in 1841.
Father Rappe secured by purchase two protestant frame
meeting houses, one of them unfinished. They were located
at Toledo and Maumee. The first was dedicated to St.
Francis de Sales. Log churches were erected at La Prairie,
Sandusky county, and New Washington, Crawford county;
also one of wood, near Norwalk, dedicated to St. Peter. The
last mentioned church, and the one at Maumee, are still in
use.
In 1842 churches were built at Sandusky (Holy Angels'),
Abbeyville, Landeck, Liberty, Liverpool, Sheffield, and St.
Stephen's Settlement, the first of stone, the last of wood; the
others were log churches.
In 1844 a log church was erected at Delphos by Father
Bredeick, and frame churches at Massillon (St. Mary's), Akron
(St. Vincent's), Defiance (St. John's), and Fremont (St. Ann's).
At French Creek an old frame building was bought and fitted
up for church purposes ; it served as such till the erection of
the present edifice, in 1 849.
In 1845 brick churches were built at Canton (St. Peter's).
and New Berlin, Stark county; Providence, Lucas county;
Tiffin (St. Joseph's), Seneca county. During the same year a
frame church was also built at Harrisburg, Stark county. In
1846 a log church was erected at Bismarck (Sherman), and
one of same material, in 1847, at New Bavaria (Poplar Ridge).
Total number of churches built or bought between 1820 and
October, 1847, was 42, viz: stone, 1 ; brick, 9; frame, 15; log, 17.
VI.
RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.
July, 1K44, a community <>f Sanguinist Sisters was estab-
lished at Wolf's Creek New Riegel by tin- saintly Father
Brunner. The convent, tin- fust in Northern Ohio, was a log
house. The community numbered but three sisters : Mother
Mar) A. Albrecht, Sifter Rose and a novice.
22 RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.
December, 1845, Father Brunner also founded a community
at Thompson, and here, as at Wolfs Creek, a log house was the
convent building and contained a chapel. As soon as the sisters
were established in their respective convent homes at Wolf's
Creek and Thompson, they at once began the perpetual adora-
tion of our Lord in the Blessed Eucharist, as directed by their
Rule. They and their successors have ever since continued day
and night the observance of this part of their Rule, as a repara-
tion for the insults and outrages committed against our blessed
Lord in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
In 1846, at the invitation of the Rev. Father Rappe, five
Sisters of Notre Dame came from Cincinnati to Toledo, there
to establish a convent and select school. Father Rappe
secured for them a small frame house on Cherry street, near
the present site of St. Francis de Sales' Church. This they
fitted up for their convent and academy.
They were part of a colony that had come from Namur,
Belgium, to Cincinnati, with Father Rappe. The superioress
of the Toledo community was Mother M. Louise, who died in
1886 at Cincinnati, where she had founded the present flour-
ishing community in 1840. Another member of the Toledo
community was Sister M. Aloysius, an accomplished Prussian
lady, who later was appointed superioress of the Sisters of
Notre Dame, at Roxbury, Mass. She became celebrated for
a time through her testimony in court at Boston, in connec-
tion with the infamous committee appointed in 1854 by the
anti-Catholic legislature of Massachusetts to pry into the
convents of Boston and neighborhood. Her testimony made
the members of that vile committee so odious in the eyes of
decent and fair-minded Protestants that their outrageous
"prying" was never repeated.
In 1 848 the sisters of the Toledo community returned to Cin-
cinnati, for lack of support. As Toledo at this time was but a
small village and extremely unhealthy, and the number of board-
ing pupils and day scholars attending the sisters' academy very
limited, it was thought best by the superioress of the Mother
House at Cincinnati, to recall the sisters, four of whom return-
ed, the fifth having fallen a victim to the dread Maumee fever.
BISHOPS FENWICK AND PURCELL. 23
VII.
BISHOPS FENWICK AND PURCELL.
The Rt. Rev. Edward Ecnwick was consecrated first
bishop of Cincinnati, January 13, 1822, and had as part of his
jurisdiction the whole of the state of Ohio. When he took
charge of his diocese there was but one church in Northern
Ohio — near Dungannon, and no priest resided within that
limit of territory. At the time of his death, September, 1832,
there were six churches, viz.: near Dungannon, Doylestown
and Canal Fulton, and at Canton, Randolph and Tiffin. Of
resilient priests there were three — at Canton, Dungannon and
Tiffin.
Very Rev. F. Reze administered the diocese from the
time of Bishop Eenwick's death till the advent of Rt. Rev.
John B. Pureed, who at the age of 33 years was consecrated
second bishop of Cincinnati, October 13, 1833. He had juris-
diction of Northern Ohio till October, 1847, during which
time Catholicity made wonderful strides in this part of the
state. A large influx of emigrants necessitated the building
of churches and the establishing of missions and stations in
nearly every count)- in Northern ( )hio, notably in Columbiana,
Erie, Lorain, Lucas, Portage, Putnam, Sandusky and Seneca
counties. It is true these churches were not remarkable for
architecture, material or size, but they served their purpose
and accommodated the faithful, who frequented them with
perhaps more fervor and piety than do their descendants the
beautiful and costly temples since erected in their stead.
Bishop Purcell visited Northern Ohio at frequent intervals,
and always with gratifying results. Hut In- soon found his
vast diocese too large for his persona] attention. As early as
December, 1841, in an interesting communication to the
tholic Telegraph, describing one of his visits to Northern
( >hio, he writes: " It would require the constant attention of
two bishops and a hundred priests * - * to preserve tin-
faithful, convert tin- erring, reclaim the sinful, found schools,
and build churches necessary over such an extensive ten itory."
24 BISHOPS FEN WICK AND PUR CELL.
He petitioned the Holy See to be relieved of part of his
jurisdiction. His petition was heard, and as a result the
present Diocese of Cleveland was erected in 1847. Father
Rappe, " the missionary of the Maumee," was appointed the
first bishop of the new diocese, and consecrated as such at
Cincinnati by Bishop Purcell, October 10, 1847.
:p^:r,t ii.
Diocese of Cleveland.
1847-1887-
I.
TERRITORY OF THE DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND.
The territory assigned by the Holy See to the Diocese of
Cleveland, April 23, 1847, was "all that part of the state of
Ohio lying north of 40 degrees and 41 minutes." As this
line intersected several counties, it was thought best by the
bishops of the dioceses of Cincinnati and Cleveland to peti-
tion the Holy Sec to establish the limits between these two
dioceses by county lines, as appears from the following agree-
ment, published in the Catholic Telegraph, January 11, [849:
" In order to prevent any misunderstanding or uncertainty
with regard to the extent of jurisdiction, as defined only by
the geographical line of 40 degrees and 41 minutes, the Ivt.
Rev. Bishops of these two dioceses have agreed anion- them-
selves, and they direct us to publish, that the counties of
Mercer, Auglaize, Hardin, Marion, Morrow, Knox, Tuscara-
was, Carroll and Jefferson, which belong to the diocese of
Cincinnati, shall constitute the northern boundary of the
diocese ol Cincinnati ; that all counties north oi those just
11. uned, shall compose the diocese of Cleveland. Holmes
county, for the greatest part south of the line above traced, is
by mutual consenl assigned to the diocese of Cleveland. Any
new counties that may hereafter be formed by the authority
..1 the legislature, will belong to thai diocese in which the
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largest portion of them will be situated. Application will be
made as early as possible to the Holy See to sanction this
arrangement."
When the Diocese of Columbus was erected, in 1868,
Holmes county was included within, its jurisdiction. All the
other counties embraced within the above described limits
have since been under jurisdiction of the diocese of Cleve-
land, viz.: Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Crawford,
Cuyahoga, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Geauga, Hancock, Henry,
Huron, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Medina, Ottawa,
Paulding, Portage, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca,
Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Van Wert, Wayne, Williams, Wood
and Wyandot, in all thirty-three counties, comprising about
one-third of Ohio. The territory of the diocese extends from
the west line of Pennsylvania to the east line of Indiana, and
from the southern shore of Lake Erie, about 75 miles south.
II.
BISHOP RAPPE— 1847-1870.
In order to present in succinct form the growth and devel-
opment of the diocese of Cleveland, its history will be given
chronologically, and by decades of years. Besides the erec-
tion of churches and the founding of religious, charitable and
-educational institutions, only the more important events in
connection with'the history of the diocese will be mentioned;
to do more would exceed the limits of this sketch. In giving
dates of the erection of churches, reference is had only to first
churches built by congregations. In many cases these were
built long after such congregations received attendance as
stations, as will be shown in the "list of churches, &c." This
remark holds also for institutions of charity, &c. Where
notably fine, large and costly churches have replaced former
structures, these will also receive due mention.
A.— 1847-1857.
The Rt. Rev. Amadeus Rappe took possession of the
diocese of Cleveland as its first bishop a few days after his
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 27
consecration, which had taken place at Cincinnati, October 10,
1847. On his arrival at Cleveland, his episcopal city, he
found but one church, a frame building located on Columbus
street, corner of Girard. It had been dedicated June 7, 1840,
to "Our Lady of the Lake," since 1849 known as St. Mary's
Church, on the Flats.
October, 1847, Rev. Maurice Howard was the only priest
stationed in Cleveland. Besides having pastoral charge of
the church 011 the Flats, he also attended a number of mis-
sions in Cuyahoga and neighboring counties. Within the
limits of his diocese the Bishop found forty-two churches.,
attended by twenty-one priests, of whom seven were mem-
bers of the Sanguinist society. The Catholic population of
the diocese was estimated at this time to be about 10,000.
There were also two small convents of Sisters of the same
society, viz.: at New Riegel and Thompson, and an academy
and convent at Toledo, belonging to the Sisters of Notre
Dame, whose Mother House was at Cincinnati.
For some mouths the Bishop resided in a rented house-
near the Haymarket. In 1848 he bought several lots on
Bond street, corner of St. Clair, on which were located a large
brick building and several frame houses. The brick building
was fitted up as his episcopal residence.
Within a very short time after Bishop Rappe's arrival in
Cleveland, he impressed all with his indefatigable zeal and
great earnestness. As early as March, 1848, the Cleveland
Herald^ a secular paper, at no time during its long existence
over-friendly toward Catholics, published in its issue of March
[6th, the following item concerning Bishop Rappc. and his
work- in the cause of total abstinence, of which he had been
tor some years a practical and consistent advocate:
" Bishop Rappe is just what every man who has important
enterprises in hand should be, a real w orkingman. 1 lis labors,
too, an- for tin- benefit of others the present and future — the
temporal, social and moral improvement of tin- people ol his
charge. Strict sobriety, industry ami economy are virtues
which he inculcates with hearty good will the sure steppi
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stones to individual, family and associated success. Temper-
ance supports the superstructure and now over five hundred
cold-water men are enrolled in the Cleveland Catholic Tem-
perance Society."
January, 1 848, he appointed as his vicar general the Very
Rev. Louis de Goesbriand, who had been his co-laborer in
Northwestern Ohio for two years. Father de Goesbriand was
stationed in Cleveland, and had as his assistant the Rev. M.
Kreusch, C. PP. S., the Rev. Maurice Howard having been
sent to Tiffin as pastor of St. Mary's.
During the same year Bishop Rappe opened a small semi-
nar)- in a one-story frame building, formerly a stable, back of
his residence on Bond street. Father de Goesbriand was its
first superior. Among the young men first to apply for
admission as seminarists were Messrs. James Monahan, A.
Berger, Peter Kreusch, Thomas J. Walsh, M. O'Sullivan, E.
W. J. Lindesmith, F. McGann, N. Roupp, W. O'Connor, and
F. M. Boff, all of whom became priests. In 1849 the Rev. A.
Caron succeeded Father de Goesbriand as superior of this
humble seminary.
The Catholic population of Cleveland rapidly increased
shortly after the erection of the diocese, owing to a large
immigration from Ireland and Germany. The Bishop finding
it of imperative necessity to build a church for the accom-
modation of his growing flock (estimated in 1848 at about
4,000) in the episcopal city, proposed to make the new church
his cathedral, and to assign St. Mary's on the Flats to the
Germans.
Sunday, October 29, 1848, the corner-stone of the present
Cathedral was laid. The Cleveland Herald of October 30,
1848, makes mention of the ceremony in the following item :
" The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the cathedral
on Erie street was witnessed yesterday by a very large con-
course of people. At one o'clock a numerous procession was
formed at St. Mary's Church and marched to the site of the
cathedral. The ceremonies were conducted by Bishop Timon
of Buffalo, Bishop LeFevre of Detroit, and Bishop Rappe
of Cleveland, assisted by Vicar-General de Goesbriand of
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 29
Cleveland, Rev. P. J. Machebeuf of Sandusky, Rev. J. H. Luhr
of Canton, and the students of the theological seminary in this
city. An eloquent address was delivered by Bishop Timon,
and a discourse in German by Rev. Mr. Luhr.
"The cathedral, when completed, will be a noble edifice
and an ornament to the city. The dimensions will be 170
feet by 75, rising 50 feet from the water table to the eaves.
The building is to be of brick, and the style of architecture
will combine strength with beaut)."
In November, [848, the first diocesan synod was held, with
fifteen priests in attendance. The second synod was held in
1852, and the third in 1854.
September, 1849, Bishop Rappe went to Europe, his object
being to solicit aid in his native France for the new cathedral
then in process of erection; also to secure priests and Sisters
to aid him in his work. During his absence the Very Rev.
Father de Goesbriand, V. G., administered the diocese. The
Bishop succeeded in obtaining generous assistance from his
countrymen, and in securing several priests and seminarists,
as also a band of devoted Ursulines, for whom the present
convent on Euclid avenue had been purchased from Judge
Cowles in 1841;. He returned from Europe in August, 1850.
Besides visiting his diocese he also superintended the build-
in- of the cathedral, and had the great satisfaction oi having
it consecrated, and opened for divine service, November 7,
[852.
As above stated, Bishop Rappe was a strong advocate of
total abstinence, having seen the disastrous iv>ults of intem-
perance whilst engaged on the mission in Toledo and along
the Maumee Valley. In March, [851, he published a vigorous
pastoral letter on this subject, of which the following is an
extract:
•• Among tin- evils which prevail, and of which the progi
and consequences are mosl alarming, is one which we have
observed for years, ami more especially during our last visita-
tion; it is one which fills with sorrow tin- hearts of your pas-
tors and counteracts all their efforts to promote your spiritual
welfare; it is one which is more frightful than an) calamity
3 o BISHOP RAPPE.
which could befall you; which threatens not only to put an
end to all decent observance of the Sunday, but to eradicate
piety and to destroy every sentiment that elevates and enno-
bles the Christian soul, to bring inevitable ruin upon reason,
honor and fortune — the drinking shop, the sink wherein all
that is good is buried."
During the months of July and August, of the same year,
on invitation of the Bishop, Father Mat hew the apostle of
total abstinence, delivered a series of lectures and sermons in
Cleveland and other important cities and towns in this dio-
cese. Thousands took the pledge of total abstinence from
Father Mathew. His labors, as those also of Bishop Rappe
in this regard, were blessed with most gratifying results.
October 30, 1853, Father de Goesbriand was elevated to
the espiscopacy as first Bishop of Burlington, Vt., which
important position he still holds with eminent success. The
Rev. James Conlan succeeded him as vicar-general and acted
as such till 1870.
Between 1847 and 1857 churches were erected in the fol-
lowing places : 1848 — Delaware Bend, Six Mile Woods ;
1849 — Marshallville, Wooster ; 1850 — Archbold, Painesville ;
185 1 — Fostoria, Independence, Sheffield; 1852 — Cleveland
(Cathedral), Lima, Summitville ; 1853 — Rockport (St. Pat-
rick's), Sandusky (St. Mary's), Toledo (St. Mary's), Youngs-
town (St. Columba's); 1854 — Cleveland (St. Patrick's), Elyria,
Massillon (St. Joseph's), Toledo (St. Joseph's); 1855 — Gabon
(St. Joseph's); 1856 — Berea (St. Mary's), Berwick, Cleveland,
(Immaculate Conception ; i. c, the Church of the Nativity,
built in 1848 as a "chapel of ease," and situated in the rear
of the present cathedral, was removed thence to Superior
street near Lyman); Findlay, Napoleon. The total number
of churches erected during this period was twenty-six.
Whilst directing and encouraging the organization of mis-
sions and congregations and the erection of churches for their
accommodation, Bishop Rappe also provided for the care of
orphans and the education of the young, all under charge of
devoted Sisters. To this end he authorized the establishing
of a convent of Sanguinist Sisters at Glandorf, in 1848. In
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 31
the fall of 1850 the Ursuline Academy on Euclid avenue,
Cleveland, was opened and has ever since enjoyed the patron-
age and confidence of the public, Catholic and Protestant.
The same is to be said of the Ursuline Academy, established
at Toledo in 1854. St. Mary's Orphan Asylum for girls and
St. Vincent's Asylum for boys were founded in Cleveland
(185 1), the former in charge of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart
of Mary, the latter in charge of the Sisters of Charity of St.
Augustine, a community founded by Bishop Rappe, with
assistance of Mother M. Ursula, of sainted memory. She was
known in the world as Miss C. Bissonette. In 1855 the Grey
Nuns of Montreal established at Toledo an orphanage for
boys and girls, which is known as St. Vincent's Asylum.
September, 1850, the Bishop bought a fine property on
Lake street, near Dodge, known as " Spring Cottage." The
frame building on the large plat of ground was fitted up as a
seminary, which was opened in November of the same year,
with Father Caron as superior. During the summer of [853
the north wing of the present building was erected, and in
1859, owing to the rapidly increasing number of seminarists,
the present main or central portion of the seminary was built.
To give young men an opportunity to receive a college
education under Catholic auspices, Bishop Rappe purchased
in [854 an eligible property on the West Side, Cleveland, near
St. Patrick's church. The incomplete frame buildings on the
property were remodeled to serve the purpose of their pur-
chase. September of the same year they were opened under
the name of St. John's College. This institution had, however,
a fitful existence, owing to lack of patronage, and was finally
closed in lS;<).
B. -1857-1867.
The second decade of Bishop Rappe's administration is
remarkable for the large number of churches built, many ol
them handsome and spacious edifices. The following is a list
of places in which churches were erected: [857 Cleveland
St. Bridget's and St. Peter's; [858 Fremont (St. Joseph's),
Millcrsville. Norwalk, (St. Mary's,) Olmsted, Wellington;
1859 Bellevue, Big Springs, ( Irawfordsville, South Thompson;
*
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i860 — Alliance. Ashtabula, Cleveland (St. Augustine's,) Hud-
son, Junction, Port Clinton, Prout's, Rockport (St. Mary's);
1861 — Crestline, Euclid, Kalida, Kelley's Island, North Ridge,
Ottoville, Stryker, Toussaint; 1862 — Akron (St. Bernard's),
Bucyrus, Cleveland (Holy Rosary — since 1881 known as Holy
Name; St. Joseph's), Clyde, Monroeville, Ravenna, Vermillion,
Woodville; 1863— Ashland, Toledo (St. Patrick's); 1864—
Conneaut, Convoy, Florence, French Settlement, Medina,
Niles, Royalton, St. Patrick's Settlement, Strasburg, Upper
Sandusky, Warren; 1865— Cleveland (St. Mary's of the
Assumption), Grafton, Kirby, Marshallville, Milan; 1866 —
Mud Creek, Shelby — total, 56 churches.
In 1857 Bishop Rappe convoked the fourth diocesan synod
resulting in much wholesome legislation. One of the statutes
promulgated makes it obligatory on all congregations, finan-
cially and numerically able, to support parochial schools. This
law gave new impulse to the parochial school system, encour-
aged in most earnest manner by Bishop Rappe almost imme-
diately after he came to Cleveland.
In i860 Bishop Rappe paid his first decennial visit to
Rome. During his absence the Very Rev. James Conlan, V. G.,
was administrator of the diocese. Two years later he again
went to Rome to assist at the canonization of the Japanese
Martyrs, to which ceremony many of the American bishops had
been specially invited by Pius IX. Very Rev. A. Caron, V. G.,
administered the affairs of the diocese during the Bishop's
absence.
In 1862 St. Joseph's Asylum for orphan girls was opened
on Woodland avenue, Cleveland, to relieve the crowded con-
dition of St. Mary's Asylum on Harmon street. In 1863
Bishop Rappe introduced into the diocese the Sisters of the
Humility of Mary, and, by special agreement with Bishop
O'Connor, of Pittsburgh, located them on a large tract of land
near New Bedford, Pa., where they founded a convent and an
orphan asylum.
In 1863 the Ursulines of Cleveland established a mission
at Tiffin, placing it in charge of Mother M. Joseph as superi-
oress. In a few years it grew to a prosperous community, its
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 33
academy meeting- with public favor almost from the very
opening.
In 1865, at the solicitation and with the generous aid of
Cleveland's citizens, irrespective of creed, Bishop Rappe
opened Charity Hospital — the first public hospital built in
Cleveland.
The Bishop established St. Louis' College at Louisville,
Stark county, in 1866, to replace St. Mary's College and Pre-
paratory Seminary, Cleveland, opened in September, i860. It
was placed in charge of secular priests. The following year
its management was transferred to the Basilian Fathers of
Sandwich, Canada, but was closed in 1873 for want of support.
C. — 1 867- 1 877.
For the fourth time Bishop Rappe went to Furope — in the
fall of 1867 — the Very Rev. Vicar General Caron administer-
ing the diocese during his three months' absence. Besides
visiting his native country the Bishop also went to Rome to
attend to some affairs in connection with his diocese.
During the first three years of the third decade of Bishop
Rappe's administration churches were erected in the following
places : 1867 — Cleveland (St. Wenceslas'), Hubbard, Landeck,
Reed, Rootstown, Wellsville, West Brookfield ; [868— Edger-
ton, Kent, Leetonia, Marblehead, Mentor, Norwalk (St. Paul's),
St. Mary's Corners, Toledo (Immaculate Conception); 1869—
Cleveland (St. Malachy's, St. Stephen's), Galion (St. Patrick's),
Jefferson, Madison, North Amherst, Willoughby, Youngstown
(St. Joseph's), in all 23 churches.
St. Francis' Orphan Asylum and Home for the Aged was
iblished at Tiffin, in [867, under the direction of the Rev.
Joseph L. Bihn, who applied his patrimony and savings
towards the purchase of the lands and the erection of build-
used for this excellent institution. He also established,
in [868, a sisterh I of the Third Order ol St. Francis, which
has ch of the domestic affairs of the asylum and home.
Some ol the sisters are also en as teachers in a number
of parochial schools in the diocese.
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In 1867" Bishop Rappe introduced the Franciscan Fathers
of Teutopolis, 111., into the diocese, and gave them pastoral
charge of St. Joseph's Church, Cleveland. In the following
year they erected their present convent and chapel, corner of
Chapel and Hazen streets.
St. Mary's Church, Toledo, was given in charge of the
Jesuit Fathers of the Provincial House of Buffalo, in 1869.
Bishop Rappe invited the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, of
Cincinnati, to establish a house of their Order in Cleveland.
The invitation was accepted in 1869. Their convent was a
frame building on Lake street, situated on a large lot which
had been secured for them by Bishop Rappe. Here they
remained until the completion of their present large building,
in 1875. Their silent, saving work in behalf of fallen, erring
woman has resulted in untold good and has forced recognition
even from an anti-Catholic public.
The paternal heart of good Bishop Rappe next prompted
him to provide for a class of unfortunates, neglected and
rejected by a cold, selfish world — the aged poor. To give
them shelter and needed care he had the Little Sisters of
the Poor establish a Home for them on Perry street, in
1870. This charitable work soon met with generous support
on the part of the citizens of Cleveland, irrespective of creed.
In a few years the old buildings first bought had to be enlarged
and in part replaced by others more commodious and better
adapted, so large was the number of applicants.
October, 1869, Bishop Rappe again went to Rome this
time to attend the Vatican Council which was opened Decem-
ber 8, of same year.
Whilst in Rome he found that the years of opposition on
the part of some, in regard to the administration of his dio-
cese, had crystallized in charges preferred against him to the
Holy See. Rather than further contend with his opponents,
and unwilling any longer to carry the burden of his episcopal
labors, which he found so little appreciated on the part of a
few, he concluded to resign the responsible and burdensome
office of bishop he had borne for twenty-three years amid
DIOCESE OE CLEVELAND. 35
trials, difficulties and mental worry known to God alone.
Where others would have met the enemy and contested posi-
tion in the face of opposition and strife, he thought best to
lay down crozier and mitre, thus to have peace in the evening
of his life. This he believed himself the more constrained to
do, as in his advanced age, sixty-eight years, he felt himself
physically too weak to administer, with satisfaction to him-
self, his large and rapidly growing diocese. Added to this,
he found his sight greatly impaired; in fact, he had lost the
use of his right eye. He resigned August 22, 1870, and
retired to the diocese of Burlington, Vt., where he resumed
the role of a missionary, so familiar to him.
For obvious reasons the details of this sad and painful
chapter in the history of Bishop Rappe's saintly and self-sac-
rificing life are not yet for publication. This will be the task
of the future historian of the diocese of Cleveland, and the
writer of Bishop Rappe's life and labors.
III.
VERY REV. EDWARD HANNIN, ADMINISTRATOR.
Sede I r acante — 1870- 1872.
Within a few days after Bishop Rappe's resignation, the
Most Rev. Archbishop Purcell appointed the Very Rev. E.
Il.mnin as administrator of the diocese of Cleveland. During
his term of office, which lasted till April, 1872, churches were
erected in the following places: 1870 — Antwerp, Briar Hill,
Van Wert; [871 -Cleveland (Annunciation, St. Columbkill's
—closed as a paiish in [872, I [oly Family — St. Edward's since
(886); Loudonville, Mantua, Sandusky (Sts. Peter and Paul- ,
Toledo St. Louis');— total, ten congregations organized and
churches built.
For ordination^, bishops of the neighboring dioceses were
invited. Anion- them was the Rt. Rev. John 11. Luers,
Bishop of Fort Wayne. June 29, 1871, this worthy prelate
conferred Holy Orders in the seminary chapel. After the
ceremony he started for the Union depot, preferring to walk
3 6 BISHOP GILMOUR.
rather than to take the carriage which had been placed at his
service. Reaching the corner of St. Clair and Bond streets,
he fell to the pavement, stricken with apoplexy. He was
carried to the Bishop's house, near by, where he expired in a
few moments.
Beyond a suit of injunction, in connection with the build-
ing of a church, begun by the congregation of St. Bridget's,
Cleveland, without proper authorization, nothing of special
note occurred during Father Hannin's administration, except
that he had not as peaceful a regime as he could have wished,
or the good of religion demanded. No one was better pleased
than he when he was relieved of his responsible post of duty,
by the advent of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour, in April, 1872.
IV.
BISHOP GILMOUR, 1872-1887.
The Rt. Rev. Richard Gilmour, present and second Bishop
of the diocese of Cleveland, was consecrated at Cincinnati,
April 14, 1872. Within a few days after his consecration he
took possession of his episcopal see.
He soon found that the disturbance and opppsition which
had caused many a heart-ache to his predecessor, Bishop
Rappe, and which had made the administration of Very Rev.
Father Hannin anything but pleasant, had permeated the
diocese to a large extent. Firmness and judgment were
needed to put the disturbed elements to rights. Bishop
Gilmour felt the difficulty of his position as well as the gravity
of his impending work.
But he also found in the diocese at large a generous spirit
among the laity, a willing, energetic clergy, and a readiness
to second any effort for the advancement of diocesan interests.
Often he had rather to repress than foster activity in matters
pertaining to the material growth of the diocese.
November, 1872, he convoked a synod of his clergy — the
first during his administration, and the fifth since the organi-
zation of the diocese. In this synod much of the present
legislation was enacted. It also embodied considerable of the
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 37
legislation of the previous synods, notably that of 1868.
Among' the diocesan laws enacted, were those urging anew
the necessity of parochial schools, regulating the financial
affairs of congregations, assessing congregations for the sup-
port of seminary, etc., (Diocesan Fund), and for the support
of sick and disabled priests, (Infirm Priests' Fund). The latter
fund had been established some years previous, but it was now
found necessary to modify and change many of the regulations
governing it, so as to place it on a firm basis. This it has
maintained ever since. With additional and needed changes
made from time to time in its management, the Infirm Priests'
Fund is now in excellent condition.
March, 1873, Bishop Gilmour published his first pastoral
letter. It aroused the latent bigotry of the country, especially
of Cleveland, the hot-bed of Puritanism and anti-Catholic
hatred. Not that the Bishop published " doctrines strange
and new." but that he dared to publish what he did. He took
strong ground against the public school system, and urged
upon his people the necessity of establishing and maintaining
their own schools. He also insisted that Catholics assert
their rights as citizens; that they are Catholic first, American
next. Por these and other utterances of like import he was
denounced in unmeasured terms by pulpit and press.
To defend Catholic doctrine and the citizen rights of
Catholics, the Bishop established the Catholic Universe^ its
fust, number appearing Jul)' 4, [874. About this time also he
organized in Cleveland the Catholic Central Association, com-
posed of representatives from all the parishes and Catholic
societies of the city.
Its influence tor good was soon felt. Since the opening of
the Workhouse in ( Cleveland, in 1X70, the unfortunate ( latholic
inmates had been denied their rights as ( 'at holies. No Catholic
priest was permitted to visit or instrucl them. After much
opposition the bishop finally succeeded in getting the con-
sent of the Workhouse authorities to allow (atholic prisoners
the consolation of their religion thus far denied them. P.
the Catholic Central Asso< iation, through some ol its leading
members, is due in large measure this concession. Since [876
3 8 BISHOP GILMOUR.
Mass has been regularly celebrated at the Workhouse on
alternate Sundays, and on every Sunday morning the Catholic
inmates of the Refuge department receive catechetical instruc-
tion from a committee appointed for that purpose by the
Catholic Central Association. For the past eleven years the
relations between the Workhouse officials, priest and Catholic
instructors have been most pleasant and satisfactory.
In 1875 the Catholic school property of Cleveland was
placed on the tax duplicate, in spite of a decision of the
supreme court of Ohio, rendered in 1874, to the effect that
such property was not taxable. In 1876 suit of restraint was
entered by the Bishop and finally carried to the supreme
court of Ohio, the decision in each of the courts being in his
favor.
The Bishop's house, on Bond street, was not diocesan prop-
erty, but the personal property of Bishop Rappe, who, on his
departure from Cleveland, leased it for a term of years. The
lessee sublet it to the Very Rev. Administrator Hannin as a resi-
dence for himself and the cathedral clergy. Bishop Gilmour
was informed of this fact within a few days after he came to
Cleveland, and at the same time was curtly notified that the
rent, considered high even then, would at once be raised.
Unwilling to be a tenant any longer than he could help,
the Bishop arranged for the erection of the present episcopal
residence on Superior street, immediately east of the cathe-
dral, the cost to be borne equally by the diocese and the
cathedral parish. The building was begun in 1874 and com-
pleted early in 1876.
June 24, 1874, Bishop Gilmour fell seriously ill of nervous
prostration, and for two years was unable to attend to the
affairs of the diocese. On the advice of his physicians he
went to Europe for the benefit of his shattered health. Dur-
ing his absence, the Very Rev. F. M. Boff, who had been made
Vicar General in May, 1873, was appointed Administrator of
the diocese.
The Bishop returned from Europe, June, 1876, much im-
proved, though by no means fully restored to health. Grad-
ually he regained strength and by degrees resumed duty.
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 39
Between 1872 and 1877 the diocese showed a marked
degree of activity, as seen in the erection of a large number
of churches, schools and religious institutions. During this
period churches were built in the following places: 1872-
Carey, Green Spring, Mineral Ridge, New London, Oak
Harbor, Ottawa, Plymouth, Roachton, Struthers, Sylvania,
Vienna, Wakeman, VVauseon; 1873— Defiance (Our Lady of
Per. Help), Elmore, Parma, Salineville, Toledo (Good Shep-
herd's, St. Peter's); 1874 — Berea (St. Adalbert's), Cleveland
(St. Procop's), Genoa, Weston; 1875 — Brighton, Bryan, Desh-
ler; 1876— Bcttsville, Leipsic, North Ridgeville, Spencerville,
Toledo (St.- Hedwig's) — in all thirty-one churches built, and
as many new congregations established.
In 1872 the Sisters of St. Joseph, a teaching community,
were welcomed to the diocese, as also, in 1874, the Sisters of
Notre Dame who had been exiled from Germany because of
the " May Laws." Both these communities established them-
selves in Cleveland, the latter having a large and flourishing
academy in connection with their convent.
In 1873 a foundling asylum was opened in Cleveland and
placed in charge of the Sisters of Charity, for the reception of
waifs. In connection with this asylum a lying-in hospital
was also founded. Till the opening of these two institutions
wealthy Cleveland had n<> shelter to offer these helpless babes
and their unfortunate mothers — the former, offsprings of sin,
the latter, its victims.
( )n invitation of Bishop Gilmour the Ladies of the Sacred
1 hart of Mary, connected with St. Mary's Orphan Asylum,
Cleveland, established 1874) an academy at Louisville, Stark
county, in the building known as St. Louis' college, but
closed in 1873. With the academy was also an institute for
deaf mutes. Both academy and institute were closed a lew
years later for u ant of support.
A convent of Ursuline Sisters was founded, in [874, at
Voung town, to take charge of the parochial schools in that
place, ami eventually to establish an academy.
In [875 the ('iie\' Nuns of Montreal built a hospital in
Toledo, which was Opened to the public in [876. In the
4 o BISHOP GILMOUR.
latter year the Franciscans established, near their monastery
in Cleveland, St. Joseph's college for boys. Although this
institution was fairly supported, the Franciscan Fathers found
it impracticable to continue it longer than June, 1880.
D.— 1877-1887.
September 8, 1877, the sad news of Bishop Rappe's death
reached Cleveland fiotn St. Albans, Vt. As eminently meet,
as well as justly due to the memory of the deceased Bishop,
arrangements were at once made to have his remains brought
to Cleveland for burial. On their arrival an immense throng
met them, and Cleveland's citizens, without creed or class
distinction, vied with each other to pay their last tribute of
respect to the remains of Bishop Rappe, whom in life they
loved and respected, and whose memory, in death, they
revered as that of a public benefactor, and noble hearted pre-
late. Silent and sad as was his departure from Cleveland
seven years previous, grandly triumphant in death was his
return to the city he loved so well, of which he spoke when
in the throes of death, for which, during nearly a quarter of a
century, he had given his best efforts. After the impressive
obsequies his remains were placed in a crypt under the main
altar of the cathedral, there to repose till the Last Call.
In 1877 Bishop Gilmour began to systematize the routine
and business affairs of his diocese by establishing a chancery
office. He had plats made of all the church property and the
respective deeds indexed and labeled for ready reference.
Parish, and "permit" records, records of priests and religious
institutions were begun, and blank form for annual reports,
together with letter books and leter files, were introduced.
In 1878 the collecting of historical data in connection with
every congregation and religious institution in the diocese was
begun. So promptly and kindly did the clergy and heads of
religious houses respond to the call for historical data that the
future historian will have comparatively an easy task in writ-
ing the history of the diocese of Cleveland. He will have but
to sift and collate the abundance of historical matter in "the
diocesan archives.
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 41
March 13, 1879, Bishop Gilmour published a pastoral letter,
which again, as in 1873, aroused the hatred of an anti-Cath-
olic press and pulpit. For many months after its publication,
the echo of bigotry resounded far and wide, simply because
he enunciated doctrines, not new, but bold in their utterance.
His expressions regarding human liberty, rights of Church
and State, and Catholic schools, gave blatant bigotry food for
many sensational sermons ami "blood-curdling" editorials.
May, 1882, the sixth diocesan synod was held in St.
Mary's seminary, one hundred and thirty-nine priests of the
secular and regular clergy being in attendance. As a result
of this synod we have the present diocesan legislation, which,
with the exception of about half a dozen of its two hundred
and sixty-two statutes, is in perfect harmony with the laws of
the III Plenary Council of Baltimore, held in November, 1884.
In [uly, 1882, Bishop Gilmour went to Europe, to visit,
among other countries, his native Scotland, which he had not
seen since he left it in 1829.
Besides traveling extensively through Ireland, England,
France and Germany, he also paid his ad limina visit to
Rome, his first official visit to the Holy See, although he had
been there for a few weeks in 1875, as an invalid.
During his absence, till February, 1883, Very Rev. Vicar
General Boff administered the diocese.
In [884 the diocesan seminary was enlarged by the addi-
tion of the present south wing, which contains suites of rooms
for professors and separate rooms for students, neatly and
comfortably furnished. During the following year, the main,
or centre building, was entirely remodeled by changing the
upper two stories into a very handsome chapel, and locating
a lecture hall and the library on the first floor. The wing
and changes cost nearly $20,000.
March, 1XX7, Bishop Gilmour published the "Constitution
and By-laws for the Government of the Parochial Schools of
tlu- 1 Hocese of ( lleveland," of which theprincipal features are:
tin- examination of parish schools by district boards, and the
annual examination of teachers by a diocesan board of exam-
iners.
A 2 BISHOP GILMOUR.
Between 1877 and 1887 the following institutions were
established in the diocese: 1877 — Convent of the Poor Clares,
Cleveland, and the Ursuline Academy, at Villa Angela, near
Nottingham; 1884 — Cleveland — St. Alexis' Hospital, Protect-
ory for Girls, in charge of the Sisters of Notre Dame;
Louisville, St. Louis' Orphan Asylum for Boys; 1885 — Toledo,
Little Sisters of the Poor. The Jesuit Fathers, to whom had
been entrusted, in 1880, the pastorate of St. Mary's Church,
Cleveland, opened St. Ignatius' College, opposite their church,
corner Carroll and Jersey streets, September, 1886. At this
time, also, the Ursulines opened an institution at Nottingham
for the education of boys under twelve years of age. It is
known as St. Joseph's Seminary.
Since 1877 churches were erected in the following places:
1877 — Put-in-Bay; 1878 — Collinwood; 1879 — Cecil, Chicago
Junction, Honey Creek, Lorain; 1880 — Cleveland (St. Col-
man's, Holy Trinity), East Palestine, Hicksville; 188 1 —
Bowling Green, Cleveland (St. Stanislas'), Sterling; 1882 —
Attica, Peninsula, Toledo (St. Anthony's), Youngstown,
(Immaculate Conception) ; 1883 — Cleveland (St. Adalbert's,
St. Michael's, Our Lady of Lourdes'), Toledo (Sacred Heart),
Tremblayville; 1884 — Lowellville; 1886 — Cuyahoga Falls,
Holgate, Wadsworth; 1887 — Akron (St. Mary's), Cleveland
(St. Anthony's, St. Francis'), Hamler, Miller's City, New Lis-
bon, North Creek, Republic — total, thirty-five churches built
and new congregations established.
Few dioceses in the country, if any, contain as many fine,
large and costly churches as are in the diocese of Cleveland.
Many of these were built within the last fifteen years, replac-
ing edifices of far less pretension as to size and cost. Among
the more noteworthy are the following: Cleveland — St. John's
Cathedral, (furnished in 1880 with the handsomest spire in
the city, and renovated, 1884, in most artistic manner), St.
Patrick's, St. Stephen's, Immaculate Conception and St.
Edward's — (large and beautiful stone churches), St. Bridget's,
St. Joseph's, St. Peter's (renovated in 1885); Canton — St.
John's and St. Peter's; Delphos, St. John's; Fremont, St.
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 43
Joseph's; New Riegel, St. Boniface's; Sandusky — St. Mary's,
Sts. Peter and Paul — (both stone churches); Thompson, St.
Michael's; Tiffin, St. Joseph's; Toledo — St. Francis', St. Mary's
(enlarged and renovated in 1883), St. Patrick's, St. Peter's.
Within the last few years many fine schools have been
built. Mention of a few of the larger and finer is here made:
Cleveland— St. Bridget's, St. Malachy's, Holy Name, St.
Joseph's; Toledo — St. Patrick's, St. Mary's; Defiance, Our
Lady's. August, 1887, the corner stone was laid for a $35,000
school house to be built by St. Bernard's, Akron.
Wherever throughout the diocese churches or schools are
built to replace similar edifices, they are of handsome propor-
tions, tasteful design, and commensurate with the means of
congregations building them. There appears to be a healthy
emulation to erect churches worthy their sacred use, and
schools at least equal to those which Catholic parents help to
build, but which in conscience they can not allow their
children to attend.
The diocese of Cleveland is provided with generously sup-
ported charitable institutions, covering nearly all wants of
suffering and neglected humanity. But there is great need
of a reformatory for wayward and homeless boys. A farm of
nearly forty acres of excellent land, within a few miles of
Cleveland, is already secured as a site for this most necessary
institution. Lack of means, however, has thus far prevented
the erection of suitable buildings to take from the streets and
shelter, educate and train in virtue and future usefulness, boys
who are now going to spiritual destruction.
The seminar}-, "the heart of the diocese," is also greatly
in need of enlargement for the accommodation of a sufficient
number of young levites, who are not only to take the place
of the laborers in the Lord's vineyard, called to their reward,
but also to meet the want- of a rapidly growing diocese, with
missions and congregations springing into existence on every
side and no priest to serve them.
The enlargement of the seminar)- would also make' it
practicable to have spiritual retreats for the secular pri<
44 BISHOP GILMOUR.
and frequent meetings of the clergy of the diocese — now
impossible, because there is no building in the diocese large
enough and under its control, where such retreats or meetings
could be held.
In 1817 Father Fenwick came for the first time to North-
ern Ohio to break the Bread of Life to the famishing children
of God's Church, living in sparse numbers within the limits of
the present flourishing diocese of Cleveland. He was the first
priest to visit at regular intervals this part of Ohio since the
Jesuits were obliged to abandon their Indian missions on the
southern shore of lake Erie, and along the Vermillion, San-
dusky and Portage rivers. Beyond a few Catholic settlers in
Columbiana and Stark counties, Father Fenwick found no
trace of Catholicity.
When the diocese of Cleveland was erected in 1847, Bishop
Rappe found but one church and one priest in Cleveland, and
forty-two churches in the entire diocese, attended by twenty-
one priests.
Were Father Fenwick, the apostle of Catholicity in Ohio,
and Bishop Rappe, the missionary bishop of the diocese of
Cleveland, to return to the scene of their apostolic labors,
their hearts would indeed be gladdened, as they are no doubt
gladdened in heaven, to see the vigorous growth of the Tree
of Life they planted. They would find more than two hundred
churches, many of them cathedral-like in size and beauty,
studding the territory formerly under their pastoral care and
jurisdiction. Institutions of religion, education and charity
would greet their eye; parochial schools, generously and
willingly supported, would give them assurance that the
children, the hope of the future, have every means placed
within their reach to keep them in the Faith; they would find
a zealous clergy, devoted religious and a generous laity.
We have endeavored to outline the history of Catholicity
in Northern Ohio, and in the diocese of Cleveland. It is for
the future historian to give in detail its foundation, growth
and development, the struggles, trials and labors of the pio-
neers of religion in this part of our fair state. We close this
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND.
45
sketch with the subjoined table, which gives, in a summarized
form, and by decades of years, the growth of the Church in
Northern Ohio and in the diocese of Cleveland:
TABLE.
Year.
Churches
Resident
Priests ' Female
(Sec. and Rel.Com.
' Reg.)
Char'ble
Institu-
tions.
Educ'nl
Institu-
tions.
Paroch'l
Schools.
( 1817
IN NORTHERN ) g '
"" I0 - (183?
•
2
1
f 1847
indioceseofJ ^P
CLEVELAND. ] ^
I 1887
4 2
78
150
190
225
21 3
54 7
90 9
iv> 17
187 18
1
4
5
7
8
3
5
10
16
7
70
no
126
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
— OF THE —
RIGHT REV. EDWARD D. FENWICK, O. P., FIRST
BISHOP OF CINCINNATI.
JANUARY, 1822 — SEPTEMBER, 1 832.
Edward D. Fenwick, a descendant of the ancient English
family of Fenwick Tower, was born in St. Mary's county,
Maryland, in 1768. After the death of his father, Edward
was sent to Europe to complete his studies. When leaving
home he was in his sixteenth year. He entered the Domini-
can college at Bornheim, Flanders.
Impressed with the spirit and virtues of his Dominican
preceptors, he became attached to them and soon joined their
Order. From his childhood he showed a tender and unaffected
piety. This grew with his years, and impressed itself on his
superiors, whose respect and confidence he easily won. Dur-
ing the French revolution he was engaged in the duties of a
professor, and as procurator of the Dominican convent at
Bornheim. When the French soldiery overran and pillaged
the Netherlands, his convent was seized and he, with his
brethren, imprisoned as Englishmen. Securing his release as
an American citizen, he went to one of the Dominican con-
vents in England. There he remained till 1804, when in
compliance with his ardent wish he was sent by his Provincial
to America, to labor there in behalf of the spiritual interests
of his countrymen. His native state was his first field of
priestly work in this country. Here he toiled in his Master's
vineyard about one year. Then Bishop Carroll, of Baltimore,
upon consultation, and with the advice and consent of the
Right Ri dE, Fj nwick, O. I*.
BISHOP FEN WICK. 47
Father General of the Dominicans, sent him to Kentucky to
establish a colony of Friars Preachers. In compliance with
instructions Father Fenwick, accompanied by three of his
brethren, Fathers Wilson, Tuite and Anger, founded, in 1805,
St. Rose's Convent, located in Washington county, Kentucky,
on a farm he purchased with his patrimony. Here it was
that the Dominican order had its first home in the United
States, and from this place the light of the Gospel was carried
far and wide. The Convent of St. Rose was soon crowned
with benedictions. The children of St. Dominic, animated
with the zeal of their pious founder, spread through the
whole extent of Kentucky, and afforded to the inhabitants the
benefits of the religion of Jesus Christ. A Bull was received
from Rome constituting Father Fenwick Provincial of the
Order in North America. He could not, however, resolve
upon accepting that dignity, fearing it might prevent the
conversion of souls to God. A remarkable circumstance,
which lias always been looked upon as the most certain evi-
dence of the exalted virtue of Father Fenwick is, that, after
having obtained from Rome the office of Provincial for
Father Wilson, with the permission to annul the appointment
should he himself choose to remain Provincial, or to abdicate
it, he did not hesitate a moment, but asked bather Wilson to
accept, as he himself preferred rather to obey than to com-
mand.
In [814 Father Fenwick, the apostle and pioneer priest of
this state, made his first missionary visit to Ohio, and went as
far north as Perry county, in the present diocese of Columbus,
where he found three Catholic families, consisting in all of
twenty members. These good people were so rejoiced to
see him, that he could never recall his first pastoral visit to
this part of his vast "parish" without experiencing the great-
esl consolation, because he considered it the first fruit of his
sion in ( )hio.
Accordii the most authentic information obtainable
Father Fenwick's first visit to Northern Ohio within the ter-
ritory of the diocese of Cleveland was in 1817, when he
came to Columbiana and Stark counties. There he found a
4 8 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
number of Catholic families, some of whom had moved to
Ohio from Pennsylvania and Maryland; others had emigrated
from Ireland and Germany. None of them had seen a priest
since they settled in Ohio.
In 1818 Father Fen wick established, on a farm given for
the purpose by Mr. P. Dittoe, a fervent and generous Catholic,
the present flourishing Convent of St. Joseph's, near Somer-
set, Perry county, Ohio, and was its superior for nearly four
years. From St. Joseph's he and his few brethren of the con-
vent, among them his nephew, Rev. N. D. Young, regularly
attended the missions in Perry and the neighboring counties,
whilst those of Southern Ohio received pastoral care from St.
Rose's, Kentucky, and occasionally, also, from St. Joseph's,
Perry count}".
Bisfcop Flaget, of Bardstown, had under his jurisdiction
Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. He petitioned the
Ploly See to relieve him from the spiritual care of a part of
his immense territory. In accordance with his wish the dio-
cese of Cincinnati was erected in 1821, and Father Fenwick
consecrated by Bishop Flaget as its first Bishop in the church
of St. Rose, Washington county, Kentucky, January 13, 1822.
Soon after his consecration, Bishop Fenwick took possession
of his Episcopal See. Arriving at Cincinnati he found neither
church nor dwelling. He rented a small house, where he was
obliged to sleep in the garret; the other part was destined
for a chapel and a study. At times he was not able to pay the
rent, and frequently had to seek his meals in the city. The
cathedral, if we may call it by that name, was a barn-like
plank building, about one mile from the town, and in rainy
weather quite inaccessible. The attempt to move it to
the town failed; it broke down on the road. A lot was want-
ing upon which to erect the cathedral again; but where were
the means to pay for it?
Without money, without the hope of procuring it to pay
the debts already contracted, everywhere even the most neces-
sary things were wanting. In 1823 the Bishop took the reso-
lution to set out for Rome, with the intention of resigning
BISHOP FEN WICK. 49
his heavy charge. The Holy Father, Leo XII, however,
encouraged him and presented him with 1,200 scudi, for the
expense of his journey and those of the clergyman who
traveled with him. A good God, in fact, loaded him with bless-
ings, opening new sources to him, particularly in France, in
the Association at Lyons, for the propagation of the faith.
Belgium and Germany, in imitation of France, also contributed
liberal sums to Bishop Fenwick in support of his poor diocese.
( In his return, in 1824, the debts were paid, and a brick cathe-
dral erected on Sycamore street. Later he established the
Athenaeum College, near his cathedral church. He also
introduced into his diocese the Dominican Sisters, and one or
two other religious communities to instruct the children.
hull of courage, after his successful visit to Furope, he
devoted all his energy and zeal to the development and visi-
tation of his diocese. Busy at or away from his episcopal
city, he never had an idle moment. To reach all the mis-
sions of his immense diocese, coveringOhio and Michigan, he
had to make long and tedious journeys by wagon, stage, or on
horseback, often through forests, and more often over almost
impassable roads.
His last visit to Northern Ohio was during the time of the
cholera, in 1832. Before leaving Cincinnati, on a visit to
Michigan, he had been ailing. Rallying somewhat, anil pre-
pared to die- amidst his labors if Cod so willed, he proceeded
on his long journey, visiting all tin- missions along the route,
preaching, catechising, and giving confirmation.
In these missions difficulties of all kinds met him in cou-
nt succession; some persons imploring the aid of the
hop, some t<> have churches erected, others to have the
clergymen provided for. Much good was done in this last
episcopal visit. Upon the lakes the Bishop assisted th<
dying of cholera. He himself fell so sick at Sault Sainte
Marie, Mich., that it was feared he would not recover. But
he rallied and soon resumed his return journey to Detroit,
and thence through Northern Ohio to Canton, where he
rived, September 24, completely exhausted, with renew
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symptoms of the dreadful scourge that visited the entire
country and counted its victims by the thousand. He was
attended with the greatest and most tender care. Next
morning he said mass and wrote several letters. The stage
arriving at the door of the pastoral residence of Father
Henni, he bade him good bye and went on to Wooster,
intending to go thence to Cincinnati. Arriving at Wooster
about 8 P. M., he was taken from the stage with the fatal
impress of cholera on him. He was brought to a hotel where
he expired at noon, Wednesday, September 26, 1832. Before
sunset of the same day a mound marked the resting place of
his remains. It seemed he had a foreboding of his death, for
wherever he passed last he said: " this is my last visit." In
one of his letters he wrote that he would visit two or three
congregations in the neighborhood of St. Joseph's, Perry
county, which would be the term of his mission, and that
thence he would return to Cincinnati, because his strength
failed him, but added, as was his custom, that he would do so:
Deo volcnte, quia Jiomo proponit, sed Deus dis point.
Father Henni was at once informed of the Bishop's dying
condition, but on arriving at Wooster a few hours later he
found him buried.
In February, 1833, Bishop Fenwick's remains were taken
to Cincinnati and there entombed under the old cathedral.
They now repose beneath the altar of the present St. Peter's
cathedral, Cincinnati.
Bishop Fenwick was deservedly esteemed for his many
noble qualities. He was a man of great simplicity of charac-
ter. Delicate in health, he nevertheless devoted himself
unsparingly as priest and bishop to the work within his
sphere. The Catholics of Ohio owe him a debt of gratitude
as the founder of the Church in this state.
" By his talents and amiable deportment he had gained
himself many admirers and many personal friends. As a
herald of the Cross he was always at his post, faithful, vigilant
and indefatigable. In the ordinary walks of life he was dig-
nified, affable and unostentatious. * * " He was truly the
BISHOP FENWICK. 51
apostle of Ohio." 1.) " Though not gifted with great natural
talents, he possessed a peculiar tact for winning souls to
Christ. " * * Frank, open and sincere by nature, and an
American himself, he possessed an instinctive talent for deal-
ing with Americans, whether Catholic or Protestant. Multi-
tudes of the latter were converted to Catholicity through his
agency." 2.)
I) Catholic Almanao, 1848; 2,) Spalding's " Sketches oi Kentucky," i>. 155.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
-OF THE-
MOST REV. JOHN B. PURCELL, D. D.. SECOND
BISHOP OF CINCINNATI, 1833-1850. FIRST
ARCHBISHOP OF CINCINNATI,
1850-1883.
John Baptist Purcell, a native of Ireland, was born at
Mallow, County Cork, February 26, 1800. After completing
a collegiate course in his native country he set out for the
United States, landing at Baltimore in his eighteenth year.
For a short time he held a position as private tutor, but
desirous of devoting himself to the priesthood, he entered Mt.
St. Mary's College, at Emmittsburg, Maryland. Showing
talent much above the ordinary, he was sent to the famous
Sulpician Seminary, Paris, to complete his theological studies
where also he was ordained priest May 23, 1826. Shortly
after his ordination he returned to the United States, and
was appointed president and one of the professors of Mt. St.
Mary's College, of which he was an alumnus. For seven
years he held this important position when the Holy See
appointed him successor to the lamented Bishop Fenwick,
as second Bishop of Cincinnati. As such he was conse-
crated, in his thirty-fourth year, at Baltimore, by Arch-
bishop Whitfield, October 13, 1833. After attending the
Second Provincial Council of Baltimore, held a few days after
his consecration, he set out for Cincinnati, arriving there
November 14, 1833. In his episcopal city he found but one
church, a college in embryo, (the Athenaeum, on Sycamore
street), and an orphan asylum. His diocese comprised the
whole of Ohio and part of Kentucky. In Ohio there were at
this time but sixteen churches, attended by fourteen priests,
Mosi Reverend [ohn B. Pi k< ell, D. D.
BISHOP P UR CELL. 55
a Dominican convent in Perry county, and a Catholic popu-
lation estimated at about six thousand souls. Within the
limits of the present diocese of Cleveland — with which this
sketch will chiefly deal, so far as the labors of Bishop Purcell
therein are concerned — there were but three churches, viz.:
one near Dungannon, and one each in Canton and Tiffin.
These churches were attended by two priests, Revs. J. M.
Henni and Edmund Quinn, stationed respectively at Canton
and Tiffin.
To visit his scattered Hock Bishop Purcell had not the
convenience of travel now enjoyed, nor the hospitality now
offered. On country wagons, by stage-coach, and on horse-
back he covered great distances over bad roads, through
primeval forests and across unbridged streams, often partak-
ing of primitive country hotel fare, and often taking shelter in
log huts. But in spite of difficulties, hardships and frequent
privations he cheerfully and often made his diocesan visita-
tions, instructing, consoling and encouraging the faithful com-
mitted to his charge. His episcopal visits were always red-
letter days for clergy and laity. His cheerful disposition and
buoyant spirit spread sunshine and joy wherever he went, and
his sermons attracted by their brilliancy and eloquence.
His first visit to Northern Ohio was made during the
months of June and July, 1834, viz.: Dungannon, Canton,
Louisville, Canal Fulton, Chippewa (Doylestown), Wooster,
Tiffin and McCutchenville. During the months of July,
August and September, 1.S35, he visited Dungannon, New
Lisbon, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Falls, Randolph, Louisville and
Canton, and in [836, Tiffin and Fremont. June 7, 1X40, he
preached in Cleveland at the dedication of the Church of Our
Lad) of the Lake, known later and since as St. Mary's on the
•• Flats," Bishop de Forbin-Janson, on a visit from France, per-
forming the dedicatory ceremony. During the same month
Bishop Purcell also visited Liverpool, Chippewa, Canton and
l i Liver] 1. November, 1835, he again came to Northern
Ohio, visiting Lindlay, < ilandorf, and Ft. Jennings.
In [841, during the months of June, July, August and
November, he made an extensive tour through Northern
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Ohio, visiting the following places: Norwalk, Peru, Shelby,
Shelby Settlement, Tiffin, McCutchenville, Wolfs Creek
(New Riegel), Sandusky, Fremont, LaPrairie, Perrysburg,
Toledo, Canton, Louisville, Randolph, Akron, Chippewa,
Wooster, Canal Fulton, Massillon and Bethlehem. In all
these places he administered confirmation, and in many he
dedicated churches or laid corner-stones for such. In June
and July, 1846, he visited Sandusky, Cleveland, Peru, Nor-
walk, Tiffin, New Riegel, Toledo, Dungannon and Wooster,
and in August, 1847, Wooster, Canal Fulton, Youngstown
and Akron. At Akron he performed his last episcopal func-
tion in this part of his jurisdiction, ordaining to the priesthood,
August 5, 1847, the Rev. J. Vincent Conlan.
In 1834 he sent a band of Redemptorist Fathers to North-
ern Ohio to take charge of missions in Huron, Erie and Sen-
eca counties, with residence at Peru, near Norwalk. They
were succeeded in 1844 by the Sanguinist Fathers, who had
been invited by him in Europe, the year previous, to come
and labor in the Ohio mission.
Finding his diocesan work far beyond his strength, he
petitioned the Holy See for a division of his vast spiritual
territory. In compliance with his wish the division was made
in 1847, and all that part of Ohio, n6rth of forty degrees and
forty-one minutes, erected into a separate diocese, with the
Episcopal See at Cleveland, and the Rt. Rev. Amadeus Rappe
as its first Bishop. When Bishop Rappe took possession of
his See he found forty-two churches, fourteen secular priests
and seven Sanguinists under his jurisdiction, an increase of
thirty-nine churches and nineteen priests since 1833, when
Bishop Purcell was appointed to the See of Cincinnati.
Although thus relieved of nearly one-third of his former
jurisdiction, Bishop Purcell's zeal and labor did not diminish;
on the contrary they grew and spread. Catholicity under
his direction made wonderful strides in Central and South-
ern Ohio. With astonishing rapidity churches multiplied,
congregations sprung into existence, religious, charitable and
educational institutions were established, all demanding and
receiving his watchful care and paternal guidance.
BISHOP PUR CELL. 55
In [850 Bishop Purcell was made Archbishop, with the
Bishops of Louisville, Vincennes, Detroit and Cleveland as
his suffragans.
Under his direction Mt. St. Mary's Seminary of the West
was opened near Cincinnati in 1852. Indefatigably he
labored for the spread of religion, and everywhere throughout
his diocese evidence of his zeal and the steady growth of the
Church could be seen.
In 1853 Archbishop Purcell was relieved of the jurisdiction
of Eastern Kentucky, in the erection of the diocese of Cov-
ington. In 1868 he asked for further relief from constantly
increasing work. The result was the erection of the diocese
of Columbus, comprising the southeastern part of Ohio. The
first Bishop was the Rt. Rev. S. H. Rosecrans, who, as coad-
jutor since 1862, had lightened his labors.
In 1869 he made the last of his many visits to Rome, this
time to attend the Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, which
opened in December of that year. He took a prominent part
in its debates, notabl> r in those connected with the definition
of the infallibility of the Pope. He belonged to the inoppor-
tunists, but after the council defined papal infallibility to be
of faith he yielded assent.
Shortly after his advent to Cincinnati, in 1833, the rapid
growth of Catholicity in that city, as in fact throughout the
country, aroused bigotry and fanatical alarm. He was chal-
lenged by a Protestant preacher, named Alexander Campbell,
to a public drbatc on Catholic doctrine. This was in 1837.
For many days the disputants held sway over large and inter-
red audiences. The brilliant young Bishop vanquished his
opponent and gained for himself the name of a profound
theologian, accurate historian and keen debater.
He was a facile and pleasing writer, as his many learned
pastorals will attest. He also contributed largely to the
columns of the Catholic Telegraph, and had the habit of
writing descriptions of his episcopal visitations, which will
pro torehouse of valuable material lor the future historian
of I latholicity in < >hio
tholic Mutoellanea, in I 1 ol ilii- volume.
56 BISHOP PURCELL.
In connection with Archbishop Purcell's biography it
becomes our duty to mention the clouded ending of an other-
wise brilliant career, a singularly pure and unselfish life spent
for God and His Church. We refer to his financial disaster,
of which Dr. John Gilmary Shea, in his recent work, " The
Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United States,"
pages 107 and 108, writes as follows:
" Early in 1879 financial affairs which had been managed
by the Very Rev. Edward Purcell, ended in bankruptcy.
How it all came about must ever remain a mystery. The
venerable Archbishop, as ignorant as a child of the system
and its extent, at once came forward and assumed the whole
responsibility of his brother's operations. This only compli-
cated matters and raised a host of legal questions as to his
ability, in character of trustee for the Catholic church in his
diocese, to assume an individual indebtedness contracted by
another; and if he could, it became necessary to decide what
property became liable for it — that owned by the diocese, or
the property of every Catholic church and institution in the
diocese. If the debt became a just charge on the whole
diocese and all its churches and institutions, it was a debt
on every Catholic, which he was bound in conscience to
pay. This extreme view no theologian or canonist was
found to take.
" The debts were at first supposed not to exceed a quarter
of a million dollars, and attempts were made to meet or reduce
it materially by subscriptions; but when it was found that the
indebtedness reached nearly four millions of dollars, the
attempt was abandoned as hopeless. The Very Rev. Edward
Purcell died broken-hearted. The Archbishop made an
assignment of all property in his name, and long litigations
began. The courts ultimately decided that the congregations
were not liable except for moneys actually advanced to them."
In May, 1880, Archbishop Purcell retired to Brown county,
Ohio, near the Ursuline Convent, where he lingered in illness,,
brought on in the early part of 1881 by a paralytic stroke, till
his death, July 4, 1883.
Right Reverend Amadeus Rappe, D. D.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
OF THE
RIGHT REV. AMADEUS RAPPE, D. D., FIRST
BISHOP OF CLEVELAND.
OCTOBER, 1847— AUGUST, 1870.
Louis Amadeus Rappe, first bishop of Cleveland, was born
February 2, l8oi, at Audrchem, a village near Ardres, (Dis-
trict of St. Omer,) Department of Pas-de-Calais, France. His
parents. Eloi Rappe and Marie Antoinette Rappe, nee Noel,
belonged to the peasantry and were highly esteemed for their
probity, industry and Christian virtues. They had a family
often children, five sons and five daughters. The subject of
this sketch was the youngest of the sons. Of his four broth-
ers, three were killed in the Napoleonic wars, the fourth died
unmarried. Destined by his father to the life of a farmer,
Louis Amadeus received but an elementary education, such
as the village school afforded. Trained by his parents to
habits of order ami industry, he soon acquired a practical
knowledge of husbandry and thus became very useful to his
father in the management of the farm. Me took delight in
his avocation; was passionately fond of horses, a liking which
he retained all his life. He was also fond of youthful sports
and athletic games. Sparkling with wit and cheerfulness, he
was a genera] favorite with the young people of his native
vil I lis career seemed well marked out and his family
friends did not doubt his vocation that of .1 farmer.
I God was there, with his secret and admirable designs!
( >ne evening, toward the end of the year [819, when Amadeus
was in his i.,th year, and the family were gathered around
5 S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
the domestic hearth, the father expressed a regret that not one
of his sons had a vocation to the priesthood. He said he had
always hoped to see one of them at the altar, this wish having
been the dream of his life, but that now it was not to be
realized. Amadeus, struck by this remark, answered: "Well,
father, if you wish it I will become a priest." It need hardly
be said that this answer was not taken by the family in a seri-
ous light. A general laughter ensued, so diametrically
opposed to that sacred calling were his well-known tastes.
On the following morning he went to his father, saying:
" Father, the remark which I made to you last evening is
serious. It occupied my thoughts all night ; I have seriously
reflected upon it, and wish to be a priest."
The sentiment thus made known to the father, and to the
mother, consent was readily granted, but not without doubt
and fear lest their son might not persevere. They were all
the more apprehensive of his firmness and perseverance, as
one of his older brothers began the course of studies for the
sacred ministry, but failed to reach the altar.
Soon the necessary preparations for the departure of young
Amadeus were made. He went to Furnes, a small village
about six miles from Boulogne, to the pastoral residence of
one of his relatives, the Rev. Mr. Noel, who was parish priest
of the place. Our young aspirant to the sacred ministry took
his first latin lessons from this venerable priest, under
whose wise direction he seriously reflected on his voca-
tion, which as he acknowledged was put to a severe test
for the first few months. October, 1820, he entered the col-
lege at Boulogne, then under the direction of the celebrated
Abbe Haffreingue. As he was taller and older than his
fellow-students he was given charge of one of the study-
rooms, an office both delicate and at times difficult, but
filled by him with kindness and prudence. Even at this
epoch in his life he showed a keen sense of duty and a firm
will. One of his relatives having seen him during a vacation
full of mirth and glee, the life of the circles in which he
moved, noticed that at college he was serious and sedate, and
BISHOP RAPPE. 59
so told him. Amadous replied, "When vacation is over I shut
up all my mirth in a box, to be opened only the next vaca-
tion." As he was of a most cheerful disposition, it must have
cost him no little effort to do so.
In [821 he received tonsure at the hands of Cardinal de
la Tour d' Auvergne Lauragais, Bishop of Arras. Having
completed the collegiate course of studies in 1826, he went
to the diocesan seminary at Arras, receiving Minor orders
on December 22, of the following year. May 21, 1X28, he-
was ordained sub-deacon, and on December 20, of the same
year, deacon. The same prelate who gave him tonsure
also ordained him to the priesthood on March 14, 1829A The
parish of W'ismes, a small village near Fauquembergues, dis-
trict of St. Omer, was his first appointment. There he
remained till 1 834, meanwhile also attending a neighboring
mission church. The chaplaincy of the Ursuline Convent at
Boulogne-sur-Mer having become vacant and the Sisters
knowing the sterling worth, indomitable zeal, and great pru-
dence of Father Rappe, were desirous of having him
appointed their chaplain and spiritual director. Mother
Ursula, the superioress of the community, petitioned his
Bishop to this effect, and her request was granted. Father
R ippe remained chaplain to the Ursulines of Boulogne from
January, 1834, till May, 1840. During this time he read with
intense interest the "Annals of tin- Propagation of the Faith,"
which excited in him an ardent desire to devote himself to
the American mission. In [839 Bishop Purcell, of Cincinnati,
passed through London on his way from America to Europe,
and whilst in that city he was requested by the parents of
three young English ladies to take them under his protection
the Ursuline Convent at Boulogne. There he met
the zealous chaplain <>f the community, and future missionary,
Father Rappe, to whom he made known the spiritual desti-
tution of his large dio< Lev. Amadeus Rappe then offered
t«> go with him to America. This he did, however, with
great diffidence, owing to his age, thirty-nine, which he felt
1 1,,- factt 11. .-Mm ti.,M iritta Bishop Rappe'* home, college and scminan
faruifthed tin ntleinan intimately acquainted with the [ami
i-i!, I>i . I>. wmIi. N..w residing in P«
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would be no small hindrance in adapting himself to the life
of a missionary in a strange land. Another great obstacle
for him was the fact that he was unacquainted with the Eng-
lish language. But he would allow none of these obstacles to
hinder him from entering upon the toilsome and self-sacri-
ficing life of a missionary. After receiving the necessary
permission from his Ordinary to leave his diocese, and bid-
ding farewell to his charge, which deeply regretted to lose
him, who was to them a wise counselor and prudent director,
he set sail for America, September, 1840, arriving at Cincinnati
the following month. He was immediately sent by Bishop
Pureed to Chillicothe in order to learn English. Mr. Marshall
Anderson, a convert and most estimable gentleman, was his
teacher. But Father Rappe found it very difficult to master
even the rudiments of the language; in a few months, how-
ever, he was able to speak it sufficiently well to make him-
self understood, though his pronunciation was, and always
remained, defective. About 1840 the present flourishing city
of Toledo was founded. Catholics there were very few in
number and had neither church nor priest; Tiffin was the
nearest place whence sick-calls were attended. The Miami
and Erie canal was being built about that time, and there
came quite a large influx of Catholic laborers who settled
along the line of the canal and the Maumee river. There
was much sickness then, the dread Maumee fever under-
mining the strongest constitution, and hurrying many of its
victims to an early grave. There was also much intemper-
ance among the laborers, who spent their hard earned money
for drink and allowed their families to want. To thisunculti-
vated and uninviting field of labor Father Rappe was sent
about six months after his arrival at Cincinnati. His "parish
limits" extended from Toledo to the Indiana state line and
as far south as Allen county. From the summer of 1841 till
the spring of 1846 his labors, privations and difficulties of all
kinds were indeed trying; he never lost courage, but full of
missionary zeal and self-sacrifice he labored faithfully among
his people. It was here that he first saw the terrible effects
of intemperance, which so filled him with a horror of this vice
BISHOP RAPPE. 6 1
that he fought it then and during the remainder of his life by
word and example. Thousands bless his memory for the
energetic measures he took in rescuing them from a drunk-
aid's grave. For five years, 1841-46, Father Rappe was alone
in this section of the state, but his work grew beyond his
strength. Hence Bishop Purcell sent him a co-laborer in
the person of Father Louis de Goesbriand, present Bishop
of Burlington, Vermont, who arrived at Toledo in January,
[846. At that time Toledo and the surrounding country,
even as tar west as the state line, were full of malaria of the
most malignant type. Bishop de Goesbriand, in his remini-
nces of Bishop Rappe's missionary life, says: "At certain
seasons it was impossible to meet a healthy-looking person,
and frequently entire families were sick and unable to help
one another. Apart from the terrible malarial fever we were
occasionally visited by such epidemics as erysipelas, and
towards the end of 1 847 we saw ship-fever-stricken emigrants
landing on the docks, to die among strangers a few hours
after arrival." After the Miami and Erie canal was finished
many of the laborers left with their families to seek homes in
a more healthy climate. As the majority of them were Cath-
olic- Father Rappe's missions were greatly weakened. Very
few Catholic families remained between Toledo and Defiance.
Mass was said, however, each Sunday in Toledo and fre-
quently at Maumee City, and on week days at Providence,
Defiance, Poplar Ridge, and occasionally at Fremont ami La
Prairie. The roads were often almost impassable, but Father
Rappe and his faithful companion found neither bad roads nor
the inclemency of tin- weather a sufficient obstacle to prevent
them from visiting each of their scattered missions at the time
appointed. In his intercourse with his people, Father Rappe
was most affable, and he knew well how to win their respect
and confiden He was acquainted with every family, and
km-u every member of each family. He had a special gift to
ch catechism, and would spend weeks in a settlement pre-
p.mu a children tor the reception of tin- sacraments.
I ) ring this time of preparation he would instruct the children
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for hours each day, and always managed to rivet their atten-
tion. He was ever watchful of the spiritual welfare of the
adult portion of his flock, urging them to frequent confession
and a regular attendance at Mass.
To assist him in instructing the children at Toledo he
secured several Sisters of Notre Dame from Cincinnati. They
were of the band of Rcligeuscs that had come with him from
Namur, Belgium, in 1840, and established a branch of their
community in Cincinnati. He secured a house, near the pres-
ent site of St. Francis de Sales' church, Toledo, which was
fitted up as a convent and select school for the little band
of Sisters that shared with him the trials and hardships of
missionary life. They remained at Toledo from 1846 to 1848,
when owing to lack of support they were recalled to Cincin-
nati.
Bishop Purcell finding the labor of properly attending to
his vast diocese, comprising the state of Ohio, too much for
him, petitioned the Holy See for a division of his jurisdiction.
Cleveland was considered as the most fit city in the northern
part of the state for an Episcopal See and hence was so des-
ignated. Father Rappe, the zealous Missionary of the Maumee,
was chosen as the first bishop of this new diocese. Although
the Papal Bulls to this effect were issued April 23, 1847, they
did not reach Cincinnati till the following August. The fact
of their arrival was published in the Catholic Telegraph, Sep-
tember 2, 1847, as follows:
"The Bulls for the consecration of Rt. Rev. Mr. Rappe
for the new See of Cleveland have arrived. We very sincerely
congratulate the clergy and congregations in the northern
part of Ohio on this appointment; if zeal for the glory of
God, and utter disregard of self, a blameless life, and fervent
piety can qualify a man for the episcopacy, we know no one
more likely to see his hopes realized than the Bishop-elect
of Cleveland. This is his character amongst those who know
him."
Father Rappe was consecrated at Cincinnati, October 10,
1847, by Bishop Purcell, assisted by Bishop Whelan, of
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Wheeling, Virginia. Two days after his consecration, and
just before starting for Cleveland, he published his first pas-
toral letter, which is given here in full. It portrays clearly
the apostolic zeal and devotedness to the cause of God on
the part of Bishop Rappe.
A.MADKUS,
BY THE GRACE OF COD AND APPOINTMENT OF THE APOS-
TOLIC SEE BISHOP OF CLEVELAND.
To the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Cleveland:
Graee Unto You, and Peace from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ:
VENERABLE BRETHREN OF THE CLERGY AND BELOVED
BRETHREN OF THE LAITY!
Overwhelmed by the labors and solicitude which his
extensive diocese required, and full of zeal for the welfare of
the flock which he has governed with unsurpassed wisdom
and success, the Rt. Rev. John Baptist, Bishop of Cincinnati,
humbly supplicated the late Provincial Council to establish
.mother episcopal see in the northern part of the state of
< >hi<>. This request was granted, and the city of Cleveland
has been chosen to be the see of the new diocese. The
Roman Court has approved and sanctioned these proceedings,
and His Holiness, Pius IX, at the request of the Council, has
elevated me to the Episcopacy. Had I consulted my fear I
would have immediately declined accepting .1 station so
ompassed with difficulties, but yielding to the voice of
authority, and thereby made strong by the favor of the
Almighty, I consented to fori go my weakness and inability,
to rely solely on Him who can strengthen the weak, and pre-
pare them for the labor. " < ro, and teach all nations: behold
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I am with you all days until the consummation of the world."
That divine mission given by Jesus Christ to His Apostles,
has been confided to me by their successors and the Apostolic
See. Invested with this sacred power, and comforted by the
grace of the episcopal office, I feel encouraged to work for the
glory of our common Master and the welfare of our immortal
souls.
It is indeed consoling, venerable brethren of the clergy,
that in discharging the functions of a ministry so sublime and
perilous, I will be seconded by your devotion, your talents,
your virtues, and your experience. For several years I have
fought in your ranks, shared your toils, admired your zeal, and
witnessed with joy the success that crowned your efforts. It
was then one of my greatest pleasures, whilst associated with
you in the ministry, to call you friends, and now, placed at
your' head, as the first sentinel of the camp of Israel, I desire
more than ever to be regarded as your friend and father,
rather than your superior. My happiness will be henceforth
to have part in your labors, to direct your efforts, to alleviate
your cares, and to console your sorrows. Our number is
small, but let us pray to the Lord to send more laborers into
His vineyard, and whilst waiting with patience His answer to
our supplications, let our union, our piety, our prudence and
zeal make amends for the deficiency. In the daily morning
meditations we will find a divine fire which illumines and
vivifies; the reading of the Holy Scriptures will furnish us
with arms against our enemies, and be our comfort in tribula-
tion. The works of the Fathers and the acts of the Councils,
but particularly of the Councils of Baltimore, which are so
appropriate to the circumstances and wants of our mission,
will be a pure source from which we can draw sound doctrine
and wisdom to direct us in the various exigencies of our
ministry.
Your spiritual necessities, beloved brethren of the laity,
are not unknown to us; we wish to be intimately acquainted
with your desires for the advancement of religion, and
although we may be unable to provide resident pastors for
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S
ever}- congregation, we will endeavor to console you in their
absence by frequent visits, and by sending you, from time to
time, faithful missionaries who will speak your language, and
animate your piety.
We sigh for the day when we will be able to appear
amongst you, to bless you, to instruct you, and to be edified
by your devotion. Many a time have we been moved by the
constancy of your faith and the beauty of your example.
What a consolation for a pastor to be surrounded by a faithful
flock, anxious to- diffuse on all sides the sweetness of the doc-
trines of Jesus Christ. Those truly Catholic souls are His
glorv, and they give a powerful energy to His words. They
are so many apostles before whose integrity and piety the
demon of prejudice is passing away. The times are propi-
tious! The eminent virtues of our prelates and clergy, their
eloquence in the pulpit, their polemical works, so marked by
ability and clearness, the numerous conversions, both at home
and abroad, conversions in which the finger of God is so
visible, since they can not with reason be attributed to any
worldly motive -all these circumstances directed by Divine
Providence for the triumph of truth seem to have mitigated
the violence of our dissenting brethren, and prepared the
minds of the more learned portion of the community to
amine and appreciate the divine excellence of our holy
religion. It is for you, beloved brethren of the laity, to
encourage this disposition to a sounder system. If the
>quence of an upright life does not convert our opponents,
at least it silences the hostility of the unwise and imprudent.
Il is thus that we can most efficaciously contribute to the pro-
pagation of that faith which has conquered the world. Con-
le. beloved brethren of the laity, and help your pastors by
the sanctity of your lives. Have but one mind, no matter
what may be your nation, your language, your position in
v. Vou are all the children ol tin- same Father, the
members "t [esus Christ, destined for the same inheritan
In order that you might preserve this sweet union ol mind
and heart, 1 often to the Sacred Table, to feed on the
of Life, t.. be strengthened by the God of charity He
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will remind you that He loved you even to the shedding of
His Blood, and therefore has the right to command that you
love one another. Unite together every night in family wor-
ship, and the Lord will be amongst you. Observe punctually
the Lord's day, and the laws of the Church and of the State,
and educate your children in the fear and love of God. Do
all in your power to provide for their instruction orthodox
and pious teachers. We beseech you also, beloved brethren,
by the mercy of Jesus Christ, to live soberly. Drunkenness,
and the debaucheries which attend it, degrade man, disgrace
the faith, and precipitate many into endless misfortunes.
As for us, venerable fellow-laborers, we will all endeavor
to be the models of the faithful in conversation, in charity, in
faith, in chastity. Our mission is a glorious one, and our
reward will be equally glorious if we live according to our
sublime vocation.
tAMADEUS,
Bishop of Cleveland.
Given at Cincinnati, October 12, 1847.
Within a week after his consecration Bishop Rappe took
possession of his diocese, comprising all that portion of Ohio
lying north of the southern limits of Columbiana, Stark, Wayne,
Ashland, Richland, Crawford, Wyandot, Hancock, Allen and
Van Wert counties, and containing forty-two churches, attend-
ed by twenty-one priests. There was then but one church in
Cleveland, St. Mary's on the "Flats," which served as his cathed-
ral; and but one priest, the Rev. Maurice Howard. January, 1848,
Father Howard was sent to Tiffin, and Father de Goesbriand
was appointed his successor and Vicar-General. St. Mary's
congregation was composed of English and German speaking
Catholics, who had far outgrown their church when Bishop
Rappe came to Cleveland. He succeeded in getting a
German priest, by whom separate services were given to
the German portion of the congregation, thus tiding over
the necessity of building another church at that time.
For several months the Bishop resided in a rented house.
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south of the Public Square; but in 1848 he bought a house on
Bond street, which he made his episcopal residence. To
supply the wants of the growing Catholic population, a frame
building, 30x60, was erected on Superior street, a short dis-
tance east of Erie, near the site of the present cathedral, and
next to the lots which Rev. Peter McLaughlin had bought in
1845 for church purposes. This frame building served several
years as a "chapel of ease" for St. Mary's church, and as a
parochial school, the first in the city. Folding doors cut off
the sanctuary during school hours. This little church was
commenced and finished in December, 1848. It was used for
the first time on Christmas of same year, and hence was
called the Church of the Nativity. Meanwhile Bishop Rappe
had plans drawn and specifications made for a cathedral, to
be erected at the northeast corner of Superior and Erie
streets. Mr. Keily, of Brooklyn, X. Y., was the architect.
The corner-stone was laid on Sunday, October 29, 1848,
Bishop Timon of Buffalo preaching on the occasion. The
cathedral was consecrated November 7, 1852.
In 1849 tne Bishop went to Europe for the purpose of
securing priests for his diocese, and members of religious
communities for schools and charitable institutions. He
returned in August, 1850, bringing four priests, *), five semi-
narists, f), two Sisters of Charity, and six Ursuline nuns.
Two years previous he opened a seminary back of the
episcopal residence on Bond street, with Father de Goesbriand
as its first superior. Thither the seminarists, just arrived
from France, were sent, some to complete their studies and
one or two to be ordained shortly.
During the Bishop's absence, Judge Cowles* mansion on
Euclid avenue was bought for the Ursuline Sisters. It is the
prc-x-nt Mother-House of the Cleveland Ursulines. The
Sifters took possession of their new home on their arrival in
veland, and almost immediately opened a select school
and an academy. In [85] the Ladies <.f the Sacred Heart of
Mary established St. Mary's Orphan Asylum for girls. The
\[. Coquerelle, C. Evrard, \. Qelamewaki, and J. B, Maresohal.
1.. r. l>- Ircy, /.. Dru >n, I.. Pillere, I.. Molon, an I V I' hel.
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first building used for the purpose was located on St. Clair
street, near Bond, Cleveland. Toward the end of 1853 the
asylum was transferred to Harmon street, its present location.
During the latter year Bishop Rappe opened St. Vin-
cent's Orphan Asylum for boys on Monroe street, Cleve-
land, and placed it in charge of the Sisters of Charity
of St. Augustine, a community he had established. Thus
the most pressing wants of the diocese were supplied.
The Bishop now directed his attention to details of diocesan
work, visiting ever}' church and station at frequent intervals,
giving missions, administering confirmation and preaching.
Though constantly at work, either at home in his cathedral,
or out in the diocese, he never showed signs of fatigue.
Never satisfied with what he had already accomplished, he
was always anxious to do still more for the glory of God and
the good of religion. He was specially solicitous for Catholic
schools, and where it was within the range of possibility
priests were obliged to establish such in their respective
parishes. He also established institutions in which charity in
various forms might be dispensed, and to this end introduced
the following female religious communities into the diocese,
besides those already mentioned, viz.: the Grey Nuns {Sceur-
Grises) of Montreal, 1855; the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
1869, and the Little Sisters of the Poor, 1870. He also wel-
comed the Franciscans to the diocese in 1867, giving them
charge of St. Joseph's congregation, Cleveland, and two years
later the Jesuits, to whom he entrusted St. Mary's congrega-
tion, Toledo.
Previous to 1865 Cleveland had no public hospital. As
early as 1850 two French Sisters of Charity attempted to
establish one on the West Side — then known as Ohio City.
Their noble purpose failed of success for want of means, and
so they returned to their native France the following year.
In 1863, during the civil war, then at its height of bloody
carnage, many sick and wounded soldiers were sent to Cleve-
land for medical treatment, but no provision had been made
to receive and care for them. It was then that Cleveland
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realized the necessity of a hospital, which Bishop Rappe
would long before have built had he had the means. He
now saw a near realization of his long-cherished plan. He
offered to build a hospital and provide efficient nurses, on
condition the public would come to his assistance. This offer
was gladly accepted and two years later (1865) Charity Hos-
pital, costing about $75,000, was opened to the public, and
placed in charge of the Sisters of Charity. In every good
work Bishop Rappe was in the front ranks, never shirking his
part, never refusing his aid or countenance. Though perhaps
meeting with disappointment, or receiving insult for his
pains, he never halted, but courageously went on in his work.
He knew no such word as fail.
Time, incessant labor, and mental worriment caused by
opposition, began to tell on him. His sight also began to
fail him. He lost the use of his right eye and was in danger
of losing his sight entirely. In 1869 he attended the Vatican
Council. Opposition and strife still growing, he felt it to be
to the best interests of religion to resign the burden of the
episcopacy he had so long and patiently borne. His resigna-
tion as Bishop of Cleveland, tendered August 22, 1 870, was
accepted by the Holy See.
Winn Bishop Rappe came to Cleveland in 1S47 he found
a sparsely settled diocese awaiting organization at his hands.
He left it nourishing, well provided with priests, churches,
schools and religious institutions. The episcopal city in 1847
had but one small church; in 1870 there were eleven, with as
many, and mostly large, congregations. His work as a mis-
mary priest and as a missionary bishop, his burning zeal
and noble self-sacrifice enshrine him in the history of the
Church in the United Stat. an apostle of Catholicity in
Ohio.
In this connection, and in justice to the memory of Bishop
Rappe, we place the following on record:
Cardinal Simeoni, Prefect of the Propaganda, in a letter
ni to the Kt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour, May 8, 1885, referring
to Bishop Rappe, says:
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" * " >: " in ilia miserrima conspiratione contra episcopum
Clevelandensem, praedecessorem Amplitudinis Tuae, in qua
tile sane tits ct apostolicus senex falsa * * accusabatur"
Five years after Bishop Rappe resigned, the Holy See
offered him another diocese, as appears from the subjoined
letter addressed to Bishop Gilmour by the Rt. Rev. Bishop
de Goesbriand:
"Burlington, Vt., 21st December, 1884.
Rt. Rev. R. Gilmour, Bishop of Cleveland;
Rt. Rev., Dear Sir:
"After consulting my records I find that Mgr. Roncetti,
Ablegate of the Holy Father, arrived at Burlington, from
Portland, in company of Father Ubaldo Ubaldi, Very Rev.
Father Ouinn and Rev. Father O'Farrell, of New York, on
Saturday evening, July 24th, 1875. The object of his visit
was to see Rt. Rev. A. Rappe, whom he thought to be living
in Burlington, but who was living at St. Albans with Father
Druon.
" The Ablegate expressed himself disappointed in not
meeting him. I remember distinctly that after inquiring
concerning Bishop Rappe, he opened in my presence, and
read with much attention, a letter of Cardinal Franchi to
himself, and said to me that he had been commanded to see
Rt. Rev. A. Rappe, and authorized to offer him another dio-
cese. The Ablegate left Burlington the next day and did not
see Bishop Rappe. Whether or not he wrote to him I cannot
tell, but it was certainly intended to speak to him of another
see, for I remarked to Mgr. Roncetti, that the charge of a
diocese would be too much for Bishop Rappe, who at that
date must have been seventy-four years of age.
What I have here written I am ready to swear to.
tLOUIS,
Bishop of Burlington, Vt."
Dr. John Gilmary Shea in his recent work, The Catholic
Hierarchy in the United States, (page 206), referring to the
resignation of Bishop Rappe, says:
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" Bishop Rappe had built up the diocese and might have
been expected in his declining years to enjoy a happy old age
amid the clergy and people whom he had guided as a faithful
tor for twenty [twenty-three] years, but this was not to
be. An ungrateful opposition sprung up, calumny assailed
even the venerable bishop, who with a broken heart resigned
his see on the 22d of August, 1870, and retired to the diocese
of his good friend Bishop de Goesbriand, of Burlington."
In his Lives of Deceased Bishops, Dr. Richard H. Clark says
of Bishop Rappe: "While attending the [Vatican] council
his reputation was assailed unjustly at Rome, by calumnies
forwarded from the very diocese he had served so well. This
movement was limited to a few. * * * Rome, misled by
calumnies, which it afterwards discovered and pronounced to
be the fruits of a conspiracy, counseled his retirement. But
he was never removed from his office as Bishop of Cleveland.
On his return to Cleveland from Rome, he resigned his
bishopric August 22, 1870. • He had been Bishop of Cleveland,
not only in name, but in deed, and left that title unsullied before
God."*.) * :: " " Since his death I have seen the original
letter, one from the Holy See, in which the means resorted to
tn compel his retirement from his see, are spoken of as a 'mis-
erable conspiracy, 1 the accusations against him are character-
ized as 'false,' (falsO accusabatur), and in which Bishop Rappe
is himself spoken of as 'that holy and apostolic old man,' (ille
sanctus et apostolicus senex). t
At the Pontifical Requiem high mass for the deceased
prelates <>f the Cincinnati province, celebrated in St. Peter's
thedral, Cincinnati, March 7, [882, at the time the IVth
Provincial Council of Cincinnati was in session, Bishop
\)v. .of Ft. Wayne, preached the sermon on the occasion.
f< rring to Bishop Rappe, he spoke as follows:
* •• \W remember to-day the first Bishop of
land, Amadeus Rappe. Having known him from the
days of my childhood, it is to-day a pleasant duty to do
justice to his memory. He was elevated to the episcopal
•. \.. i. Vol. 3, it
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dignity, not so much on account of brilliant talent, as on
account of piety and apostolic zeal. It was an edifying sight
to see the hard working apostolic Bishop visit every church
of his wonderfully growing diocese every year, preaching,
giving confirmation, hearing confessions; nothing was too
hard for him; nothing could tire him. When I conducted
missions and forty hours' devotions, I sometimes would feel
a delicacy to urge the priests to go in the confessionals; but
if the good Bishop was present I never hesitated to ask him
to hear confessions, if I knew there was a crowd. Witness
the wonderful growth of the diocese of Cleveland from the
year 1847 to the time of his resignation. I do not deny that
the saintly, apostolic Bishop, relying upon the advice and
judgment of men whom he considered more learned than
himself, did commit some error in the administration; but
the austere, hard-working, apostolic man was innocent of the
cruel accusations that were concocted against him, and sad-
dened the last days of his life. I know how these accusations
were concocted. I have spoken with the principal witness.
I know he was innocent. Beautiful were the words the good
Bishop used, when in 1870 he tendered his resignation to the
Holy See: That for the good of his diocese he not only
resigned his dignity, but also his good name; that for the
sake of peace and harmony he desired no vindication."'
Immediately after his resignation he retired to St. Albans,
Vermont, making his home with V. Rev. Father Druon, V. G.,
until his saintly death, at St. Albans, September 8, 1877.
He was incessantly engaged in his former and favorite work
of giving missions and catechising the young throughout the
diocese of Burlington. He conducted a very successful mis-
sion in the great parish church of Notre Dame, Montreal,
preaching the entire course of sermons himself. Immense
audiences heard his eloquent and impressive sermons, and
thousands took from him on that occasion the pledge of total
abstinence. He was the Father Mathew of Montreal. The
last mission he gave was at Grand Isle, near St. Albans.
Although seriously ailing of what proved to be his last illness,
-Catholic Telegraph, March 9, 1882.
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he closed the mission exercises, after one week of intense
pain and suffering, September '7, 1877, the day before he died.
On the same day he left for Milton, 12 miles from St. Albans.
The following particulars of Bishop Rappe's fatal illness
and death were given to the writer by the Very Rev. Father
Druon, in a letter dated September 20, 1888: " He arrived at
Milton in the morning (Friday, Sept. 7th), when Father Car-
dinal telegraphed to me. I reached Milton at 12:30 P. M.
and found Bishop Rappe a little delirious, though he had taken
a good fish dinner. I brought him to St. Albans without any
trouble, in the afternoon, when I telegraphed to Bishop de
Goesbriand, who arrived in the evening. He heard his con-
fession, for at that time he had entirely recovered his con-
sciousness. Dr. Fasset, who came to see him in the afternoon,
found him pretty well, so that he had then hope of his
recovery. After the Bishop's arrival at St. Albans, when he
was still a little delirious, he wished to start for his missions,
and it was then that he said: ' / have a grand mission to per-
form; I want to go to Cleveland by the way of IUiffalo.' On
the following day he fell into a comatose state from which he
tiever recovered; he died peacefully that night at 11:30
o'clock." The last words he breathed were: " I have prayed
for my friends ; I /tare prayed for my enemies ; now may God
bless them all /" Words of apostolic benediction, of forgiving
and loving charity; an echo of the Last Words on Calvary!
His remains were brought to Cleveland — to the city he
loved so well. On arrival Thursday evening, September 13th,
they were met by an immense concourse of people, Catholic
and Protestant, all vieing to do honor to the dead Bishop
whom in life they loved and venerated. By torchlight the
immense funeral cortege passed from the Union Depoi to the
cathedral, where, on .1 magnificent catafalque, Bishop Rappe's
mortal remains were placed in state for the night. Next day
.1 Pontifical requiem Mass was celebrated by Bishop Dwenger
of Ft. Wayne. Bishop Ryan, of Buffalo, preached the pane-
ic, pronouncing a beautiful tribute to the memory of the
sainted dead. The remains of Bishop Rappe were then
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enclosed in a vault beneath the cathedral he had built, and
beneath the altar at which for eighteen years he had offered
up the divine sacrifice.
Tuesday, October 16, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour
preached in the cathedral at the Month's Mind of Bishop
Rappe. From his sermon on that occasion we quote the fol-
lowing passage: "Bishop Rappe came as a missionary, he
abided as a missionary, he persevered as a missionary. The
same brave old missionary bishop! Seeking his people far
and wide; preaching incessantly to them from the pulpit, day
after day and year after year; patiently awaiting them in the
confessional; by the bed of the dying, consoling and exhort-
ing, or by the side of youth, guiding and protecting, encour-
aging or chiding-, he was ever the same — the indefatigable
bishop, who knew no self, only God and the things of God.
Preaching retreats, erecting temples, founding convents,
giving instructions in his universal character of missionary,
he died as he had lived — a true soldier of Christ, a man of
God. It is the most beautiful episode, perhaps, in the Cath-
olic annals of the United States. His last public act was to
celebrate Mass and ask the prayers of the people for the
grace of a happy death; his last words were an invocation of
charity. It was meet that he should have been brought here
to repose under the altar that he built; it was right that he
should have come among his own for their prayers — those to
whom he had given a life's earnest labors. It was fitting that
his virtues and his memory should be placed before the peo-
ple whom he so loved, for whom he had so labored."
In 1887, Bishop Gilmour authorized his Vicar General,
Mgr. Boff, to raise a fund by collections in the churches of
the diocese, for a monument to be erected to the memory of
Bishop Rappe. The response of the diocese was most gener-
ous. Since then a fine marble bust of the deceased Prelate
has been executed and placed in the Bishop's residence and in
October, 1888, a life size statue in bronze of Bishop Rappe
in full pontifical robes was cast in Rome. It will be placed
either in the vestibule of the cathedral or on a large pedestal
on the cathedral grounds facing Superior street.
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Few men on the missions of America ever excelled Bishop
Rappe in the line of his work. Untiring in zeal, patient in
hardship, generous, unselfish, no labor seemed to weary or
exhaust him. Tall and wiry, quick and elastic in motion, good
li is aim, suffering and sorrow the objects of his charity, he lived
for religion and his kind. Ill-versed in English, because
learned late in life, defective in early education, yet by nature's
gifts and his own energy of character, he ranked as an orator
of more than ordinary powers. His wont was to preach
thrice every Sunday — frequently four and five times — always
to a different audience, and often in churches miles distant
from each other. He was great as a missionary rather than
as a bishop, and excelled as a pioneer who explored and out-
lined, leaving to others to shape and consolidate. A lover of
his native land, he gave not only his allegiance but his most
ardent support to his adopted country. A true patriot, a
Christian man, tolerant of dissent, conceding to others what
he asked for himself— religious and civil liberty — he died, at
the ripe old age of seventy-six, thirty years of which he had
spent as priest and bishop on the missions of Ohio. He died
amid the tears of his people, and the respect of his fellow-
citizens, with the well-merited reputation of a life spent for
God and the good of his fellowmen.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
— OF THE
RIGHT REV. RICHARD GILMOUR, SECOND AND
PRESENT BISHOP OF CLEVELAND,
SINCE APRIL, 1872.
Richard Gilmour was the only child of John and Marion
Gilmour. He was born in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, Sep-
tember 28, 1824. His parents were in comfortable circum-
stances and strict Scotch covenanters. In 1829, when Rich-
ard was in his fifth year, they emigrated to Nova Scotia, but
a few years later moved to Pennsylvania and settled on a
farm near Latrobe, where their son attended the district
schools. Not satisfied with the training there received, he
made every effort to improve his mind by home reading.
His love for books was fostered by his parents, who gave him
every facility in this regard their means afforded. With his
studious habits and retentive memory he soon acquired a
knowledge of general literature, history and mathematics
much beyond that of boys of his age. He also gained consid-
erable proficiency in music, which in later years came him in
good stead, and was indirectly the means that brought him
into the Catholic Church. After completing the branches
taught in the common schools his parents sent him to Phila-
delphia, there to attend the more advanced schools. At this
time he was in his eighteenth year, and till then he had never
met with or spoken to a Catholic priest. The Rev. Patrick
Rafferty was then stationed at Philadelphia as pastor of St.
Francis' Church, (Fairmount,) located near the school which
young Richard attended. In this church was an organ on
which Father Rafferty kindly allowed him to practice during
-■■*>-;.
Right Reverend R. Gilmoi k, D. D.
BISHOP GILMOUR. 77
the week. Father Rafferty's earnest and withal kindly ways
won the heart of Richard so much that his inbred prejudice
against the Catholic clergy yielded sufficiently to permit him
to entertain a sincere esteem for this the first priest he ever
met. This esteem soon ripened into the closer relation of
friendship. Occasionally he attended the Sunday services
held by Father Rafferty, whose sermons struck him as clear,
pointed and instructive. Richard, naturally of an inquiring
mind, began of his own accord to direct his attention to the
study of Catholic doctrine, which for him had been thus far
a sealed book. All his reading was now turned in that direc-
tion. Finally, convinced in his own mind he could no longer
conscientiously profess and believe as he had been trained in
his childhood, he went to Father Rafferty for further instruc-
tions. Two years after he made the acquaintance of this
priest, and after calmly reflecting on the important step, he
was received into the Church by his friend Father Rafferty.
His parents were indeed much surprised at this, but they had
the good sense not to interfere with what the son honestly
believed in this important matter to be his duty. In fact,
they followed his example; first his mother and some years
after her his father.
Richard was now in his twentieth year, and felt he must
choose his role in the drama of life. After calm reflection,
aided by the advice of his spiritual guide, Father Rafferty, he
resolved to enter the priesthood. To fit himself for this impor-
tant step, he entered Mount St. Mary's college and seminary,
Emmittsburg, Md., September, 1846, where by his ecclesi-
astical spirit, earnestness of purpose and diligence in study he
soon won the esteem of his superiors and the respect of his
fellow students. As an evidence of the confidence reposed in
him he was appointed prefect of the collegians and professor of
the higher mathematics within one year after entering Mount
St. Mary's. These positions he held till the md of tin- seminary
course. Owing to the fact that he was far advanced in his
studies before entering college he completed the collegiate
course two years later (1848), when In- received the degree
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of master of arts. At the completion of the theological
course he was received by Archbishop Purcell for the dio-
cese of Cincinnati, and was ordained priest by him in the
cathedral of that city, August 30, 1852. His first field of
missionary labor, to which he was sent in September of the
same year, embraced Portsmouth, as his place of residence,
Ironton and Gallipolis, besides a number of missions and sta-
tions in the neighborhood and in northeastern Kentucky and
West Virginia. In all these places he labored with zeal, but
not without encountering many hardships and difficulties of
the most trying kind. His was the lot of the pioneer mission-
ary, borne with patience, but crowned with success. In
April, 1857, he was appointed successor to Rev. James F.
Wood (the late Archbishop of Philadelphia), as pastor of St.
Patrick's church, Cincinnati. Here his administrative quali-
ties and pastoral zeal had full sway, and well did he come up
to the expectations of Archbishop Purcell. During his pas-
torate St. Patrick's grew and flourished; under his direction a
fine school building was erected, the parochial school system
was brought to a high degree of perfection, and all else per-
taining to the spiritual and temporal welfare of his charge
was done, with most gratifying results.
Feeling the need of some respite from the incessant strain
in connection with pastoral work, done unremittingly since
his ordination, and desirous of devoting some time to lit-
erary pursuits, so congenial to his taste, he asked for and
obtained a professorship in Mt. St. Mary's seminary, Cincin-
nati. But his valuable services as a pastor were not long to
be dispensed with, as he remained at the seminary only a
little more than a year — April, 1868, to July, 1869. He was
called to fill a vacancy in the important and at the same time
disturbed parish of St. Joseph's, Dayton. His prudent man-
agement and business tact soon brought things to rights in
this new field of labor, so that in 1872, when he was called to
the high and responsible position he now holds, St. Joseph's
congregation, Dayton, was left by him in a most prosperous
condition.
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The diocese of Cleveland was without a bishop since August
1870. Factions had done disastrous work, and the diocese had
become a by-word throughout the country. Whom to appoint
under these difficult circumstances as successor to good Bishop
Rappe, who had been made the victim of faction and discord
— a man loved by his people and universally respected by
those not of the Fold— was a question not so easily answered.
Finally, after much deliberation, Rome decided to appoint
from the several candidates presented by the Bishops of the
province of Cincinnati, the Rev. Richard Gilmour as the one
best fitted for this most difficult position. Father Gilmour
well knew what was asked of him when made acquainted with
his appointment. But trusting in God, and not shirking from
duty where and when duty called, he obeyed the call and
accepted the burden. He was consecrated Bishop of Cleve-
land by Archbishop Purcell in the cathedral at Cincinnati
April 14, 1872. A few days later he took possession of his
cathedral church at Cleveland, thus relieving Very Rev. F.
llannin, who had filled the office of Administrator of the dio-
cese since August, 1870. Cares, difficulties and trials were
again his lot, but in a greater degree and of graver form than
when first he became a priest. Within his sphere of office he
had contentions to meet and opposition to encounter which
came from the same sources that opposed the administrations
of Bishop Rappe, and V. Rev. Father llannin, and which
taxed all his prudence and energy. From without he was
considered with disfavor by the non-Catholic friends of the
revered Bishop Rappe. This disfavor was intensified when
Bishop Gilmour published his first pastoral litter, March,
[873. In it he fearlessly discussed and defended the citi-
zen rights of Catholics, who had till then been looked
upon as "hewers of wood and drawers of water," and seem-
ingly took that position, rather than that of equals oi their
non-Catholic fellow citizens. In the same letter he also
plained and defended the panuhial school system and
insisted on its acceptance by his people, many of whom had
thus far opposed it. For these hold ami fearless utterances
So BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
of views he was fiercely attacked by the local press and pulpit,
as well as by the press at large. But in spite of assault,
calumny and misrepresentation he pursued the path of duty
as he saw it and forced the public to acknowledge at least
that he cared not for public opinion, if it ran counter to what
he considered himself bound to do and say.
Meanwhile the strain of incessant work and care told on
his constitution. June 24, 1874, while attending the com-
mencement exercises at St. Mary's academy, Notre Dame,
Indiana, he fell seriously ill of nervous prostration. For two
years he was unable to attend to the affairs of his diocese
and for months was at the brink of death. His physicians
ordered him to take absolute rest, and directed he should go
to southern France for his health, which he did. June I,
1876, he returned to Cleveland, to the great joy of his people,
who received him with an ovation of welcome. Though not
fully restored to health he resumed his episcopal duties by
degrees and gradually regained his former strength and vigor.
In 1877 he began to systematize the business affairs of his
diocese; had all the deeds of church property indexed and
plats made of every parcel of church land; blank forms and
registers covering all the details of diocesan and parochial
affairs were introduced, so that within a few years the diocese
of Cleveland took front rank with the best regulated dioceses
of the country for its thorough system and order.
His jurisdiction embraces the whole of Northern Ohio, viz.:
all the territory north of the southern limits of the counties
of Columbiana, Stark, Wayne, Ashland, Richland, Crawford,
Wyandot, Allen and Van Wert, thirty-six counties in all.
There are at present (Sept. 1, 1887,) 225 churches in the
diocese, 187 priests, secular and regular, 126 parochial schools,
7 orphan asylums, besides a number of other charitable and
religious institutions, all requiring and receiving his careful
supervision. The clergy is a most zealous, hard-working
body of men, co-operating with the Bishop in all that pertains
to the best interests of the diocese. The laity, numbering
upwards of 200,000, is in harmony with Bishop and clergy,
BISHOP GILMOUR. 81
generously responding to every call made by faith or charity.
All in all, Bishop Gilmour is at the head of a diocese second
to none in the United States in point of organization and
Catholic vigor and strength.
Above was remarked the disfavor in which Bishop
Gilmour was held by the non-Catholic citizens of Cleveland
for his public utterances. This has been thoroughly changed.
Till [88l he never had an opportunity offered him of address-
ing his fellow-citizens as such. His first appearance in public
as a citizen was on the occasion of the Garfield meeting
luld in the Public Square, July 4, 1881, when the citizens of
Cleveland assembled to give expression of sympathy with
the assassinated President, then at the point of death. To
most of that vast audience the Bishop was a stranger. After
his speech, most eloquent and patriotic, Bishop Gilmour
gained and ever since has held the esteem and respect of
Cleveland's citizens. At the congress of churches, which
held its sessions in Cleveland, O., May, 1886, he was invited
to speak. The subject assigned him, " Religion in the Public
Schools," was treated in a thoughtful and masterly manner,
and he held his immense and varied audience spell-bound.
The address was copied fully or in part by the leading jour-
nals of the country. Since 188 1 he has been called upon
repeatedly to speak in public, always receiving a most
respectful hearing, even on the part of those who dissent
from his views.
In tin- Church he also holds the position of a thoughtful
and prudent prelate. In the IV Provincial Council of Cin-
cinnati, and 1 1 1 Plenary Council of Baltimore, he took a prom-
inent part in tlu- deliberations. In the summer of [885 he
was delegated by tin- Archbishops of this country t<> go to
Rome in tin- interests of tin- decrees of the Baltimore council,
senl there tor review and approval. He had been there three
years previous on his official visit in connection with his
administration of the diocese of Cleveland. lie was, there-
fore, in. stranger to the Roman authorities, who now, as then,
received him most kindly. This mission, performed in con
82 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
nection with two other bishops who had preceded him to
Rome, was most successful.
Bishop Gilmour has a national reputation as a defender
and promoter of the Catholic parochial school system. Feel-
ing the want of good readers for the schools under his juris-
diction, he compiled a series himself, known as the Catholic
National Readers, six in all. They are in use throughout the
United States, as is also the Bible History, published by him
when a parish priest. He has made it incumbent on the
parishes of his diocese to have parochial schools when at all
possible. March, 1887, he also published a code of rules and
regulations governing these schools, one feature being the
annual examination, by a diocesan board of examiners, of the
teachers engaged therein, and an annual examination, by dis-
trict school boards composed of priests and laymen, of all
pupils attending the parochial schools. It is his aim to make
these schools at least equal to the public schools.
In 1876 he tested before the courts what he considered
the unjust taxation of the parochial schools of Cleveland.
Although the supreme court of Ohio had decided the ques-
tion in the celebrated Purcell-Gerke suit, that Catholic schools
were not taxable, one of the Cuyahoga county auditors (Mr.
Benedict,) regardless of this decision, placed the Catholic
schools of Cleveland on the tax duplicate. The Bishop
entered suit of restraint, the common pleas, circuit and
supreme courts deciding in his favor.
Recognizing the power and influence of the press, and
desirous of giving the large and influential Catholic body of
Northern Ohio a defender of Catholic thought and rights, to
meet the almost daily assaults and insults heaped upon it by
an antagonistic press, notably those of a certain paper, fittingly
characterized by the Hon. B. F. Wade, the Bishop established
the Catholic Universe, July 4, 1874. Rev. T. P. Thorpe was
its first editor. Mr. Manly Tello, the present editor, succeeded
him in September, 1877, and both these gentlemen did,
and the latter is still doing, excellent work in Catholic jour-
nalism.
BISHOP GILMOUR. 83
Kishop Gilmour is a man of strong individuality, firm,
bold, fearless. As a preacher and public speaker he impresses
with his eloquence, calm thought and earnestness. As a
writer he is pointed and wields a strong pen, even trenchant
at times. His style is the simplest, terse in expression, clear
as his speech. Tall, commanding in appearance, with a
markedly intellectual countenance, he would be singled out
in any assembly as a man of force and strength of character.
Not quick to express his views, he seldom, if ever, recedes
from them when once expressed. Strictly just and fair-minded
in his dealings, he resents keenly any injustice or deception.
Kind and forbearing with weakness, he is just as ready to
measure swords with insult or assault, within the limits of
his official position. At first sight he impresses one as stern
and reserved, but those who know him as he is, know his
kindness of heart and generous impulses. As a conversation-
alist he has few superiors. With a fund of anecdote and
quiet humor, and a retentive memory of his reading and
travels, he is most entertaining in any circle. He is frugal
in his habits, methodical and painstaking in his work. Few
men in like position spend more hours at "desk work" than
Bishop Gilmour. He governs his diocese as much with his
pen as with the crosier. Thoroughly American in senti-
ment, he has, nevertheless, an impartial respect and a kindly
feeling for all nationalities composing his flock.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES
OF
PRIESTS OF THE SECULAR AND REGULAR
CLERGY, FORMERLY ON THE MISSION IN
NORTHERN OHIO, OR IN THE
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND:
BETWEEN l8l8 AND NOVEMBER, 1 888.
i. ABBREDERIS, Rev. Rudolf, (Sanguinist,) was born at
Rankweil, near Feldkirch, Austria, September 18, 1850; came
to the United States in 1869; was educated by the Sanguinists
in their seminary at Carthagena, Mercer Co., O., where he was
ordained for them by Archbishop Purcell, August 15, 1873. He
had the following charges in this diocese: Ottawa, August,
1878, to August, 1882; Big Springs, August, 1882, to Novem-
ber, 1885, when he left the Sanguinists, and diocese.
2. Abel, Rev. Anthony J., was born November 11, 1833,
at Burgau, Bavaria; completed his studies for the priesthood
at St. Mary's Seminary Cleveland, where he was ordained by
Bishop Rappe, June 28, 1863. Monroeville was his first
appointment, which he retained till October, 1864, when he
was sent to Ottoville as first resident pastor. July, 1865, he
was sent to Shelby Settlement where he remained till 1867,
when he left the diocese and went to Colorado. He is now
chaplain of the Union Pacific R. R. Hospital, at Denver, Col.
3. Aboulin, Rev. John, J. M., (Basilian,) was born at St.
Alban-en-Montagne, diocese of Viviers, France, March 18,
1 841; was ordained for the Basilians at Annonay, France, by
SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY. 85
Bishop de Charbonnel, September 21, 1867. Was in this
diocese as professor at Louisville College from February.
1868 till September, 1870. Returned to Sandwich, Canada,
and since 1870 has been doing pastoral duty there, at Assump-
tion Church.
4. AHERN, Rev. Joseph Loughlin, was born at Knuck-
ancummer, County Cork, September 20, 1847. He made his
studies for the ministry at All Hollows', Dublin, and St.
Mary's Seminary, Cleveland. He was ordained for the diocese
of Cleveland by Bishop Fitzgerald, July 4, 1875, and appointed
pastor of Alliance, August, 1875. This charge he held till
August, 1877, when he met with a serious accident by breaking
one of his legs. He was taken to the Charity Hospital, Cleve-
land, for treatment. In August, 1878, he resumed pastoral
work as assistant to Rev. M. Ileal)', at St. Mary's, Tiffin,
remaining till October of same year, when he was appointed
assistant at St. Francis', Toledo. June, 1879, he resigned this
position and, for the benefit of his shattered health, went on
leave of indefinite absence to Ireland, and later (1881) to New
Zealand, where he is now laboring on the mission.
5. Albrecht, Rev. J. M. Sanguinist), was bom in Ger-
many, fanuary 6, 1800. He was ordained by Bishop Rappe,
June 4. [849. From Thompson lie attended Peru, I luroii count}',
in [849; was assistant at Thompson till June, 1856, when he
was sent to Liverpool. There he remained till May, [859, when
he left the SanguinistS and diocese and went to Minnesota,
where In- died in March, [884.
6. ALEMANY, Most Rev. Joseph Sadoc, Dominican . was
born at Vuh, in the province of Catalonia, [814 He entered
the Dominican Order in [829, and was ordained at Viterbo,
!)\ Bishop Pianetto, in [837. Soon after his ordination he was
sent t<» Koine, when he was stationed at the church of Santa
Maria Sopra Minerva till [841, when he was sent to the Amer-
ican mi s-,i< >i)s. He came t<> < mio, and was stationed at Canton
for . 1 tew months. He also attended Dungannon, and was the
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first priest to visit the Catholics at Mansfield. His next field
of labor was at Memphis, Term., as successor to Father McAleer,
in 1846. In the following year he was elected Provincial of
his Order in the United States. While at Rome in 1850,
attending a General Chapter of the Dominican Order, he was
consecrated Bishop of Monterey, Cal., June 13, 1850. Three
years later he was appointed Archbishop of San Francisco,
which office he resigned, November, 1884, and returned to
Spain, where he died a saintly death, April 14, 1888.
7. Alio, Rev. L. M. (Redemptorist), was born at Pinen,
Switzerland, November 1, 1805, and was ordained September
18, 1839. He attended St. Alphonse's congregation, Peru,
Huron county, Ohio, with Father Tschenhens from June, 1841,
till November, 1843.' Later he left the Redemptorists and
was for many years pastor of St. Mary's Church, Washington
City, where he died June 9, 1882.
8. ALLEMAN, Rev. John George (Dominican), a native of
Alsace, was ordained at Zanesville Ohio, by Bishop Purcell,
June i, 1834. In 1836 he was resident pastor of St. Johns,
Canton, whence he also attended Louisville, where he built the
first church. About 1840 he left Ohio and went to Iowa, labor-
ing with much zeal, there and in Illinois on the widespread
and difficult missions. His health began to fail about i860.
Three years later, Nov. 26, 1863, he went to St. Vincent's
Asylum, St. Louis, Mo., where he died July 14, 1865, aged 59
years. He was a faithful and hard working priest.
9. ALLWARD, Rev. John, was first resident pastor of Ash-
tabula for fourteen months, from May, 1862, till July, 1863, and
attended South Thompson as a mission. This was the only
appointment he had in the diocese of Cleveland. No other
record of him.
10. ANDERSON, Rev. Henry, came from Ireland on a visit
to his cousin, the Rev. E. Hannin, of St. Patrick's, Toledo,
whose assistant he was for some months in 1868, and as such
SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY. 87
attended, for a while, the congregation of the Immaculate
Conception, Toledo, just then organized.
11. ANDRESCHECK, Rev. Alardus, (TTanciscan), born at
Breslau, Silesia, May 29, 1839, was educated for the priesthood
at Paderborn, and ordained at Teutopolis, 111., by Bishop
Juncker, February 7, 1868. He was sent to the Cleveland
Monastery, as assistant at St. Joseph's Church, January 23,
1X77; was appointed pastor of the same church, July 16, 1885,
retaining this position till August, [888, when his superior
transferred him to Teutopolis, 111., where he now resides.
12. ANTL, Rev. Francis Joseph, was born at Jesenec,
Moravia, Austria, March 30, 1843; ordained at Bruenn,
Austria, July 11, 1869; came to America in 1869; was in the
diocese of Cleveland as pastor of St. Procop's, Cleveland, from
May, 1882, till Jul)-, [883. Then he went to the diocese of
Chicago; is now stationed at Savannah, 111.
13. AUGUSTINSKY, Rev. Cyril, (Franciscan), a Moravian,
was born at Braunsburg, March 21, 1851. Me studied for the
ministry at Kremsier, Archdiocese of Olmuetz, and was
ordained for the Franciscans, at St. Louis, Mo., by Bishop
Ryan, July 25, 1877. He labored on the mission in Missouri
and Nebraska till July, 1885, when he was sent by his superior
to the Franciscan Monastery, at Cleveland, whence he attended
Independence. lie left the Franciscan order, May, 1 s s 7 ,
and by dispensation was affiliated with the diocese of Little
Rock, where he is now stationed.
14. Ai STERMANN, V. Rev. Bernard, (Sanguinist), a native
of Prussia, was born at- Everswinkel, Westphalia, April 5, 1S24;
was educated for the priesthood at Thompson, < '., and there
ordained for the Sanguinists by Bishop Rappe, fune 13. [856.
From New Riegel he attended Fostoria and Crawfordsville,
July, [856 to February, 1857- He was then appointed pastor
ol Thompson, remaining till September, I S 5 7 . Since then he
had various >fdutj ned him in other dioceses where
88 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE ^
the Sanguinists have charge of congregations. He was also
for some years their Provincial. He is now in the diocese of
Nashville.
15. BADIN, V. Rev. Stephen Theodore, the first priest
ordained in the United States, was a native of Orleans, France,
where he was born July 27, 1768. He came to Baltimore,
March 28, 1792, and was there ordained by Archbishop Carroll,
May 25, 1793. For many years he labored on the mission in
Kentucky and Ohio. He did pastoral duty at Canton, Canal
Fulton, Cleveland, Fremont and Tiffin, between 1835 and 1837.
He was a man of fine, cultivated mind, of great energy and
indomitable zeal. He was Vicar General of the dioceses of
Bardstown, Ky., and Cincinnati. Died in the latter city, April
19, 1853.
16. BALLY, Rev. William, was born in the city of Bonn,
Prussia, May, 4, 183 1; educated at Bonn and Paris; came to
Cleveland, December, 1856, and was ordained by Bishop
Rappe for this diocese July 26, 1857. He was assistant at
St. Peter's Cleveland, till November of same year, when he
received the pastorate of St. Nicholas' congregation, Berwick,
Seneca county, remaining till July, 1861, when he left the
diocese. October, 1861, he was appointed pastor of St. Mary's
church, Galena, 111., which charge he still holds.
17. Barrier, Rev. Charles, was born of Protestant
parents at Strassburg, Alsace, in 1829. He entered the
French artillery, and whilst serving his term became a
Catholic. He shortly after resolved to study for the priest-
hood. After leaving the army he made his preparatory
studies at Strassburg. In 1862 Bishop Rappe adopted him
for the diocese of Cleveland, and ordained him toward the
end of the same year. He was at the seminary for a few
months as professor of Philosophy, and had, besides, Inde-
pendence as his first pastoral charge. From April to Novem-
ber, 1863, he had temporary charge of St. Louis' congregation,
Louisville, during the absence, in Europe, of the pastor, Rev.
SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY. 89
L. Hoffer. He then had, successively, the following pastoral
charges in this diocese: Poplar Ridge (now New Bavaria).
[863-65, where he began the erection of the church destroyed
by fire in 1887; first resident pastor of Six Mile Woods, 1865—
67; Millersville, 1867-68; Avon, March, 1868, to September,
[871; Milan, 1871 to August, 1872; Youngstown, St. Joseph's,
August, 1872 to April, 1873; first resident pastor of New
Cleveland, April, 1873 to March, 1874. His last charge was
St. Joseph's Church, Fort Jennings, March, [874, till death,
August 23, 1876.
[8. BEGEL, Rev. John Joseph, was born in France, April
5, 1 8 17, where also he was ordained December 18, 1841. He
established' the community known as the Sisters of the Humil-
ity. B. V. M., August 1854. He came to America, Jul}-, 1864,
and founded the present flourishing convent of same Sisters at
\ w Bedford. Pa., by special agreement under the jurisdiction
of the Bishop of Cleveland. Father Begel was an exemplary
priest, and a man of profound and varied learning. He wrote a
historical description of "The Way of the Cross,' published in
[880. It is an admirable and interesting book, containing per-
gonal observations of his journey made some years previous to
ferusalem and other places in Palestine. He died at New
Bedford, after an illness of about four years, January 23, 1884.
[9. BEHRENS, Rev. I Univ. was born at Duesselldorf,
Prussia; ordained by Bishop Kappe, July 30, [861; attended
Avon, September, [861 to March, 1862; was pastor of Findlay
from [862 to Inly, [863, and during that time attended tin
missions oi Fostoria and Liberty. He was transferred to Six
Mile Woods, [863, where he remained but a few months after
having begun the erection of a church. His next charge was
Maumee, December, 1863-65- During the latter year he also
attended Perrysburg as a mission. In the fall of [865 he
received charge of French Creek. I lis next appointment was
Millersville Greensburg . November, [866, to August, [867.
rhen he was appointed pastor of Shelby Settlement, September,
III rein. lined here till [869, when he left the diocese
and returned to Europe, where he died .1 few years later.
9°
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE
20. BERANEK, Rev. George A. (Redemptorist), was born
at Mistek, Olmuetz, Austria, April 23, 1806; ordained July 22,
[834; in the United States since June, 1843; had temporary
charge of St. Wenceslas' congregation, Cleveland, from Sep-
tember, 1868, to February, 1869, as Bishop Rappe had no
Bohemian priest during that time. -Since 1869, Father Beranek
has been stationed at Baltimore, Md., where he is still doing
pastoral duty.
21. BERGER, Rev. August, was born in Germany in 1822;
ordained by Bishop Rappe, November 19, 1848; was assistant
to Rev. P. J. Machebeuf, at Sandusky, for one year; left the
diocese in 1849; returned in 185 1, and left again in 1852; died
at Germantown, 111., October 1, 1865.
22. BERTHELET, Rev. Francis A., was born in Detroit,
Michigan, June 28, 1830. He was educated for the priesthood
at the diocesan seminary of St. Hyacinthe, Province of Quebec,
where he was ordained by Bishop Prince, November 14, 1853.
Joined the Jesuits in 1854 at St. Acheul, France, and later, for
several years, was professor in the Jesuit Colleges at Fordham,
New York, and Montreal. In last mentioned place he had
charge, for two years, of the erection of the present beautiful
church of the Gesu. August, 1868, he was received into the
diocese of Cleveland, and was assistant at the Cathedral for a
few months, when he was sent to Canton, as pastor of St.
John's congregation. There he remained till March, 1876.
Whilst at Canton the present very handsome church of St.
John's was built under his direction. After nearly three
years' illness he died, October 31, 1878, at Detroit, where also
his remains are buried.
23-
BlRNBAUM, Rev. Irenaeus (Franciscan), a native of
Germany, was ordained March 27, 1868. He was in this
diocese from July, 1877, to February, 1879, as one of the pro-
fessors at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland. Meanwhile he also
attended Parma and Independence, from August, 1877, to
January, 1878, and from March, 1878, to February, 1879.
Returned to Europe in 1879.
SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY. 91
24. BlRNBAUM, Rev. John Baptist, (Sanguinist), born in
Wuerttemberg, May 8, 1823; came to United States in 1864;
was ordained July 10, 1867; had pastoral charge of Big
Springs; was assistant at Glandorf, Thompson, New Riegel;
was pastor of Reed, Seneca county, which mission he attended
from Thompson, where he died May 28, 1882.
25. BODEN, Rev. Gregory (Franciscan), was born at Gold-
scheid, Prussia, in 1838; ordained April 3, 1868; in Franciscan
Monaster)-, Cleveland, from September, 1874, to February,
1876. with charge of asylum and convent chapels, and of Inde-
pendence, from 1875 to 1876.
BOE, Rev. , was stationed at Louisville, as assist-
ant to Rev. L. F. D'Arcy, from September, 1859 to January,
1860, when he returned to New Orleans, whence he came.
27. BOEHNE, Rev. George, born 1799 in Neuenkirchen
< Isnabrueck, Germany, was ordained in 1831. He came to
America in the fall of 1841, .when he was received by Bishop
Purcell and sent to Glandorf as assistant to Rev. William John
Horstmann, whom he succeeded as pastor, February, 1843.
In the summer of 1848 he was appointed pastor of Fort Jen-
nings, where he remained till his death, Sept. 20, i860. His
remains are buried at Fort Jennings. Though an invalid
epileptic for many years of his priesthood, he did much for
religion. Under his direction churches were built in Glandorf
and Fort Jennings, the second in each place.
28. BORGESS, Rev. ()tto II., was born in Westphalia,
many, January 12, 1X05; ordained in Mueiister. 18;
ie to this country in 1832; was in this diocese from [862
to February, [863, as pastor of St. Clement's, Navarre.
turned to Europe and died at Steinerberg, Switzerland,
January 11. 18; ■
RJADE, R \. Julian, a native of the diocese ol
flour, France, came to Cleveland in September, 1833, ami
was ordained by Bishop Rappe a tew months later. From
9 2 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE
Fremont he attended the stations of La Prairie and Toussaint,
(1853-56). His next charge was Providence, where he resided
from 1856 to February, 1857, meanwhile attending St. Mary's
Corners for a few months. He had been ailing of consump-
tion for some time and was ordered to Cleveland, where he
died in the Bishop's house, March 8th, 1857, aged about
thirty. His remains are entombed in the cathedral base-
ment. He was a very worthy priest.
30. BOWLES, Rev. Joseph D., was a native of the city of
Limerick, Ireland, where he was born April 12, 1829. After
finishing the collegiate course of studies in his native city he
entered All Hallows', Dublin, where he studied philosophy
and theology. March 26, 1853, he was ordained priest by
Archbishop Cullen, in the cathedral of Dublin, for the diocese
of Glasgow. He remained, however, but a few months in
the diocese for which he was ordained. December, 1853, he
was received by Bishop Bayley into the diocese of Newark,
N. J., where he did pastoral work till January, 1868, when he
became affiliated with the diocese of Chicago. His first
appointment there was as assistant, then as pastor pro tern.,
at Immaculate Conception Church, Chicago. Later he was
pastor at Hyde Park and Monmouth, May, 1869 to July, 1872.
He was then received into the diocese of Cleveland, and
appointed pastor of Clyde, with charge of Green Spring as a
mission, July, 1872 to January, 1875. Bellevue was his next
appointment, to May, 1876. He was then transferred to
Ravenna, 'where he remained till April, 1883, when he was
assigned the pastorate of St. Ann's, Fremont. This charge
he held till his death, July 4, 1887. He was identified with
the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Ohio as its president,
and was for a number of years the treasurer of the National
Total Abstinence Union. His remains are buried at Wash-
ington, D. C.
31. BRAUN, Rev. Julian von, born and ordained in Ger-
many, was received into the diocese September, 185 1; had
charge of St. Mary's congregation, Massillon, till 1852, mean-
while attending Bethlehem (Navarre.) He died of cholera,
August 2, 1852, at Massillon, where his remains repose.
SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY. 93
32. BREDEICK, Rev. John Otto, a native of Westphalia,
was born at Verl, January 23, 1789. After the usual collegi-
ate and theological course of studies he was ordained at
Osnabrueck, Hanover, in 1S22. For twenty-two years he
held various ecclesiastical positions in his native country,
notably that of a member of the Cathedral Chapter at Osna-
brueck. After some deliberation he resolved to devote him-
self to the American mission. For this purpose he came to
the United States in 1844, and chose Northern Ohio as his
future field of labor. Me brought with him a few sturdy
Westphalians and some means. With the latter he pur-
chased large tracts of Government land in "Section Ten," on
a portion of which he established the present flourishing town
of Delphos. There also he formed the nucleus of St. John's
congregation, building its first church and pastoral residence
at his own expense. Much of the prosperity of the town and
congregation must be credited to his zeal, prudence and gen-
erosity. He shared privations and hardships with the "set-
tlers," and at his death, August 19, 1858, had the satisfaction
to know and see his long, laborious work crowned with suc-
3S. He also organized and attended the congregation of
Ottoville (1848-58). During the time of his pastorate at
I I Iphos and ( )ttoville he not only refused to accept the salary
to which he was entitled, but gave largely of his purse to sup-
port the churches and the schools built and established by
him. lie also gave to each of these places valuable real
tte for the same purpose. St. John's congregation.
I I Ipho . is indebted to father Bredeick for the finest and
largest church propery in the diocese of Cleveland. Thou
long dead he lives in the memory of a grateful people for
whom, to this day, the name oi "Father Bredeick^' is a house-
hold \\ ord.
13. Brehm, Rev. Fidelis, a Swiss, was born at Butekon,
'itnn Aargelu. He was received into the diocese ol Cleve-
land in 1870, and appointed pastor of Landeck, which charge
he held till [878. from Landeck he also attended Spencer-
ville [871-77 . During his absence in Europe on a vacation,
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(1876), the pastoral residence at Landeck was destroyed by
fire, entailing a loss of his library and personal effects.
In 1878 he left the diocese with a Catholic colony, for
Arkansas. His project there failed of success, but Bishop
Gilmour declining to receive him back he returned to
Europe in 1879, where, in his native country, he is pastor
of Stetten.
34. BREVMANN, Rev. Francis (Jesuit), was born at Asche-
berg, diocese of Muenster, Westphalia, September 16, 1836;
made his studies at the Gymnasium of Muenster and with the
Jesuits; was ordained for them by Cardinal Melchers, Arch-
bishop of Cologne, September 13, 1868. He came to this
country in 1869, and was stationed at St. Michael's, Buffalo,
till 1 87 1. He was then sent to St. Mary's Seminary, Cleve-
land, as Professor of Moral Theology, remaining till 1872;
was recalled to Buffalo, remaining there till 1875. He was
next on the mission in the diocese of St. Paul, till 1880. His
next appointment was as assistant at St. Mary's, Toledo, till
July, 1885, when he was transferred to Buffalo, where he
resides at present.
35. BRENNAN, Rev. George H., was born in County Ros-
common, Ireland. He was ordained by Bishop Rappe, in
April, 1852. His first charge was Doylestown and Wooster,
May, 1852, to January, 1854. He was then appointed resi-
dent pastor of Wooster, remaining till 1856. From Wooster
he attended Ashland, Crestline and Mansfield as missions. In
1856 he left the diocese and was successively connected with
the dioceses of Milwaukee, Dubuque and Boston. He was
next affiliated with the diocese of Springfield, Mass., from 1870
till 1874, when he returned to Ireland. He now resides at
Dublin.
36. BROWN, Rev. Michael Bernard, was born May 20,
1840, at Beckmantown, Clinton county, New York; made his
ecclesiastical studies at the Seminary in Cleveland, and in
Notre Dame University, Indiana. He was ordained by
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Bishop Liters for the Society of the Holy Cross, Notre Dame,
Indiana, June 10, 1867. He remained with the Society till
August, 1876. From that time, till August, [883, he was on
the mission in the diocese of Cleveland, viz.: assistant at St.
Columba's, Youngstown, till July. 1877; pastor of Crestline
to March, 1881; again assistant at St. Columba's, Youngs-
town, till December, 1881. He then had temporary charge of
St. Joseph's, Youngstown, till March, 1S82. His next appoint-
ment was Wellsville, where he remained till August, [883.
Between [883 and [888 he was on the mission in the dioceses
of Mobile and Cincinnati, in the former, however, but a short
time. His last appointment was as pastor of St. Paris, Cham-
paign county, Ohio, where he died suddenly, September 19,
[888. 1 le was a facile writer, a good pulpit orator, and a man
of scholarly attainments.
37. BROWN, Rev. Patrick Henry, was born at Sherring-
ton. Canada, December 21, 1834; ordained by Bishop Rappe,
June 30, 1861 ; appointed pastor of Hudson the following month,
attending as missions Ravenna and Kent. In -the latter place
he built the present church. In 1 862 he was stationed at
Ravenna, where he remained till August, 1872, meanwhile
[862-67 attending Rent. His next and last charge- was St.
Columba's, Youngstown. lb' resigned this pastorate July.
[877, owing to protracted illness; was brought to Charity
Hospital, Cleveland, where, after nearly a year of suffering,
In- died September 2'', [878.
j8. BRUEGGEMANN, Rev. Eustao Franciscan . was born
at W'erl, Westphalia, Prussia, April 2. 1830; ordained March
17, [866; in th<- United States since October, [869; was in
this diocese a- Superior of Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland,
from [879 to [882, attending Independence and Parma as
missions from January to July, [881. I> at present in the
di <<\ St. I ,ouis, Mo.
p.i 1 wi i:. \'er> Rev. Francis Salesius Sanguinis! .
was born in Switzerland, January 10. [795, a\m\ ordained in
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March, 1819. He was the founder and Provincial of the San-
guinist Society in America, and with a band of faithful co-la-
borers took charge of Peru and surrounding missions, January,
1844. He established a Sanguinist Convent at Thompson
(1844), one at New Riegel (1845), and in 1848 a third one of
the same Society at Glandorf, all of which have done and are
doing much good for religion. He and his faithful followers
deserve well of the Catholics of this diocese. Their work
has been unostentatious, but none the less successful and
lasting He was in Northern Ohio till 1858, when he went
to Europe. He died at Schellenberg, in the Principality of
Lichtenstein, Austria, December 29, 1859. Father Brunner
was a saintly priest and a wise and prudent superior.
40. BUCHHOLZ, Rev. Lucius (Franciscan), was born at
Dorsten, Prussia, diocese of Muenster, April 3, 1838; ordained
August 16, 1868; at Cleveland Monastery from 1869 to 187 1.
41. BYRNE, Rev. Michael Ambrose, was born, 1821, near
Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland; came to the United
States at the age of 17. A few years later he entered Mt. St.
Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md., and finished his studies at
Cincinnati where he was ordained by Bishop Purcell, Novem-
ber 1, 1845. January, 1846, he was sent to Cleveland as
assistant to Rev. P. McLaughlin. From Cleveland he also
attended Avon, Painesville and South Thompson. In 1847
he returned to Cincinnati and was appointed first resident
pastor of All Saints' Church, Fulton, then a suburb of Cin-
cinnati, where he died of cholera, August 22, 1850.
42. BYRNE, Rev. Robert Alexis, brother to Rev. Michael
A. Byrne, was born near Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland,
in 1828; made part of his studies for the ministry in London-
derry, Emmittsburg and Fordham. He was ordained by
Archbishop Hughes in 1856. Remained in the diocese of New
York till 1873, when he was received by Bishop Gilmour
and sent to Toledo. There he organized the present Good
Shepherd congregation, whose church was built under his
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direction. His health failing he resigned this charge March
20, [875, and returned to his home in Ireland, where he died
August 23d, of the same year.
43. CAMPION, V. Rev. Augustine S., was born at Henin-
Lietard, pas-de-Calais, France, February 18, 181 1. After
completing his studies for the ministry at the seminary of
Arras, France, he was ordained by Bishop d'Auvergne,
December 18, 1834. He did pastoral duty in his native
country till 1848, when he came to Cleveland, November of
same year. On his arrival Bishop Rappe sent him to Fre-
mont as assistant to Rev. L. Nightingale, pastor of St. Ann's.
From Fremont he attended a number of smaller missions in
the vicinity, viz.: Toussaint, LaPrairie, etc. In 1849 he was
sent to Wooster, whence he also attended French Settlement
and Doylestown. In the last mentioned place he built the
church, since replaced by the present handsome structure.
In 185 1 he was given pastoral charge of St. John's, Canton,
and attended Canal Fulton and Massillon as missions.
November, 1853, he was called to the cathedral and made
Vicar-general. His next and last appointment in this diocese
was the pastorate of St. Francis de Sales', Toledo, November,
1854, to May, 1856. He then left the diocese to join the
Sulpitians at Montreal, where he remained till his death, June
10, [886. lie had been ill for nearly two years previous to
his demise, and was unable to do duty. He bore his sufferings
with Christian patience till his Master's summons came.
While pastor of St. Francis de Sales', Toledo, he arranged for
tin opening of an orphan asylum in that city. At his earnest
request tin- Mother Superioress of the Grey Nuns at Montreal
sent four of these Sisters, October, 1855, to open and take
charge of the asylum. Before Father Campion left, in [856,
he had the satisfaction of seeing tin- good work of these
Sisters full)- and practically appreciated by the citizens oi
roledo. Father Campion was a most devoted priest, charit-
able, kind-hearted and full of zeal for religion.
1 1. Capedj R, Rev. Peter Anthony Sanguinist i, was bom
at Lumbrein, Canton Graubuendten, Switzerland, January 1.
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1 8 17. After completing his studies at Loewenburg, Switzer-
land, he was ordained at Feldkirch, Austria, by Bishop
George Pruenster, May 11, 1843. He came to this country
in 1844, with the first band of Sanguinist Fathers. From
1844 to 1888 he was stationed in and outside the diocese of
Cleveland, in places committed to the Sanguinists; he shared
the hardships of the pioneer priest. He was in the diocese
of Cleveland from 1844-57; 1865-70; 1872-80; 1884, to May,
1886, with Peru, Thompson, New Riegel, Tiffin, Liverpool and
Glandorf as the several fields of his pastoral work. In Novem-
ber, 1 887, he was again sent by his superior to Thompson, where
he remained till his sudden death, October 2, 1888. During
the last few years of his life he did no pastoral work, owing
to physical inability, his hearing and memory having been
seriously impaired. " Father Peter Anthony," as he was famil-
iarly called, was truly a priest — a man without guile.
Although neither a brilliant scholar nor eloquent preacher
his daily life was an edifying sermon and a practical illustra-
tion of humility and simplicity. Full of sunshine in his
character he won all who had any intercourse with him, by
his kindly words, genial humor and sparkling wit.
45 CARABIN, Rev. A., was born in France, 1807, and
there educated; ordained by Bishop Fenwick in 1831; received
into this diocese, 1847, after having been on the missions of
Upper Michigan for a number of years. Bishop Rappe sent
him to Peru, where he remained from December, 1847, to
September, 1850. His next charge was St. Ann's, Fremont,
till 1852, when he was stricken with paralysis. He rallied for
a short time sufficiently to do pastoral duty at St. Peter's,
Canton, February to July, 1853; was then obliged to give up
all work, and for twenty years was a patient sufferer. The Sis-
ters of Charity of St. Vincent's Asylum, Cleveland, had charge
of him for many years, and he died there August 1, 1873.
His remains are interred in St. John's Cemetery, Cleveland.
46. CARAHER, Rev. Bernard, born, educated and ordained
in Ireland, was received by Bishop Rappe, November, 1853.
Till August, 1854, he was connected with the cathedral. He
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was next appointed pastor of St. John's, Canton, residing
there from December, 1854, till his death, on Good Friday,
1857. From Canton he also attended, monthly, St. Joseph's,
Massillon.
47. CARON, Very Rev. Alexis, was born at Bilquem, near
St. ( )mer, diocese of Arras, France, December 8, 1802. After
finishing the collegiate course at the " petit seminaire " of St.
( )mer, he began to study theology under the direction of a
venerable priest, Rev. M. Delahage, who, on his return from
exile, held a professor's chair in this preparatory seminary.
On leaving St. Omer, Father Caron entered the society of the
"Missionnaires de France," (known now as that of the "Fath-
ers of Mercy/'J the Superior of which was the celebrated
Abbe Ranyan. In this Society Father Caron was raised
t<> the dignity of the priesthood in the year 1827. Meanwhile
the revolution of 1840 broke out, and the house of these good
Fathers, like many other religious institutions, was pillaged
and plundered. The inmates were constrained to abandon
their dwelling in order to avoid death. Father Caron made
his escape in the disguise of a peasant. Shortly after this
event the Bishop of Arras, Mgr. de la Tour d'Auvcrgne,
appointed him assistant priest at Flechin, a small parish
in the Canton of Fauquemberg. Here, as elsewhere, his
pastoral zeal, and his charity toward the poor endeared him
to all his parishioners. From Flechin Father Caron was sent
to W'imille as second assistant to Rev. Father Klin. In the
fall of [848 an ever all-ruling Providence Wrought about for
him the possibility of realizing a desire which he had long
formed that of devoting himself to the American missions.
In company with Father Campion he offered his priestly ser-
\ io to Bishop Rappe and was gladly welcomed and received
l> : . him. He arrived in Cleveland November, 1848, and soon
.it'ter was appointed successor to Father de Goesbriand, as
superior of the diocesan seminar}-. This position he held
till June, [856, when Bishop Rappe -ranted him a six mouths'
leave <>l absence to visil his native bra nee. lb- returned in Jan-
uary, [857, when In- was appointed pastor of Holy Angels'
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Church, Sandusky, where he remained till May, 1 86 1 . He then
went to Painesville to reside with Father Coquerelle, and,
although assigned no regular duty from the time he left San-
dusky, because of his impaired health, yet he volunteered to
attend Ashtabula (1861-62). Repeatedly, during Bishop
Rappe's visits to Europe, 1862, 1867, and from November, 1869
to August, 1870, Father Caron held the responsible position
of Administrator of the diocese. He was also one of Bishop
Rappe's Vicars General for about twenty years. From 1869
till his death, December 21, 1873, he resided at Charity Hos-
pital, where, as long as his illness (cancer) permitted, he
acted as chaplain. His remains are buried in St. John's cem-
etery, Cleveland, a very handsome monument, erected by his
clerical friends, marking his grave, as well as that of Very
Rev. James Conlan and Rev. John Dillon, both of whose
remains are inclosed in the same coffin.
48. Carroll, Rev. Thomas, was born at Ardagh, Ire-
land, August 17, 1833; educated at Notre Dame, Ind., and
ordained by Bishop Luers for the Holy Cross Society in 1858.
He left the Society, 1863, on account of ill health. January,
1864, he was received into the diocese of Cleveland and
appointed assistant at the cathedral. He remained till Octo-
ber, 1867, when he was received into the diocese of Erie
where he has been since. He is now stationed at Oil City,
Penn.
49. CEBULLA, Rev. Sebastian (Franciscan), was born
March 10, 1838, in Silesia; ordained March 12, 1869; in the
Franciscan Monastery of Cleveland from 1883 to 1884. He
is now stationed in the diocese of Alton.
50. OiERRlER, Rev. Leo (Basilian), was born at Dundas,
Ont., Canada, October 28, 1834; educated at St. Michael's
College, Toronto, and there ordained by Bishop Lynch,
March 25, 1864; was in this diocese from 1872 to 1873 as
professor at St. Louis' College, Louisville, Ohio; is now pro-
fessor at St. Michael's College, Toronto.
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51. CHRISTOPHORY, Rev. Jacob, a native of Luxemburg,
was born at Merl, April 26, 1848; was trained for the priest-
hood in the city of Luxemberg, and for five years in the
diocesan seminary at Cleveland, where he was ordained by
Bishop Gilmour, June 15, 1878. North Ridge, with the
mission of Mud Creek, was his first appointment, July, 1878,
to June, 18S1. From latter date till September, 1887, he was
resident pastor of St. Patrick's settlement, with Liberty as a
mission. From this position he was removed to Medina,
with charge of the missions of French settlement, Sterling
and Wadsworth, but remained only four months. His last
appointment in this diocese was as assistant at St. Peter's,
Cleveland, till July, 1888, when he was received into the
diocese of Leavenworth, where he now is.
52. CLEMENT, Rev. Julius, a native of France, was
ordained there about 1850. He was received into this dio-
cese Jul}-, 1864, and appointed one of the professors at St.
Marx's Seminary, Cleveland, and in 1866, Superior of the
College at Louisville, O., where he remained till July, 1867.
He was then received into the diocese of Vincennes, where
he died, as pastor at Green Castle, Ind., in October, 1871.
53. COADY, Rev. Peter, was born in Bally-Callan, County
Kilkenny, Ireland; came to the diocese of Cleveland from
Canada, December, 1870; was at St. Mary's Seminary for a
few months, when he was appointed pastor of South Thomp-
son, with charge of Jefferson as a mission. He remained
there from March, 187 1, till some time in 1872, when he left
the diocese.
54. Collins, V. Rev. Edward Timothy, a native of Phil-
adelphia, Pa., was born February 26, 1802; studied for the
ministry at Mt. St. Mary's Seminar)-, Emmittsburg, Md.; was
ordained b) Bishop Kenrick, July 1, [832, for the diocese of
Cincinnati, where lie was stationed at the cathedral. May,
[838, Bishop Pureed appointed him a- one of his Vicars Gen?
eral. between [837 and [839 he visited the missions along
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the Miami Canal, from Cincinnati as far up as Toledo, making
the entire journey on horseback. He also attended missions
in Columbiana county (Dungannon, etc.,) about 1834. Father
Collins was a scholarly man and a keen judge of books, of
which he had a very fine and large collection, covering every
branch of ecclesiastical lore. He gave his library to Mt. St.
Mary's Seminary. He was a most worthy priest, genial and
companionable, without ever forgetting what he owed his
priestly dignity. He died at Cincinnati, August 26, 1865.
55. CONLAN, Very Rev. James, was born at Mohill,
County Leitrim, Ireland, August 22, 1801; made his course
of studies in Ireland, and at Cincinnati, where he was ordained
by Bishop Purcell, September 20, 1834. His first appoint-
ment was as assistant to the Rev. James Reid, pastor of St.
Martin's, Brown county, Ohio. Here he remained for a few
months, when he was appointed pastor of Steubenville, whence
he attended the stations and missions located in the counties
of Columbiana, Mahoning, Carroll, Jefferson and the eastern
portion of Stark. He resided at Steubenville from 1834 to
1842, and then removed to St. Paul's, near the present village
of Dungannon, Columbiana county. A journey of fifty or a
hundred miles to say Mass or attend a sick-call was among
the ordinary occurrences of his missionary life. Neither dis-
tance nor hardship prevented him from cheerfully responding
to any demand made on him for priestly aid. October, 1849,
he was called to Cleveland, and for four years lived with the
Bishop, attending the cathedral. November, 1853, he was
appointed first resident pastor of St. Patrick's, Cleveland, his
last charge. For many years he also held the position of
Vicar-general under Bishop Rappe, till the latter's resigna-
tion. In i860, during the Bishop's absence in Europe, he
was Administrator of the diocese. Under his direction old
St. Patrick's was enlarged and completed, two schools were
built, and the present handsome church begun and brought
under roof. He died at Charity Hospital, March 5, 1875, full
of years and merits. He was one of God's noblemen, a true
priest, loved and respected by all who knew him. His
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remains rest in St. John's Cemetery, Cleveland, with those of
the Rev. John Dillon, with whom he had been ordained.
56. CONLAN, Rev. James V., was born at Mohill, County
Leitrim, Ireland, September 27, 1820; made his ecclesiastical
studies at Cincinnati; was ordained in (old) St. Vincent's
church, Akron, Ohio, by Bishop Purcell, September 5, 1847,
five weeks before the consecration of Father Rappe as first
Bishop of Cleveland, and was appointed assistant to Rev.
James Conlan at Dungannon. "Father Vincent," as he was
called, to distinguish him from his cousin, Very Rev. James
Conlan, was next placed in charge of St. John's church,
Canton, August, 1848; remained there till January, 185 1,
when he was appointed pastor of Holy Angels', Sandusky.
December, 1855, he was assigned as assistant to Rev. James
Conlan, at St. Patrick's, Cleveland, where they zealously and
successfully labored together till March 5, 1875, when the latter
died. Father Vincent succeeded as pastor of St. Patrick's.
August, i<S7~, he resigned this charge and took the pastorate
of St. Ann's, Fremont. There he remained till January 15,
[883. Owing to protracted illness, which prevented him from
doing pastoral duty, he resigned and went to Charity Hos-
pital, Cleveland, where he died March 15, 1883. His remains
are buried in St. John's Cemetery, Cleveland. He was a gen-
ial, kind-hearted priest.
57. CON] \\. Rev. Thomas J., was born in Summitville,
< olumbiana count}-, Ohio, February 6, 1S46; commenced his
ecclesiastical studies in St. John's college, formerly existing
in Cleveland; finished them in St. Marx's Seminar)', Lake
street; was ..nl, lined by Bishop Rappe, March 7, [869. For
a while he was a professor in the diocesan seminary; then
(1870J he was transferred to the cathedral as assistant. In
1873 he accepted the position of Secretary to Bishop Gilmour,
. but from [874, owing to ill health, was unable to render much
service either in this capacity, or while having charge at the
cathedral. He made every effort to recuperate hi-- fast wan-
in:.: strength, traveling extensively for his health, but all to no
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effect. For five years he was a patient sufferer from consump-
tion, till finally death relieved him August 20, 1879. He died
at his father's residence in Cleveland. His remains are buried
in St. John's Cemetery, Cleveland, near those of his uncle,
the Very Rev. James Conlan. He was of a kind, gentle
nature, gifted, and thoroughly a priest. "Father Tom,"
though no more among the living, lives in the memory of
those with whom and for whom he labored, as one of God's
chosen ministers, and as a model ecclesiastic.
58. COPPINGER, Rev. Thomas J. J., was born and edu-
cated in Ireland (no record of date or place of birth). As a
young man he was in the British army; then came to the
United States, and was ordained by Bishop Purcell at Cin-
cinnati, October 21, 1854, and placed as assistant at the
cathedral. Left the diocese of Cincinnati and came to Cleve-
land September, 1862, and remained as assistant at cathedral
till July, 1863; then enlisted in the army, was wounded in the
battle of Winchester, and then discharged; returned to
Ireland, where he remained but a short time; then went to
England, and there entered a Cistercian Monastery. A few
months later he again returned to his native diocese, Cloyne,
where, after doing pastoral duty for a short while, he died
about 1874.
59. Coquerelle, Rev. Charles M., born at Etaples,
diocese of Arras, France, May 31, 1804, was ordained in 1833;
came to this diocese August, 1850; was appointed resident
pastor of Port Clinton and thence attended Marblehead, Tous-
saint and La Prairie. After nearly two years of laborious
mission work there, he was appointed pastor of Painesville in
the latter part of 1852. There he remained till 1869, when he'
resigned his pastorate on account of deafness and old age.
Shortly after his resignation he returned to France where he
died September 5th, 1880.
60. COUILLARD, Rev. J. B., born and ordained in Can-
ada, was received into the diocese by Bishop Rappe in 1869;
assistant to Rev. F. M. Boff at St. Francis' Church, Toledo,
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October, 1869, till February, 1871, when he left this diocese.
He was then received into the diocese of Springfield, where
he died in 1874.
61. CULLEN, Rev. James, was born in Wexford, Ireland,
June 29, 18 14. Made his collegiate studies in Ireland;
entered Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Kmmittsburg, Md., and
there studied philosophy and theology, meanwhile, (for three
years,) teaching the collegians the higher mathematics, in
which branch he was quite proficient. He was ordained for the
diocese of Philadelphia by Bishop Kenrick, July 19, 1847. He
remained in that diocese, holding various positions, till 1870,
when he went to Albany. Two years later he was received by
Bishop Gilmour, who appointed him resident pastor of East
Liverpool, with charge of Wellsville as a mission. In 1875 he
was transferred to Vermillion, and in 1878 to Olmsted. July,
1882, he was appointed assistant at Sts. Philip and James'
Church, Canal Fulton. Six months later he was obliged to
give up all pastoral work owing to ill health and failing
memory, the latter often a blank at times. Since January,
[883, he has been on the retired list, making his residence
chiefly at St. Bridget's, Cleveland, saying Mass when able.
Last September he went to Chicago to reside for a time with
his relatives. November 10, 1888, while walking along the
Grand Trunk railroad in Chicago, he was run over by an
engine and seriously injured. At present writing (Nov. 27)
he is in Mercy Hospital of that city, with good hope for his
recovery.
CZAKERT, Rev. Peter (Redemptorist), was born
December 12, [808, in Bohemia. In his 24th year he joined
tin- Redemptorists; was ordained January 12, [834, and soon
after came to the United States, lie was sent to Northern
Ohio Peru, Huron county) in [835 .md remained till [839,
when he returned to Baltimore. In [844 he was appointed
Provincial of the Redemptorists in this country, retaining
this office till 1N47, wh<n In- was scut to Lafayette City,
near New Orleans, where he died September 2. [848. Il>-
was a model priest and full of missionary zeal.
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63. DALEY, Rev. Cornelius, born in County Cork, Ireland,
was ordained by Bishop Purcell March 2, 1844. For nearly
a year he labored on the mission in Southern Ohio. He was
then appointed first resident pastor of St. Vincent's, Akron,
(1 845-46 K Meanwhile he also attended Doylestown, whither
he was transferred February, 1846. He also attended Youngs-
town (1845). When the diocese of Cleveland was organized
(October, 1847), he affiliated with the diocese of Cincinnati,
where he remained till his death, at Fayetteville, Brown
county, January 24, 1876.
64. D'ARCY, Rev. Louis Florence, was born and educated
in France (diocese of Arras); came to Cleveland in August,
1850; was ordained by Bishop Rappe April 2, 185 1; was
assistant at the cathedral till September, 185 1, when he was
appointed pastor of Louisville, remaining till May, 1854. He
then went to France for the benefit of his health, returning
in 1856. He again had charge of Louisville congregation, till
1 86 1, when he left the diocese of Cleveland. Whilst at
Louisville he also attended Strasburg and there built the
present (second) church. Between 1861 and 1866 he labored
in the dioceses of Mobile and Cincinnati, and for a short
time he was also at Notre Dame, Ind. In 1866 he was again
received into this diocese and appointed pastor of St. Ann's,
Fremont, but remained in charge only till July, 1867, when
he returned to France, where he died a few years later.
65. Davy, Rev. — , for a few months pastor of Elmore
(1872); meanwhile attended the missions of Genoa and Wood-
ville. No other record of him.
66. DEGOESBRIAND, Rt. Rev. Louis M. J., the present
Bishop of Burlington, was born at St. Urbain, Finistere,
France, August 4, 18 16; made his ecclesiastical studies at
Point-Croix, Guimper, in his native diocese, and at St. Sul-
pice, Paris. He was ordained at Paris, July 13, 1840, by
Bishop Rosati, of St. Louis, Mo., then in Europe on a visit.
He came to Ohio in 1840 and was appointed successor to Rev.
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M. Wuerz, as the second resident pastor of Louisville, where
he remained from October, 1840 to January, 1846. He was
then sent as assistant to Father Rappe, who had charge of
Toledo and the " Maumee " section of North-western .Ohio,
and with whom he shared the hardships and privations of that
extensive and uninviting mission. There he remained till
January, 1848, when Bishop Rappe appointed him Vicar
General, with residence at Cleveland. This office he held till
he was consecrated first Bishop of Burlington, October 30,
1853, which responsible and important dignity he still holds,
and with eminent success.
67. DEI .r.AERE, Rev. Polydore Henry, born at Ingoy-
ghem, West Flanders, Belgium, December 2 1, 1838; made
his studies for the ministry in Flanders and at the University
of Louvain; was ordained by Cardinal Stercks, Archbishop
of Mechlin, May 21, 1864; was in the diocese of Detroit for
some years; received by Bishop Gilmour, ad interim, Febru-
arv, 1875, and appointed pastor of Archbold and missions.
April, 1877, he was sent to Antwerp with charge of a number
of missions. April, 1879, he left the diocese, and was received
into the diocese of Peoria, where he now is.
68. I'll in:/, Rev. Francis X. (Jesuit), was born at Aix-la-
Chapelle, diocese of Cologne, October 6, 1837; ordained
August 24, 1869; in this country since September, 1869; was
assistant at St. Mary's, Toledo, from 1870 to 1871, and again
from 1873 to 1N74. He is now in the diocese of La Crosse.
69. 1)1 RAYMACHER, Rev. Vincent ( Dominican ), a native
of Belgium, was ordained by Bishop Fenwick in 1822. He
was stationed at Cincinnati for a short time and then sent to
tin- Dominican Convent near Somerset, Perry county, whence
he attended the stations and missions in Stark and Colum-
biana counties between [823 and [835. He was resilient
pastor of St. John's, Canton, '111^835. Returned to Belgiufti
where he died in [870, aged 72 years.
70. Dli KMANN, Rev. Bernard Sanguinist . was born at
Minster, Auglaize county, 0., in [839; educated at Carthagena,
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Mercer county, Ohio; ordained at Minster, Ohio, by Bishop
Rosecrans, for the Sanguinists, August 17, 1862; was pastor
at Glandorf from April, 1874 to May, 1881, where he also
directed the building of the present beautiful church. In
1 88 1 he was sent by his Superior to California; is now pastor
of Sacred Heart. Church, Sedalia, Mo.
71. DlCKNEITE, Rev. Raynerius (Franciscan), was born at
Bokel, near Rietberg, Westphalia, November II, 1832; in this
country since November. 1859; ordained July 2, i860; member
of Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from 1870 to 1874; had
charge of Independence from 1871 to 1873. At present he is
stationed in diocese of Monterey, Cal.
72. DILLON, Rev. John, was born in Drumcunny, County
Leitrim, Ireland, in 1807. He was ordained in Cincinnati with
Very Rev. James Conlan, by Bishop Purcell, September 20,
1834; was sent to Cleveland in 1835 as the first resident priest,
where also he organized the first congregation. He raised a
collection for the erection of a church on the Flats, but had
not the happiness to begin the work. He died of bilious
fever, October 16, 1836. His remains, at first interred in the
Erie Street Cemetery, were transferred to the Cathedral
shortly after its completion in 1852, and entombed in one of
the vaults beneath the main altar. In compliance with the
dying request of Very Rev. James Conlan, whose intimate
friend and class-mate he had been, they were then taken to St.
John's Cemetery, Cleveland — what little remained of them —
and enclosed in the same coffin with his, the same monument
marking their joint grave. But a little more than two years
a priest, Father Dillon labored with much success, and
endeared himself to all who knew him. He was talented,
energetic, pious, and a pulpit orator of far more than ordinary
force and ability. His zeal for God's cause was bounded only
by his physical strength. He was held in the highest esteem
by the citizens of Cleveland, irrespective of creed.
73. DOEBBING, Rev. Bernard (Franciscan), was born at
Muenster, Westphalia, in 1855; was ordained June 1, 18791
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professor of philosophy at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland,
and member of Franciscan Monastery, same city, from Feb-
ruary, 1880, to July, 1881. He is now in Rome, Italy, engaged
as professor.
74. DOHERTY, Rev. John Julius, was born at Vale Ahar-
low, County Tippcrary, Ireland, November 20, 18 17; studied
for the priesthood at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Emmittsburg,
Md.; was ordained by Bishop Purcell, at Cincinnati, April 23,
1843. His first appointment was as assistant at the Cathedral,
Cincinnati, till February, 1844; was then transferred to Mas-
sillon, where he built the first (stone) church, used by St.
Mary's congregation. He remained till August of same year,
attending during this time, and alternately with Rev. M.
Wuerz. the mission of Bethlehem (Navarre). His next
appointment was the pastorate of St. John's, Canton, which
charge he retained till he left the diocese, August, 1848.
From Canton he attended several missions, among which
were Canal Fulton, and Canal Dover. He is at present pas-
tor of St. John's, Honesdale, Pa., diocese of Scranton, where
he has been for many years.
75. DOLWECK, Rev. John Peter, was born at Benning,
diocese of Metz, Lorraine, August 26, 1828. He studied for
the priesthood at Metz and in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleve-
land, and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, December [I, 1853.
He was pastor of St. Mary's, Sandusky, from December, 1833,
till April, [855; St. Alphonse's, Peru, Huron county, till
August, [S01, with charge of St. Peter's. Norwalk, from Sep-
tember, [860; Berwick, from September, [861, till April, [862.
Then he was transferred to Liverpool, Medina count)-, where
he remained till January, [864. He then left the diocese t<>
join the Benedictines, of whose < >rder he Has been a member
ever since. At present he is Prior of the Benedictines at St
M i< hael's, ( lnY.r
70. DREES, Very Rev. Henry Joseph Sanguinist , was
born at Garell, Oldenburg, Germany, March 3. [830; in
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America since 1833; ordained November 7, 1861; was in this
diocese as pastor of New Riegel, from September, 1864, to
August, 1866. At present he is the Provincial of the San-
Sfuinists in the United States, with residence at Carthagena,
Mercer county, Ohio.
yy. Droessler, Rev. Dominic (Franciscan), was born in
the diocese of Paderborn, Prussia, August 2, 1843; came to
the United States, June, 1862; ordained January 13, 1867;
belonged to the Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from 1868
to 1871; and again from January, 1873, to April, 1875; had
charge of Independence from 1868 to 1869. Now lives in
Germany.
78. DROLSHAGEN, Rev. Gustave, was received into the
diocese in 1868; after a short stay at Antwerp, Paulding
county, he was appointed pastor of Shelby Settlement, Jan-
uary, 1870, to September, 1872; then of St. Peter's, Norwalk,
till 1874, during which year he left the diocese and went to
Tennessee. No other record of him.
79. DRUON, Very Rev. Zephyrin, was born at Ven-din-
le-Viel, Pas-de-Calais, France, March 14, 1830; made his
studies for the ministry, at Arras, France, in St. Mary's Sem-
inary, Cleveland, and St. Sulpice, Paris; was ordained in
France by Bishop Beauvais, July 3, 1853; returned to Cleve-
land and was assistant at the Cathedral from September to
December, 1853, when he affiliated with the diocese of
Burlington, Vt., where he has been since. For many years
he has been one of Bishop de Goesbriand's Vicars-general ;
also pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, St. Albans,
Vt., where he is at present stationed.
80. EBERSCHWEILER, Rev. Fridolin (Jesuit), was born at
Maxweiler, diocese of Treves, Rhenish-Prussia, July 19, 1839;
ordained July 15, 1870; came to this country in 1870; was
professor at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, from 1871 to
1873; assistant at St. Mary's Church, Toledo, from 1873 to
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1 88 1, and at St. Mary's Cleveland, from 1881 to 1882. He
was then sent to Montana, where he has been since on the
mission.
81. ElSENRING, Rev. Joseph Thomas (Sanguinist), was
born at Mosnang, Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland, Novem-
ber 1, 1844; was educated at St. Gallen, Switzerland, and at
Carthagena, Mercer county, Ohio. He was ordained for the
Sanguinists by Archbishop Purcell, August 15, 1873; was in
this diocese from January, 1876, to August, 1878, as pastor of
St. Boniface's Church, and local Superior of Convent, New
Riegel. During his pastorate there the present beautiful
church (third) was built. In 1878 he was sent to Europe;
returned October, 1882. He is now stationed in Mercer
county, Ohio, diocese of Cincinnati.
82. ElSENRING, Rev. Sebastian (Sanguinist), was born at
Waldkirchen, Switzerland, May 10, 1852. He was ordained
for the Sanguinists by Archbishop Purcell, March 17, 1878;
appointed assistant at St. John's, Glandorf, where he died of
consumption, July 30, 1880, aged twenty-eight years.
83 ENGELHARD, Rev. Zephyrin (Franciscan), was born at
Bilshausen, Westphalia, November 13, 185 1; came to the
United States in 1852; ordained June 18, 1878; in Franciscan
Monastery, Cleveland, from 1879 to 1 880. He is now in the
diocese of St. Louis, Mo.
84. EVRARD, Rev. Charles, was born in the city of Metz,
Lorraine, June 13, 1822. He was educated for the ministry
at Versailles, where also he was ordained by Mgr. Gross,
Bishop of Versailles, June 22, 1845. After five years service
as chaplain and parish priest in Prance, he came to this dio-
cese August, 1850. September 15th, same year, he was sent
to Peru, Huron county, where under his direction the present
church and pastoral resilience were built. January 6, 18541
he was assigned to St. Mary's, Toledo. There he built the
present church, since enlarged. He held this charge till Sep-
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tember 29, 1867, when Bishop Rappe appointed him pastor of
Fort Jennings. This position he declined and remained with-
out pastoral charge till August 1, 1868, when he again accep-
ted the pastorate of Peru. There he remained till November
30, 1873, when Bishop Gilmour appointed him pastor of St.
Joseph's, Tiffin, where he remained till his death, May II,
1885. He was for many years a very active member of the
Board of Infirm Priests' Fund, and was also a member of the
Bishop's Council for some time. Father Evrard was a man
of strong will, decided and clear views, and a ceaseless worker
that knew not self. Wherever he labored his memory is
cherished as that, of a priest full of zeal for God's work and
the good of souls.
85. FAHEY, Rev. Anthony (Dominican), a native of Ire-
land, was educated in Rome for the priesthood; came to the
United States in December, 1834.. He had pastoral charge
of St. Paul's, near Dungannon, between 1834 and 1835, and
of St. John's, Canton, between 1836 and 1837. No other
record of him.
86. FAHLE, Rev. Arsenius (Franciscan), was born at
Paderborn, Westphalia, September 23, 1843; ordained March
12, 1869; member of Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from
1880 to 1 88 1. At present he is stationed at Chillicothe, Mo.
87. Fahle, Rev. Ewaldus (Franciscan), was born at
Paderborn, Westphalia, August 20, 1848; studied for the
ministry at Duesseldorf; was ordained at Paderborn by
Bishop Martin in 1873; came to Franciscan Monastery, Cleve-
land, March, 1879, remaining till February, 1880. During this
time he was professor of philosophy at St. Mary's Seminary,
Cleveland. In 1880 he was sent by his superiors to Holland,
where he is at present.
88. Faulhaber, Rev. Bonaventure (Franciscan), a native
of Baden, was born March 28, 1842; made his ecclesiastical
studies at Constance and Freiburg, Baden, and Teutopolis,
111. He was ordained at St. Louis, Mo., for the Franciscans,
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by Rt. Rev. P. Ryan, January 6, 1873; was in the Franciscan
Monastery, Cleveland, from July, 1873, to July, 1875, and from
July, 188 1 to January, 1887. While here he attended the
mission of Independence, 1873-75; Parma from July, 1881 to
January, 1887, when he was sent by his superiors to Nebraska,
where he now is.
89. FERGUSON, Rev. Michael Joseph (Basilian), was born
at Ontaria, Canada, March 23, 1839; educated at St. Michael's
College, Toronto; ordained by Bishop Lynch October 23,
iHni; in the diocese of Cleveland from 1872 to 1873, as one
of the professors at Louisville College. Returned to Canada*
where he is now engaged as professor at Assumption College,
Sandwich, Ontario.
90. FlLIERE, Rev. Louis J., was born at Dohen, Pas-de
•Calais, Prance, March 31, 1822. Studied for the priesthood at
Arras, France, where he received part of Holy orders. He
was ordained by Bishop Rappe September 8, 1850; was pas-
tor of St. John's, Defiance, November, 1850 to March, 1854;
had charge of Providen.ee till 1852, also of [8 other missions
and stations in Lucas, Henry, Wood, Paulding and Fulton
counties, between 1850 and 1 856. Pie was resident pastor of
Providence from April, [854 till December, 1856, with Arch-
bold, Napoleon, Bryan, Stryker and Wauseon as missions. He
next had charge ofBerea, as resident pastor, from December.
[856 to February, [876. From Berea he attended Rockport
till [866, and Olmsted till [876. February, [876, he resigned
all pastoral charge and retired to Milton Centre, Wood county,
< ).. where he has been since.
91. FlNl 1 AN, Rev. William )., a native of Toledo, ( )hio,
was born November 30, [853. He began his ecclesiastical
studies at St. Louis' College, Louisville, Stark county, and
completed them in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, where he
was ordained by Bishop Gilmour June 15. [878. Shortly after
his ordination he was sent to Massillon to take temporary
eh. 11 gi of St. Joseph's corigregation during the absence oi the
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pastor. November, 1878, he received the pastorate of St.
Michael's, Kelley's Island, and the mission of Put-in-Bay.
July, 1880, he was transferred to Jefferson, whence he also
attended Conneaut. This charge he held till March, 1881,
when he was appointed pastor of Crestline, remaining till
June, 1887, when, owing to failing health he asked to be
removed to another place. Salem was his choice and there
he was sent, with charge of East Palestine as a mission. But
he was soon obliged to give up pastoral work, because of
protracted and serious illness. Resigning in December of
same year he received a leave of absence to spend the
winter in the southern climate. A few months later he
returned, but not improved. He retired to Toledo, remain-
ing till his death, October 18, 1888. He was a young man of
more than ordinary ability, an excellent pulpit orator, and
had the confidence of the people among whom he labored-
His remains rest in Calvary Cemetery, Toledo.
92. Fitzgerald, Rev. William J., was born in New York
city August 7, 1853; educated at Toronto, Cincinnati, Mon-
treal; finished his studies at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleve-
land. He was ordained by Bishop Gilmour, December 26,
1876; was appointed assistant at St. Malachy's, Cleveland,
remaining till July, 1880. Then he received charge of St.
Patrick's, Leetonia, where he began the erection of the pres-
ent church, but did not live to see its completion. It pleased
God to call this noble-hearted young priest after a brief illness,
at a time when all, to the human eye, was fair and promising
to him. He died at his father's residence, Columbus, Ohio,
March 22, 1882. His remains are buried in Cathedral Ceme-
tery, same city.
93. FLAMMANG, Rev. Nicholas, was born at Consdorf,
Luxemburg, May 9, 1844. He came to Cleveland Seminary
March, 1866, and, after completing his theological studies,
was ordained by Bishop Rappe, March 7, 1869. He had the
following pastoral charges in this diocese: Findlay, March,
1869, to August, 1870; Doylestown, to September, 187 1;
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Axon, to August, 1872; New Bavaria, from February to July,
1873, when he left the diocese. He was for several years on
the mission in Minnesota and Dakota, and from 1885 to the
time of his death, was a member of the Benedictine Order.
He died at Yankton, Dakota, February 10, 1887.
94. FLEISCH, Rev. George (Sanguinist), a native of Aus-
tria, was born at Goetzis, Tyrol, November 1, 1846; made his
ecclesiastical studies at Feldkirch, Austria, and St. Charles'
Seminary, Carthagena, Mercer county, Ohio; ordained at
Cincinnati for the Sanguinists, by Archbishop Purcell, June
30, 1874; was in the diocese of Cleveland as pastor of Big
Springs, from December, 1876, to August, 1877. Since then
he has had charge of missions in various dioceses, under direc-
tion of the Sanguinists. He is now stationed in the diocese
of Cincinnati.
95. FLUM, Rev. Philip, born at Constance, Baden, in
[829; was ordained by Bishop Rappe, July, 1852. The pas-
torate of Maumee was his first appointment, 1852-54. There
he enlarged the church, built in 1841 by Rev. A. Rappe; dur-
ing this time also attended Providence. Between 1854 and
1S55 he was Superior of St. John's College, Cleveland.
August, 1855, he was appointed pastor of Dungannon,
remaining till May, 1856, when ill health obliged him to
resign. He then left the diocese and went to Texas, where
he died. Date of death not recorded. He was a fine linguist
and a man of varied learning.
96. FOCHENKRESS, Rev. P. (Dominican), was stationed
at Canton about 1836. No other record of him.
97. FOLEY, Rev. Philip, was born near Mallow, Ireland,
about [820, and was ordained by Bishop Purcell, March 2,
1844. I lis first charge in Northern Ohio and diocese of Cleve-
land was at Massillon, [846 to [848, whence he attended
Canal Fulton, also Wooster, where he built the first church.
He was then transferred, February, [848, to St. Francis',
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Toledo, where he remained till November, 1854, meanwhile
attending New Bavaria (Poplar Ridge), 1849; St. John's,
Defiance, till 1849; Six Mile Woods, 1848; St. Mary's Corn-
ers, 1853. He then affiliated with the diocese of Cincinnati,
where he remained till 1857. Then he went to St. Louis,
Mo., owing to ill health. He died there May 1, 1857. His
remains rest in St. Francis' de Sales' Cemetery, Toledo.
98. FRAUENHOFER, Rev. Thomas, was born at Pfeffen-
hausen, Bavaria, December 6, 18 17; ordained July 1, 1844;
came to this country May, 1852; was in the diocese of Chicago
for some time (at McHenry, 111.); was in the diocese of
Cleveland as pastor of French Creek from July 24, 1864, till
January 20, 1868; also attended Avon as a mission. He
then returned to Illinois, where he died August 21, 1881.
99. FREIGANG, Rev. Joseph, a native of Baden, came to
this country in 1837; ,,vas fi rst stationed at Boston, then at
Detroit. From the latter place he came to the diocese of
Cincinnati in 1840, and was appointed pastor of Peru, Huron
county, whence he also occasionally attended New Washing-
ton and Tiffin. Contrary to the wish of Bishop Purcell he
organized St. Peter's congregation, Norwalk, and in so doing
caused his bishop much trouble. He was dismissed February,
1 84 1. No other record of him.
100. FRENSCH, Rev. Christian, (Sanguinist), was born at
Hahn, near Nassau, diocese of Limburg, Prussia, August 27,
1827. He came to America, October, 1855; was ordained for
the Sanguinists October 24, 1863; in the diocese of Cleveland
from January, 1864 to August, 1866, as assistant at New Rie-
gel and pastor of Big Springs; from April, 1865 to August,
1866 he also attended Crawfordsville, Wyandot county. He
left the Sanguinists March, 1869, and has since been affiliated
with the diocese of Cincinnati.
101. FRERE, Rev. Julius Alfred, was born at St. Ger-
main-en-Laye, France, June 23, 1821; studied at Versailles,
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France, where he was ordained in June, 1853; did pastoral
duty in his native country till 1858, when he was received by
Bishop Rappe and appointed pastor of Harrisburg, Stark
county, where he remained till 1863. He then left the diocese
and went to Detroit. In 1865 he joined the Society of the
Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Ind., and has since continued a
member thereof.
102. Fritz, Rev. Ehrhard (Sanguinist), was born at
Buechlerthal, Baden, January 4, 1848; made his ecclesiastical
studies at St. Charles' Seminary, Carthagena, Mercer county,
()., and was ordained at Cincinnati by Archbishop Elder,
May 30, 1885. He was in this diocese as pastor pro tern, of
Assumption Church, Reed, from September till December,
1885. He is now stationed in the diocese of Cincinnati.
103. FRUZZINI, Rev. Joseph, (Jesuit), was born at Brig,
Canton Wallis, Switzerland, April 13, 18 16; joined the Society
of Jesus November 4, 1833; was ordained in 1847; came to
America the following year, after the expulsion of the Jesuits
from Switzerland. He was stationed for some time at Wil-
liamsville, \. Y., in the present diocese of Buffalo. In 1853
he returned to Europe where he was employed in several
colleges and houses of the Society in Germany, France and
Switzerland. In [869 he returned to America; was assistant
priesl at St. Mary's, Toledo, ( )., in 1870 and again in 1877.
After an illness of several months, which he bore with exem-
plary patience, he died in Canisius College, Buffalo, X. Y..
May 22, 1SS0.
104. GALES, Rev. Nicholas Sanguinist!, was born in
Wellenstein Kleinmacher), Luxemburg, September 2, [814;
came to the United States in August, [846; joined the San-
guinists and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, January z~ , [851.
His field of labor was chiefly in this diocese Glandorf, New
Riegel, Thompson and St. Stephen's. For twenty-five years
he abstained from the use of meal and led a most mortified
life. He died at I I immelgarten, Mercer county, Ohio, |anu-
ary 1. [882.
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105. Gallagher, Rev. Joseph F., was born at Newport,
County Mayo, Ireland, May 22, 1836, and arrived in Cleveland
July 9, 1847. Made his studies for the ministry in St. John's
College, Cleveland, at Loretto, Pa., and St. Mary's Seminary,
Cleveland. Bishop Rappe ordained him June 30, 1861.
Mansfield was his first appointment, July, 1861, till May, 1862.
He was then sent to Wooster where he remained till Septem-
ber, 1865. From Mansfield he attended Crestline, till May,
1862, where he built the present frame church. While
stationed at Wooster he attended Mansfield, till December,
1863, Loudonville, Orrville, and Lakeville, from May, 1862,
till September, 1865. His next appointment was as one of
the assistants at the Cathedral, October, 1865, to September,
1870, when he was sent to Toledo, to take temporary charge
of St. Patrick's congregation. December, 1870, he was
appointed pastor of Holy Rosary Congregation, Cleveland,
which charge he held till his death, January 30, 1886. During
this last appointment he built St. Columba's Academy, and
nearly brought to completion the present (Holy Name) church,
begun by same congregation, under his direction, in 1881.
Father Gallagher was a zealous worker for Catholic educa-
tion and total abstinence.
106. GANTHER, Rev. Sebastian (Sanguinist), a native of
jGermany, was born in Unter-Muensterthal, Baden, August
20, 182 1 ; in the United States since May, 1847; ordained for
the Sanguinists, by Bishop Rappe, at Peru, Huron county,
June 5, 1849. Between 1849 and 1852, he attended from
Thompson (where he was assistant) the missions of Bismarck
(Sherman), New Washington, and St. Stephen's, Seneca
county. From 1852 to 1853, he attended Fostoria, Liberty,
Crawfordsville, Big Springs and Upper Sandusky, from New
Riegel. For a few months in 1853 he was assistant at Glan-
dorf. From 1863 to 1868 he had charge of the mission of
New Cleveland, attending it from Glandorf; and between
1870 and 1872 he attended Reed from Thompson. During
the interims and since 1872, he did pastoral duty in the dio-
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cescs of Ft. Wayne and Cincinnati. He is now stationed in
the latter diocese.
107. GAUTHIER, Rev. F., D. D., was born in Quebec, Can-
ada, January 12, 1836; studied in Quebec and Rome; was
ordained at Rome by Cardinal Patrizzi, October 7, i860; was
in this diocese as pastor of St. Louis' church, East Toledo,
from September, 1872, to March, 1876; first resident pas-
tor of St. Mary's Corners, Fulton county, from February, 1877,
to October, 1880, when he left and was received into the dio-
cese of Detroit, where he is at present.
108. GAYER, Rev. Adolph (Jesuit), was stationed at St.
Mary's, Toledo, from March to June, 1875. He then left the
Jesuits, became a secular priest, and returned to Europe. He
is now chaplain to a family of nobility in Sigmaringen.
109. GEHLING, Rev. W., attended Dungannon from Feb-
ruary to May, 1858, which was the only charge he held in this
diocese.
no. GELASZEWSKI, Rev. Alexander, a native of Poland,
was in this diocese as first resident pastor of French Creek
congregation, of which he had charge from August till
December, 1850. During this time he also attended Sheffield
and Avon as missions. No other record of him.
111. Gezowski, Rev. Joseph, was born in Koeniggraetz,
Bohemia, February [3, 1811; ordained January 29, [838;
came to the United States July, 1850; was in the diocese of
Cleveland from [854 to [855, first as assistant to Rev. J. II.
Luhr, at St. Peter's, Cleveland, then assistant at St. Mary's,
same city. In 1X55 he left the diocese and joined the Carme-
lite I >rder. Was for a time in Covington diocese. Then
went to New York city, where he died July 25, ixsi, as chap-
lain of St. Joseph's Asylum, of which he was the founder.
[12. Gibbons, Rev. Walter John, was born in Cleveland,
Ohio, March 5, [844, where he was also educated for the min-
istry. He was ordained by Bishop Rappe, May is, [867.
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His charges were: Maumee, June 9, 1867 to September 1,
1870; professor at St. Mary's Seminary, September, 1870 to
July, 1871; Youngstown, St. Columba's, August, 1871 to July
1872; Ravenna and Kent, July, 1872 to May, 1874. After a
few months' leave of absence on account of sickness he
was pastor of St. Augustine's, Cleveland, from September, 1874
to July, 1875. He was again compelled to give up pas-
toral work because of ill health, remaining off duty till
November, 1876. Next he was assistant at St. Francis',
Toledo, till February, 1877, when he again assumed charge
of St. Augustine's Cleveland. May 30, 1878, he was appoin-
ted pastor of Bellevue, where he died April 1, 1885, soon after
completing the present beautiful church. His remains are
buried in St. John's Cemetery, Cleveland. Father Gibbons
was an eloquent preacher and an earnest worker in the cause
of Catholic schools.
113 GlLLIBERTI, Rev. A. R., a native of Italy, was sta-
tioned at the Cathedral as assistant from March to September,
1862. No other record of him.
114. GOEBBELS, Rev. Joseph J., was born at Duesseldorf,
Prussia, August 30, 18 16; came to the United States Febru-
ary, 1857; was ordained February 24, 1859; m the diocese of
Cleveland from 1861 to 1864, during which time he was pas-
tor of Fort Jennings. Whilst there he built the present pas-
toral residence. From Fort Jennings he also attended Kalida
(1861) and Ottoville (1861-63). He died at Covington, Ky.,
October II, 1885.
115. GONTHYN, Rev. Edward, a Belgian, was in this dio-
cese from 1869 to 1870, and during that time had charge of
the Catholic French in Cleveland, who then attended Mass in
St. Mary's Church on the Flats: He left Cleveland for Wis-
consin, and died suddenly at Preble, diocese of Green Bay,
March 9, 1879.
116. Goodwin, Rev. Jacob, was pastor of St. Vincent's
Akron, from 1849 to 1850, when he left the diocese. From
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Akron he also attended Doylestown. No other record of
him.
117. GRANDMOUGIN; Rev. C. A., was born at Bezange-
la-Petite, France, in 1842; finished his studies for the ministry
in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, and was ordained by Bishop
Rappe February 14, [867; was appointed pastor of St. Augus-
tine's. Cleveland, where he died, November 25, 1871, of small-
pox, contracted whilst attending- a sick call.
118. GREISCH, Rev. Nicholas (Jesuit), was born at Esch-
an-der-Sauer, Luxemburg, February 9, 183 1; ordained August
30, 1855; was at St. Mary's, Toledo, from March, 1869 till
February, 1875, first as assistant, then as pastor, from March,
1872. Me is now stationed in the diocese of La Crosse.
119. GREVIN, Rev. Louis, was born and ordained in
France; came to this diocese November, 1855, when he was
appointed pastor of Harrisburg. There he remained till 1857,
when he was transferred to the Cathedral, remaining, however,
but a few months, when he left the diocese. lie was then
received into the diocese of Ft. Wayne where he remained
till 1865. Then he returned to France and died about 1870.
120. HACKSPIEL, Rev. John, was born at Riefensberg,
Tyrol, Austria, August 15, 1825; ordained July, 1849; came
to the United States November 18, 1857; was at once received
into the diocese November, 1857) when he was made pastor
of Randolph, which charge he held till July, [861. His next
appointment was the pastorate of St. Marx's, Sandusky, where
he remained till October, [862, meanwhile beginning the
erection of the present parochial school. November, [862,
he was transferred to French Creek, from which place he also
attended Avon and Sheffield. March, [864, he was sent to
St. Peter's, ('anion, of which congregation he had charge till
August, [865, when he left the diocese to join the Jesuits.
lie remained in this Society till his death, in New York city,
as pastor of St. Joseph's Church, March 31, [885. He was .1
learned and saintly priest.
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121. Haemers, Rev. H. E., was pastor of Fort Jennings
from 1864 till September, 1866; had temporary charge of St.
Joseph's, Toledo, and Sylvania during the fall of 1866, when,
about November of the same year, he was sent to Peru.
There he remained only till January, 1867, when he was dis-
missed from the diocese.
122. HAETSCHER, Rev. Francis Xavier (Redemptorist),
was born in Austria, December 1, 1784; ordained there Janu-
ary 23, 18 16; was stationed at Peru, Huron county, between
1832 and 1833; during the summer of 1832 he attended Tiffin
from Peru; returned to Europe in the Autumn of 1837; died
at Loeben, Austria, January 3, 1863.
123. H ALLEY, Rev. Thomas F., was born at Tramore,
County Waterford, Ireland, January 14, 1853; made his
course of studies for the ministry in Waterford, Mt. Melleray
and All Hallows', Ireland, and Cincinnati, Ohio, and com-
pleted them at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, where he was
ordained by Bishop Rappe, December 2, i860. Immediately
after his ordination he was sent as assistant to St. Francis',
Toledo, whence after a short time he was transferred as pro-
fessor to St. Mary's Seminary. August, 1862, he was appointed
pastor of Grafton, where he began and brought under roof the
present church. April, 1868, he was- assigned the pastorate of
St. Mary's, Norwalk, where he remained till his death, January
4, 1885. He was for years a patient sufferer from a hurt
received when a youth, which caused him more or less pain
through life, especially in his latter years.
124. HAMENE, Rev. James, was born, 1825, in the village
ofChemery, diocese of Metz, Lorraine, France; made his col-
legiate studies at Sierk, and philosophy and part of theology
in the Diocesan Seminary of Metz. He was received as a
student for the diocese of Cleveland in the beginning of 1852,
and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, December II, 1853.
Peru, Huron county, was his first charge, January, 1854 to
April, 185 5- At Peru he established a parochial school; also
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attended St. Peter's, Norwalk, from Peru. He next had
charge of St. Mary's, Sandusky, June, 1855, to July, 1861,
where, under his direction, the congregation built their first
church, the present pastoral residence, and a school. From
Sandusky he was transferred to St. Mary's, Cleveland, where
he remained till September, 1862, when he was appointed
pastor of Maumee, with charge of Perrysburg as a mission,
remaining till 1863. His next appointment was St. Mary's,
Massillon, till 1867. There also he built the present pastoral
residence. In 1867 he returned to France, where he did pas-
toral duty till his death, April 14, [886. His remains are-
buried in his native village, Chemerv.
125. HANSEN, Rev. H. Beda (Franciscan), was born at Bed-
burg, Rhenish Prussia, November 26, 1847; ordained March
21, 1874; in the United States since July, 1875; at Franciscan
Monaster)-, Cleveland, from 188 1 to 1882. He is now a secu-
lar priest and stationed in the diocese of Columbus.
126. HAUSSNER, Rev. Victor, was born at Frlinsbach,
Switzerland, December 7, 1833; came to the United States,
April, [856, when he joined the Sanguinists and was ordained
by Bishop Rappe, August 28, 1857. No record of his pastoral
charges till [861 (the year he left the Sanguinists), when he
was pastor of Avon, from June to August, 1861. He was then
assigned the pastorate of Randolph, remaining till July 12,
[868; there also, he built the present church. His next charge-
was St. Mary's, Sandusky, till September, 1S72. Bismarck
herman), Huron county, was his next field of labor. There
hi' remained till March, 1 S 7 < > , when because of ill heath he
did no pastoral duty for four mouths. In June of same year he
was sent to St. Peter's, North Ridgeville, where he labored till
1 1 cember, [880, when a relapse disabled him permanently.
January, [881, he went to Charity Hospital. Clew-land, and
alter many weeks of suffering, died April 28, [881.
127. Mi 1 ii r, Rev. Edward, 1 ). 1 )., .1 native of Alsace, was
born at Rufach, October 1, [836. He made his ecclesiastical
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studies at Strassburg and Rome; obtained in the latter city
the doctorate in philosophy, theology and canon law. He
was ordained at Strassburg- by Bishop Raess, December 17,
1859. From i860 to 1864 he was chaplain at St. Louis-des-
Francais', Rome; then preceptor in Hungary from 1865 to
1869. September, 1869, he came to the United States and
was appointed professor of philosophy and dogmatic theology
at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Cincinnati, which position he
held till the close of the Seminary in 1880. In September of
same year he was received into St. Mary's Seminary, Cleve-
land, and appointed professor of the same branches he taught
at Cincinnati. In August, 1887, he was recalled to Mt. St.
Mary's Seminary, Cincinnati, where he died after a few days'
illness, January 9, 1888. He was a true Nathanael — a man
without guile, learned, unostentatious, devoted to his work as
a professor, and a man of solid piety. His remains repose in
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cincinnati.
128. Hei.MO, Rev. Joseph Anthony, was born in Freiburg,
Switzerland; ordained in his native country, from which he
and the inmates of his convent (Black Friars) were expelled
by the Swiss government in 1848; came to this diocese July,
i860, and was given charge of the missions of Strasburg and
Harrisburg, which he attended from Calmoutier, Holmes
county, from 1849 to 1868 under the jurisdiction of the Bishop
of Cleveland. He died at Calmoutier, April 12, 1859, aged
50 years.
129. Heitz, Rev. Joseph (Sanguinist), was born at Sher-
man (Bismarck) Huron county, Ohio, June 9, 1856; educated
at Carthagena, Ohio, and Teutopolis, 111.; ordained for the
Sanguinists by Bishop Elder, June 11, 1881; was in the dio-
cese of Cleveland as assistant at Glandorf from January to
August, 1882; and as pastor of Big Springs from August
1882, to October 20, 1883. Has since been in the diocese of
Nashville.
130. HENNEBERRY, Rev. Patrick (Sanguinist), a native of
Ireland, was born January 30, 1830; ordained by Bishop
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Rappe, at New Riegel, for the Sanguinists, November 21,
1853; was pastor of St. John's, Defiance, in 1855; of Lima
between 1856 and i860, with charge of the missions of Con-
voy, (1859), anc l Spencerville (1858). He was also Superior
of the Sanguinist Convent at New Riegel, from February.
i860, to August, 1864, meanwhile attending, at irregular
intervals, the missions of Kenton, Hardin count)-, McCutch-
enville, Crawfordsville and Upper Sandusky. In 1864 he
went to California to establish a college under the direction
of the Sanguinist Society. This project failing, he went to
preach missions and total abstinence in Australia, South
Africa and East India. He is now engaged giving missions
in the western part of the United States. He preaches
equally well in the English and German languages.
131. HENNI, Most Rev. John Martin, was born in Switzer-
land, June 15, 1805; ordained by Bishop Fenwick, February
2, [829; pastor of Canton, Stark county, from 1830 to 1834,
attending meanwhile Dungannon and the scattered missions
of Columbiana and Wayne counties. From Canton he also
attended Doylestown (1830), Canal Fulton (1830) and occa-
sionally Peru, Huron county. In 183411c was transferred to
Cincinnati, where he organized Holy Trinity congregation.
A few years later he also established the Wahrheits Freund t
the oldest Catholic German paper in the United States. May,
[838, he was appointed Vicar-general of the Cincinnati dio-
March [9, [844, he was consecrated first Bishop ol
Milwaukee. Died as Archbishop of same See, September 7,
[881, full of years and merit. He was a true man of Cod.
[32. HENRIOT, Rev. Stephen, was stationed at Cathedral,
Cleveland, from March to May, [854; came from and returned
to the diocese ol New < Orleans. No other record of him.
133, HENRY, Rev. Francis J., was horn near Dreenan,
Coimt\- Derry, Ireland, April 14, [848; math- part of his
lesiastical studies in Ireland, St. Vincent's, Westmoreland
count). Pa., .md finished them in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleve-
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land. May 7, 187 1, he was ordained at Toledo for this dio-
cese by Bishop Luers, of Ft. Wayne. Had temporary charge
of St. Patrick's, Toledo, till May 1, 1872, when he was
appointed pastor of Briar Hill, with charge of Mineral Ridge,
Girard and Canfield as missions. June, 1876, he was sent to
St. Rose's, Lima, whose successful pastor he was till his death,
February 22, 1886. Father Henry was an earnest, hard-
working priest.
134. HENSELER, Rev. Augustine (Franciscan), a West-
phalian, was born at Guetersloh, August 8, 1836; ordained
June 14, 1862; in the United States since October, 1876;
member of the Franciscan Monastery and assistant at St.
Joseph's Cleveland, from 1876 to 1879; then pastor of St.
Peter's, Chicago, till 1884. He is now stationed at Indian-
apolis, Ind.
135. HENZLER, Rev. Eusebius, was born at Muelheim,
Wuerttemberg, August 14, 1823; ordained September, 1853;
received into this diocese, June, 1859, when he was appointed
assistant to Rev. A. Dambach, at French Creek, acting as
such till June, i860, and meanwhile attending Avon, of which
place he had charge till June, 1861. He then left the diocese
and went to Wisconsin, where he died about 1870, as pastor
of French Creek, Kossuth county.
136. HERBSTRITT, Rev. Andrew (Sanguinist), was born at
Fuehrenthal, Baden, September 15, 1823; came to the United
States July, 1844; was ordained February 23, 1848, for the
Sanguinist Society; did pastoral work at Avon, New Riegel
and Glandorf in this diocese, and at Wapakoneta, Auglaize
county, O., whilst a Sanguinist. He left the Sanguinist
Society in 1865 and became a secular priest. Then, for nearly
three years, he was pastor of St. Mary's, Sandusky, where he
bought the lots on which the present beautiful church is built.
July, 1868, he was transferred to Randolph, remaining till Feb-
ruary, 1869, when he left this diocese and was received by the
Bishop of Detroit. He died at Wyandotte, Mich., September
3, 1880.
Si . Si \\i i is' ( POLISH) CHURCH, CLEVE1 VND, < >.
[Length 200 ft.; width in transept 107 ft.; width of nave 86 ft. ; height of spires 232 ft.
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137. HERZOG, Rev. Henry, was first resident pastor of Ft.
Jennings, Putnam county, between 1840 and 1848. In 1850
he was stationed at St. Henry's, Mercer county, O. Died at
Minster, Auglaize county, O., in 185 1.
138. HlEBER, Rev. John George (Jesuit), was born at
Kleinkuchen, Wuerttemberg, July 22, 1837; educated for the
ministry at Augsburg and Munich; ordained by Mgr. von
Dinkel, Bishop of Augsburg, August 9, 1863; held various
positions in Europe and United States, first as a secular priest,
then as a member of the Society of Jesus. Was in this
diocese as assistant at St. Mary's, Toledo, from 1869 to July,
1870; again from 1X77 to 1883; then assistant at St. Mary's,
Cleveland, from 1883 to July, 1886. He is now stationed at
Burlington, Iowa.
139. HILL, Very Rev. John Austin (Dominican), a native
of England, was born in 1777. His parents were Anglicans,
and persons of distinction and wealth. They sent him to the
College of St. ( >mer, France, where he made his classical
studies. After completing them he entered the English
army, but soon asked and obtained his release from military
service, which had become distasteful to him. Shortly after
this he married an estimable lady and entered the Catholic
church. Soon he felt that he was called to serve God in the
priesthood. 1 lis wife, seconding his holy ambition, voluntarily
embraced the life of a nun in a Belgian convent, whilst Mr.
Hill went to enter a seminary in Prance to prosecute his
studies for the sacred ministry. Before he entered he was
arrested by the French authorities, who held him for two
years a prisoner of state. Upon his release In- returned to
England and was received into tin- college of ( )ld I [all Green.
Two years later he went to Rome and entered the Dominican
nventofthe Minerva. In [821 he received the Dominican
habil .uid I loly 1 frders. Ardently desirous of devoting himself
to the American mis-ions his wish was -ratified by his supe-
riors, win. sent him to St. Rose's, Kentucky, in [82 The
Rt Rev. I-., l'enw id. had been consecrated bishop of the newly
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erected See of Cincinnati during that year and was much in
need of priests for the missions of his vast diocese. Father
Hill was sent to him, remaining for some time at Cincinnati.
Six months after his arrival he was appointed Vicar-general.
In 1824 he was sent to Northern Ohio to take charge of the
missions and stations in Columbiana and Stark counties,
attending them for a few months from the Dominican Con-
vent in Perry county. November, 1824, he was appointed
resident pastor of St. John's, Canton, where he remained till
his death, September 3, 1828. In compliance with his wish
his remains were interred beneath the eaves of the south side
of the church which had been built under his direction. Some
years later, however, they were reinterred in the center of St.
John's Cemetery, Canton, and a plain white marble slab placed
over them, containing, in classical latin, an epitaph composed
by Father Henni, descriptive, in brief, of his virtues and worth.
Father Hill was a man of commanding, soldierly appearance,
due no doubt to his early military training. He was an elo-
quent preacher, a keen controversialist, a thorough scholar,
and as a priest a living example of sacerdotal virtues.
140. HILLS, Rev. E. M. W., a convert from Anglicanism,
studied for the priesthood for some time at Mt. St. Mary's
Seminary, Cincinnati; was ordained for the diocese of Cov-
ington by Bishop Toebbe, in 1871, and stationed at Immacu-
late Conception Church, Newport, Ky., till 1873, when he
came to the diocese of Cleveland. Bishop Gilmour sent him
to South Thompson, where he remained till 1875. His next
appointment, after a few months' illness, was Kelley's Island,
November, 1876, which charge he held till July, 1878, when
he left the diocese and the ministry, and again joined the
Anglican sect, of which he is at present a minister.
141. HlPELlUS, Rev. Edward, was born at Stadtlauringen,
Bavaria, February 7, 1836; studied at the Royal College of
Muennerstadt, Bavaria, St. Vincent's College, Westmoreland
county, Pa., and at Rome. In the last mentioned place he
received the doctorate in canon law. He was ordained for
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the Benedictines by Bishop Young, of Erie, August 8, 1858.
Became a secular priest, and was in this diocese as pastor of
Holy Family Church, New Cleveland, from May, 1878, to
June 20, 1880, when he left. He is now in the diocese of
Albany.
142. HOFFM \\X, Rev. , D.D., a native of Strassburg,
France, was pastor of St. John's, Canton, from 1836 to 1837,
whence he also attended Louisville, Stark county, and Doyles-
town, Wayne county. Returned to Europe in 1838, where
he died.
143. HOMBURGER, Rev. Maximilian (Sanguinist), was
born at Gruenkraut, Wuerttemberg, Germany, in 18 17. Came
to the United States in 1844, and after completing his studies
under direction of Very Rev. Father Brunner, was ordained
by Bishop Rappe, February 28, 1848. He did pastoral duty
at Thompson (1848-53; and Glandorf, 1853, till June, 1854.
when he returned to Furope, where he did pastoral duty in
various dioceses as a Sanguinist, till his death, at Wolperts-
wende, Wuerttemberg, May 28, 1875. He was a model religious
and a zealous priest.
[44. HORSTMANN, Rev. William John, was born, 1778, in
Germany; ordained in Osnabrueck about 1803; was professor
for man}- years in Westphalia. 1 le came to the United States
in 1833, with a band of emigrants, and with them settled in
Putnam count}-, ( )., founding the village and congregation of
Glandorf, where in the midst of hardships and privations he
labored among his flock till his death, February, 21, 1843. lie
attended fort Jennings from Glandorf; first from 1834 to
[840, and then as successor to Rev. father Herzog in 1841.
lli^ remains are buried at Glandorf, where the congregation,
in ful remembrance "f his labors among them, erected
(1883 .1 beautiful and costly monument over his grave.
145. HOI RS, Rev. Francis (Basi'ian), born, 1834, at
Ardeche, France, was educated at Annonay; ordained at
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Viviers, France, in 1856. Was in the diocese as Superior of
Louisville College, from 1867 to 1873. Is at present doing
pastoral duty at Owen Sound, diocese of Hamilton, Ont.
146. Howard, Rev. Maurice, was born in the parish of
Effin, County Limerick, Ireland, January 4, 18 13. He began
his ecclesiastical studies in Ireland and finished them in this
country. He was ordained in the old cathedral at Cincinnati
by Bishop Purcell, October 23, 1842. Doylestown was his
first charge, December 25, 1842, to February 25, 1846, whence
he also attended Mansfield, Wooster and Cuyahoga Falls.
He was then sent to take charge of St. -Mary's, on the Flats,
Cleveland, where he remained till January 22, 1848, when he
received the pastorate of St. Mary's,- Tiffin. There- he
remained till he left the diocese, May I, 1850. From Doyles-
town he attended missions in Richland, Crawford, Medina,
Summit, Portage and Mahoning counties, and occasionally in
Huron county. From Cleveland he also attended missions in
Geauga and Lake counties. After leaving this diocese he
was appointed pastor of St. Raphael's Church, Springfield,
Ohio, remaining till November 1863, when he was received
into the diocese of Chicago, and appointed pastor of Gales-
burg— February, 1864 to August, 1877; and of St. Augustine's,
Knox county, (now in the diocese of Peoria), August, 1877, to
May, 1878. He then affiliated with the diocese of Dubuque,
and was appointed pastor of St. Francis de Sales' church,
Keokuk, Iowa. This charge he held from May, 1878, till his
death, February 25, 1887.
147. HUNT, Rev. James, was born at Gurteen, County
Sligo, Ireland, in 1849 ; began his studies for the ministry in
Ireland, and completed them in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleve-
land ; was ordained at Notre Dame, Ind., by Bishop Gilmour,
August 8, 1874. For some years previous to his ordination
he failed in health and never recovered; was sent as assistant
to St. Columba's, Youngstown, where he died, October 31, 1875.
He was a talented young priest, and a thorough ecclesiastic.
His remains rest in St. John's Cemetery, Cleveland.
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148. IVERS, Rev. Michael, was born, educated and ordain-
ed in Ireland; was in this diocese from 1869 till 1873, first as
locum tenens at St. Francis', Toledo, for several months, then
as assistant at the Cathedral, whence he also attended Niles,
during 1 87 1. He left the diocese in 1873. No record of him
till his death at sea, where, October 14, 1881, he was lost from
the steamer Havana, on its way from Europe to Baltimore.
149. JACOMET, Rev. John B. (Sanguinist), was born in
Switzerland, June 17, 181 1 ; ordained for the Sanguinists at
Feldkirch, Austria, by Bishop Fuender, May 11, 1843. He
remained with the Sanguinists till 1845, when he was
appointed assistant to Rev. J. H. Luhr, at St. Peter's,
Canton, where he remained till 185 1. During this time he
also attended St. Mary's, Massillon, Navarre, and occasionally
St. John's, Canton, lie also attended Tiffin, about 1845. In
1852 he left the diocese. — In March, [886, he returned to the
Sanguinists, and now resides with them at Thompson, Seneca
count}-, Ohio.
150. JECKER, Rev. Modestus, was born, educated and
ordained in France; was received into the diocese of Cleve-
land in (868, and appointed pastor of St. Joseph's, Toledo,
where he remained till January, [878. Whilst at St. Joseph's,
he also established ami, for six months in 1S71, had charge
of St. Louis' congregation, East Toledo, and again for a few
mouths in [872. !!<• left the diocese in [878 and returned to
France, where he died in December, 1SS5.
151. JUNCKER, Rt. Rev. 1 lenry 1 );nnian. was bom August
22, [809, at Fenetrange, Lorraine, France; came to America
in [831. He was elevated to the priesthood by Bishop Pur-
II, March [6, [834. He was the first priest ordained by that
prelate. He did pastor.il duty al Holy Trinity Church, Cin-
cinnati till [836, when he was scut to St. John's, Canton,
whence he attended Circleville, Portsmouth, Zanesville and
occasionally LouiSA die, Stark county, and Peru, 1 luron county.
In [837 he was appointed pastor oi Chillicothe, remaining till
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1844, when he was sent to Emmanuel Church, Dayton. This
charge he retained till his elevation to the episcopate, as
first Bishop of Alton, April 26, 1857. Whilst stationed at
Dayton he attended Springfield, Urbana, and during April
and May, 1847, he did missionary work among the Catholic
Germans of Cleveland. He was a saintly priest and bishop.
Died October 2, 1868.
152. JUNG, Rev. August, was born in France, diocese of
Strassburg, in 1842; ordained by Bishop Rappe, December
21, 1867; had charge of Randolph from July, 1868, till Feb-
ruary, 1869, when he left the diocese and went to Grand
Rapids, Mich., where he was appointed pastor of St. Mary's
Church. No other record of him.
153. KAERCHER, Rev. Fidelis (Franciscan), was born at
Ersingen, Baden, October 21, 1847; came to the United States
in 1852; ordained November 1, 1873; was in Franciscan
Monastery, Cleveland, from 1875 to 1881; had pastoral charge
of Parma from July, 1879, to January, 1881; and of Indepen-
dence from February, 1879, to September, 1880. During this
time he was also professor in St. Joseph's College, Cleveland,
closed since 1880. He is now in the diocese of Alton, 111.
154. KANZLEITER, Rev. John B. (Jesuit), was born
February 28, 1828, at Bierlingen, Wuerttemberg; ordained
January 6, i860; came to the United States, September, 1869;
was stationed at St. Mary's, Toledo, as assistant, October,
1869-70, and then as pastor, to March, 1872. He then left
the diocese and Jesuits in 1872 and became a secular priest.
He is now in the diocese of Chicago.
155. KEARNEY, Rev. James F., was born in Frederick
county, Md., in 1820; educated for the ministry at Cincinnati;
was ordained by Bishop Purcell, December 28, 1844, and sent
to Steubenville as assistant to Rev. James Conlan. In 1845
and 1846 he attended East Liverpool and Wellsville from
Steubenville, where he was pastor at the time. Later he
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exercised the ministry at Springfield and Hamilton, O.; and
for man)' years at Urbana, ()., where he died, January 10, 187N.
156. KlELLEY, Rev. Bernard B., was born at Cavan, Ire-
land, October 28, 1 845 ; was educated at Fordham, St. Xavier
Colle<^e, New York, and St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland;
ordained by Bishop Rappe, January 20, 1868. He had the
following charges in this diocese: Cleveland, St. Patrick's, as
assistant, February to May, [868; Niles, to May, 1871; Cleve-
land, St. Bridget's, to August, 1874; Summitville, December,
[874 to February, [876; Warren, May, 1876 to February,
[877; Toledo, St. Patrick's, as assistant, to October, 1877;
St. Mary's Corners, Fulton count)-, December, 1880 to Febru-
ary, [88l. Since last mentioned date he has had no pastoral
charge, During the interims between his appointments, he
was in Cleveland, Kentucky, Illinois, Dakota, Texas, Oregon
and Mexico.
157. KENDELER, Rev. , was in the diocese with the
Sanguinists at Glandorf, Putnam count)-, for a tew months
during [856, as assistant. No other record of him.
15N. KENNEDY, Rev. Edward (Basilian), was born in
Toronto, Canada, in [846; educated at St. Michael's Colle
Toronto; ordained at London, Ont., by Bishop Walsh, May
l, [872. Was at Louisville, Stark count)-, as one <'f the pro-
fessors of St. Louis' College, between [871-73, and then
returned to Canada. Died at Toronto, June 24, 1876.
159. KENNEDY, Revs Michael, a native of Ireland, was
ordained by Bishop Rappe, July, [852. His first appointment,
till December, [852, was as assistant to Rev. James Mona-
li.m, pastor at Dungannon. He also attended Summitville,
in [853. lie was pastor of St. John'-.. Canton, from July,
[853, till November, 1854, when In- was sent to St. Patricks,
veland, to take charge of th.it con ion during the
absence of Very Rev. Jam 1 mlan, till September, [8
Meanwhile he continued the erection of St. Patricks Church.
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on Whitman street, begun by Father Conlan. During this
time he also attended St. Patrick's, Rockport, and Berea, 1854.
Left the diocese and was received into that of Cincinnati.
His last charge there was as pastor at Chillicothe. He died
at St. John's Hospital, Cincinnati, January 13, 1864. His
remains repose in Sts. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Sandusky.
160. KERCKHOFF, Rev. Hermann (Jesuit), a native of
Hanover, was born at Haren-Ems, June 26, 1836. He was
educated for the priesthood at Muenster and Maria-Laach;
ordained at Osnabrueck for the Jesuits, by Mgr. Melchers,
July 16, 1861. Till 1872 he exercised the ministry in Europe.
Then he came to the United States, and was assigned various
positions by his superiors. August, 1886, he was sent to
Cleveland as one of the professors at St. Ignatius' College.
Left Cleveland, September, 1887. Is now at Canisius College,
Buffalo, N. Y.
161. KLEEKAM, Rev. Sebastian (Franciscan), was born
at Elbroch, diocese of Paderborn, Germany, April 25, 1844;
ordained August 12, 1869; belonged to Franciscan Monastery,
Cleveland, from 1869 to 1871, meanwhile (1870) attending
Independence and Parma. Died at Sherman, Mo.,' September
13- 1875.
162. KOCKEROLS, Rev. William (Jesuit), was born at
Wuerm, diocese of Cologne, August 3, 1824; entered the
Society of Jesus, October 30, 1855, and made the regular
course of studies for the ministry under direction of the
Jesuits; was ordained priest at Maria Laach by Archbishop
Melchers, of Cologne, September 14, 1868; came to this
country in August, 1869, and was a member of the community
of Jesuit Fathers at Buffalo, whence he attended a number of
missions, till February, 1875, when he was appointed pastor
of St. Mary's, Toledo. This position he held till June, 1886.
Whilst holding this latter charge he directed the building of
the present, large and well-appointed school, also of the pas-
toral residence, both very fine brick buildings. From Toledo
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he was sent to Prairie-du-Chien, Wis., where he is now sta-
tioned.
163. KOEHN, Rev. John, was born in Niederlahnstein,
Nassau-Limburg, September 10, 1831, ordained by Bishop
Rappe, June 24, 1866; had charge of the missions of Marble-
head, La Prairie and Toussaint, also of Port Clinton, where
he resided from July, 1866 to March, 1868. From December,
1868, to February, 1869, he was pastor of Kellcy's Island ;
then received the pastorate of Randolph, where he remained
till March, 1875. His next charge was St Marx's, Massillon,
March 20, 1875, to March 1, 1879, during which time he began
the present magnificent church. His health failing he was
unable to carry the burden of attending so large a congre-
gation as St. Mary's, hence he resigned on last mentioned
date (March, [879) and went to Charity Hospital, Cleveland,
where he rallied sufficiently, he thought, to resume pastoral
work. Bishop Gilmour then appointed him pastor of Bis-
marck (Sherman), April, 1879, but in October of same year
he was again obliged to resign because of his shattered health.
After a lingering illness and much suffering he died at Bis-
marck, January 24, 1880. There also his remains repose.
father Koehn was a hard-working, self-sacrificing priest.
164. KOENEN, Rev. NT., was assistant to Rev. F. Wester-
holt at Defiance for some months, between 1 S56 and 1857.
He also attended Providence during this time. He left the
diocese in 1857.
165. KOERLING, Rev. Ignatiu , a native of West-
phalia, was born at Altenbmivn, February l I, [838. He was
educated in Europe, by and for the Jesuits, and for them
ordained at Maria-Laach, by Mgr. Melchers. Sept. [3, [868.
Two years later In- was sent to the United States, doing pas-
toral duty in New York city and Buffalo. In September,
1S71, he was appointed assistant at St. Mary's, Toledo, remain-
ing there till [881, when he was given a like position at St.
Mary's, Cleveland. August, [883, he was transferred to Wis-
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consin, as professor at the Jesuit College in Prairie-de-Chien,
remaining till July, 1886; then to Mankato, July to Septem-
ber, 1886. On last mentioned date he was again sent to
Toledo, as assistant at St Mary's, where he remained till July,
1887. St. Mary's, Cleveland, as assistant, was his next
appointment, July, 1887, to August, 1888; then again St. Mary's,
Toledo, as assistant, with pastoral charge of Sylvania. One
month later he was transferred to Buffalo, where he now resides.
166. KOHLER, Rev. Peter, a Swiss, studied for a time
with the Sanguinists at Thompson, and was there ordained
deacon by Bishop Purcell, in 1844. Shortly after this he
returned to Switzerland, but came back within a year. Nearly
eleven years after his ordination as deacon, Bishop Rappe
received him and ordained him a priest, December 31, 1854.
He was sent to Shelby Settlement as assistant; was next
stationed at Navarre, from which place he attended Canal
Fulton and Doylestown. In the summer of 1855 he left the
diocese. No other record of him.
167. KOLOPP, Rev. Hyacinthe N. M., was born at
Abreschwiller, diocese of Nancy, Lorraine, May 7, 1850. He
made part of his ecclesiastical studies at Fenetrange and
Pont-a-Mousson, France, and completed them at St. Mary's
Seminary, Cleveland, having been received in 1870 on the
recommendation of his uncle, Rev. Peter Kolopp, as a student
for this diocese. August 8, 1874, he was ordained by
Bishop Gilmour. His first appointment was Elmore, whence
he attended the missions of Genoa, Oak Harbor and VVood-
ville. December, 1875, he was appointed to take charge
of Antwerp, with the missions of Cecil, Delaware Bend and
Junction, besides a number of stations, some of which have
since developed into missions. Providence, Lucas county,
was his next pastoral charge, from April 10, 1877, to August,
1883. From Providence he attended Bowling Green, where
he secured several lots on which, under his direction, the
present church was built. August 19, 1883, he assumed
charge of his last appointment, Holy Trinity congregation,
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Bucyrus, where the beautiful church, completed in the fall of
1886, was erected during his pastorate. He died at Bucyrus,
March 22, 18S7.
168. KOLOi'i", Rev. Peter, was born at Heinrichsdorf,
Lorraine, France, July 4, 1834; made his ecclesiastical studies
in Phalsburg, Lorraine; was received into the diocese of Alton
by Bishop Juncker, and by him ordained July 14, 1858; was
received into the diocese of Cleveland, October, 1864; and
sent as assistant to Rev. L. Hoffer, Louisville, Ohio, where he
remained till June, 1866. He was then, successively, pastor
of Doylestown, June, 1866, to August, 1870; Six Mile Woods
till October, 1875; St. Peter's, Norwalk, till June, 188 1, and
Avon till May, 1883. After an illness of nearly eight months
he died at St. Vincent's Hospital, Toledo, November 20, 1883.
169. KRAMER, Rev. J. J., was born, educated and ordained
in Alsace; was received into this diocese in 1853, and sent as
assistant to Rev. J. H. Luhr, at St. Peter's Cleveland.
November, 1N54, he was appointed pastor of St. Mary's,
Cleveland, and remained in charge till May, 1856, when he
was sent to Dungannon. This charge he held till he left the
diocese, Jul} of same year. He was then received into the
diocese of Alton. Later he returned to Europe, where he
died in [882.
170. KRAMER, Rev. Maria Anton (Sanguinist), was born
at Hirschbach, Wuerttemberg, February 3, [817; came to the
United States, October, [852, and was ordained at New Riegel
for the Sanguinists by Bishop Rappe, November 21, [853;
did pastoral work in this dio . off and on, between [855
and [877, at Avon, French Creek, Thompson, New Riegel
and Glandorf. At other times he was on missions in the
dioceses of Cincinnati and Fort Wayne. His last charge in
this di( was at Thompson, from December, 1874, till his
death, Februar) 17, [877.
171. Krasney, Rev. Anthony, was born, educated and
ordained in Bohemia; came to this country in 1857. and was
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stationed for a while in New York city; was received into
this diocese in May, 1858, and from St. Peter's, Cleveland,
attended Independence till 1862, when he was appointed first
pastor of St. Joseph's, on Woodland Avenue. There he
remained in charge till October, 1867, when he was appointed
the first pastor of St. Wencelas' (Bohemian) congregation,
Cleveland, then organized by Bishop Rappe. Because of ill
health he resigned this charge, October, 1869, and died at
Charity Hospital, Cleveland, March 3, 1870. He was a fine
German and Bohemian scholar. He had been in bad health
for some years previous to his death, and much of his sickness
could be traced to the unkind treatment he received from his
countrymen of St. Wenceslas' congregation, who embittered
his life by their un-Catholic spirit; also to the severity of
prison life he endured in Austria from 1849 to l8 57 as a P ris_
oner of war, because of the part he took in the "Czech move-
ment " in 1848.
172. KREIDLER, Rev. John B. (Jesuit), a native of Wuert-
temberg, was born at Horb, June 8, 1848. He was educated
by and for the Jesuits, and for them ordained by Bishop
Brown, at Salpoint, England, September 21, 1873. For three
years he was on the mission in England; came to the United
States in August, 1876, and was sent to Burlington, Iowa,
where he remained till September, 1881. His next appoint-
ment was as assistant at St. Mary's, Toledo, till August, 1888.
During this time he also had pastoral charge of the mission
of Sylvania. He now resides at Burlington, Iowa, doing pas-
toral duty where he had been before thus engaged.
173. KREUSCH, Rev. Matthias (Sanguinist), was born at
Longwich, near Schweich, diocese of Treves, Prussia, October
7, 1820; came to the United States, December, 1843; was
ordained for the Sanguinists by Bishop Purcell, June 10, 1845;
had pastoral charge of the Catholic Germans of Cleveland,
about 1848; attended Avon from July, 1849 to July, 1850, and
again from July to December, 1856; was also at New Riegel,
Thompson and Glandorf, 1856-65. Then, till his death, he
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was on d uty in other dioceses where the Sanguinists had
charge of congregations. In 1859 he attended Lima, where
he built the first church. He died near Minster, O., of cholera
morbus, July 21, 1874. "Father Matthias," as he was called,
did much good for religion. He was a saintly priest, a man
without guile.
174. KREUSCH, Rev. John Peter, brother to Rev. M.
Kreusch, was born at Longwich, diocese of Treves, Prussia,
December 2, 18 18. He received a common school education
in his native city, but feeling himself called to the priesthood
he made his preparatory studies at Castle Loewenburg, and in
Switzerland. About 1844 he came to the United States.
Bishop Purcell sent him to the Sanguinist Fathers, at Thomp-
son, where he continued his ecclesiastical studies for a time.
When the diocese of Cleveland was erected in 1847 he sought
and received adoption from Bishop Rappe as a seminarist.
He was ordained November 19, 1848, after finishing his theo-
logical course in the first diocesan seminary, then in the rear
of the Bishop's residence on Bond street. He had the follow-
ing pastoral charges in this diocese, between the time of his
ordination and 1854; Cleveland, St. Mary's on the Flats,
1S4S-51 ; French Creek as resident pastor, with Sheffield as
a mission, 1851-52; Shelby Settlement, with charge of the
missions of Crestline, Bucyrus, Galion, Loudonville, New
Washington and Mansfield, 1S52-54. In 1S54I1C was received
into the diocese of Vincennes where he remained about four
years. lie then was again received by Bishop Rappe, who
gave him pastoral charge of Dungannon, where he remained
till [859,1 when he was received into the diocese of Wheeling
by Bishop Whelan. He: was engaged in parochial work in
the city of Win-cling from the time of his entry into the dio-
• until about [886, when owing to age and illness he
retired from the ministry to seek rest and medical care. For
over twenty-five years In- had charge of St. Alphonsus' church.
Wheeling. May 11, [888, he died full of years and merit.
In order to aid his fellow-priests in obtaining pure altar wine
he devoted his savings and spare time to aw extensive vim--
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yard he had established near Wheeling. Though he suc-
ceeded in supplying pure altar wine, the project ended in
financial failure, a short time before he died.
175. KUEHR, Rev. Ferdinand, D. D., was born at Eslohe,
Prussia, August 25, 1806; made his studies for the priesthood
at the Propaganda, Rome, and was there ordained by Cardi-
nal Reisach, August 10, 1830. He was stationed at St. John's
Canton, as temporary pastor, November, 1837, to January,
1838. He was pastor of St. Mary's Church, Covington, from
1841 to November 20, 1870, the date of his death.
176. KUEMIN, Rev. Charles, a Swiss, was born in 1802.
He was in this diocese from May, 1865, till February 27, 1867,
as pastor of Kelley's Island, with charge of Put-in-Bay as a
mission. Before coming here he served seven years in the
diocese of Buffalo, and six years in that of Chicago. In 1867
he returned to his native country, Switzerland, and died the
following year in the hospital at Chur, aged 66.
177. KUHNMUENCH, Rev. Peter (Sanguinist), was born
at Nerbach, Baden, October 31, 1843; educated for the min-
istry at Bischofsheim, Baden, and at Carthagena, Mercer
county, O.; ordained at Cincinnati for the Sanguinists by
Archbishop Purcell, June 24, 1876; was in this diocese from
July, 1881, to September 8, 1884, as assistant at New Riegel.
He is now stationed in -the diocese of Cincinnati.
178. KUNKLER, V. Rev. Andrew (Sanguinist), was born
at Glotterthal, Baden, November 25, 1825; in the United
States since 1843; ordained at New Riegel for the Sanguinists
by Bishop Rappe, February 23, 1848. The only appointment
he held in this diocese was St. John's, Glandorf, from 1848 to
1849, ar >d assistant at St. Michael's Thompson, from April to
September, 1857. From 1858 to 1874 he was Provincial of the
Sanguinists in this country. He is at present stationed in
Kansas.
179. Lais, Rev. Joseph, was born at Griessheim, Baden,
September 29, 1829. After devoting several years to studies
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under the Benedictines in Switzerland he came to America,
March, 1852, and entered the Cleveland Diocesan Seminary.
He was ordained by Bishop Rappe, July 8, 1855. His first
mission was St. Mary's, Massillon, of which he had charge
from 1855 to 1858. Then he was pastor of Navarre (Bethle-
hem), 1859-60; of Doylestown, with charge of Canal Fulton
and French Settlement as missions, (1860-62). In 1862 he-
was appointed resident pastor of Canal Fulton, attending
several missions from this place. There he remained till 1867
when he again received the pastorate of St. Mary's, Massillon,
retaining this appointment till he died, February 5, 1875.
His remains are buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Massillon.
Father Lais took special interesjt in Catholic schools. Whilst
at Massillon he erected the present handsome and commo-
dious school, lie was ever faithful to his sacerdotal duties,
and leaves the record of a devoted and true priest.
180. LANGEVIN, Rev. Alfred, a Canadian, was born at St.
Pie, P. Q., April 1, 1861 ; educated for the priesthood at St.
Hyacinth and Montreal, Canada; ordained at St. Albans, Vt.,
by Bishop de Goesbriand for the diocese of Burlington, June
22, [884. Was on the mission in Vermont till January, [888,
when he came to the diocese of Cleveland. Bishop Gilmour
sent him to Dungannon, where he remained but four weeks,
when he returned to Vermont where he is now engaged in
ioral work at East Rutland.
1 ' s 1 . Laux, Rev. Alphonse (Sanguinist , was horn Sep-
tember 11, [835, in the town of Stolzenberg, Grand-Duchy of
Luxemburg, lie came to this country in 1859, ant ' was
ordained at Cincinnati for the Sanguinists by Archbishop
Purcell, November 7. [861. From [862 to [863 he was sta-
tioned at New Riegel, whence he attended Berwick, St. Pat-
rick's Settlement, McCutchenville and Crawfordsville. In
•\ he attended Bismarck (Sherman from Thompson. In
1869 In- was appointed pastor of New Riegel. July, 1875,
whilst directing tin- building of the present beautiful church
at New Riegel, begun during hi- pastorate he tell and broke
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one of his legs, and has since been more or less unable to do
pastoral duty. From 1877 to February, 1880, he' assisted the
pastor of Glandorf. Since then he has held the position of
chaplain in various hospitals and asylums. He is now sta-
tioned at Jersey City, N. J., charged with a similar position.
182. LEDDY, Rev. James H., was born at Newark, N. J.,
May 14, 1837; made his ecclesiastical studies at St. Mary's
College, Wilmington, Del., and Seton Hall, N. J. He was
ordained for the diocese of Buffalo by Bishop Timon, March
18, 1863. He was in this diocese between 1876 and 1877 — at
the Cathedral for two months as assistant; then pastor for
four months at Van Wert, when he returned to the diocese of
Buffalo, where he has been since.
183. LEITER, Rev. Anselm (Jesuit), was born January 20,
1826, at Ulznach, Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland; ordained
September 15, 1855; in the United States since September,
1880; was local Superior of the Jesuits at Toledo from Sep-
tember, 1884 to May, 1885. He is now in Prairie-du-Chien,
Wisconsin.
184. LEWANDOWSKI, Rev. Vincent, a native of Gralewo-
Posen, Austria, was born May 31, 1841. He made his collegi-
ate studies in the gymnasium of the city of Posen, and his
theological course with the Franciscans, in the same city, for
whose Order he was ordained, October 30, 1864. He became
a secular priest, and was in this diocese as pastor of St. Hed-
wig's (Polish) congregation, Toledo, from October, 1875, till
Jul}-, 1885, when he left the diocese. From St. Hedwig's he
attended St. Anthony's congregation, Toledo, which he
organized, and whose church was built under his direction.
This latter charge he held from November, 1882, till August,
1884. He is now stationed in the diocese of Milwaukee.
185. LlNDESMITH, Rev. Fdward W. J., a native of Ohio,
was born in Center township, Columbiana county, September
7, 1827. He made his studies for the ministry at St- Mary's
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Seminary, Cleveland, and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, July
8, 1 S 5 5 . Doylestown was his first pastoral charge, together
with the missions of Canal Fulton, French Settlement and
Marshallville, July, 1855, to February, 1858. St. John's, Can-
ton, was his next appointment, with New Berlin as a mission,
February, 1858, to October, 1868. From this date to May,
1872, he was resident pastor of Alliance, meanwhile attending
Leetonia. May, 1872, he was appointed first resident pastor of
Leetonia. There he resided till July, 1880, when he accepted
a chaplaincy in the U. S. Army, Bishop Gilmour having
granted him temporary leave of absence from the diocese for
the purpose. Mis residence is at Fort Keogh, Montana.
[86. LOCHERT, Rev. Gabriel M., was born, 18 10, at
Niederlauterbach, Alsace; educated and ordained in Alsace,
France. He came to the diocese of Cleveland in the spring
of 1859, and was appointed first resident pastor of Navarre
Bethlehem), where after a brief illness he died July 13, of
the same year.
187. LUDWIG, Rev. Frederick C, a native of the Duchy
of Braunschweig, Germany, was born of Protestant parents
in tin- town of Wolfenbuettel, January 13, 1823. After his
entry into the Church he made his studies for the priesthood
at the seminaries of St. Mary's, Cleveland, and St. Sulpice,
Paris llr was ordained by Bishop Rappe, July 3, 1864.
Louisville was his first appointment, August to October,
[864. Mr then, successively, had pastoral charge of the fol-
lowing placi Dungannon, October, 1864, to February,
[867; Peru, to March, [868; Rockport and Independence, to
May, [869; Shelby Settlement, to December, [869. Me then
became sick and was a pensioner of the Infirm Priest's Fund
from January, [870, to October, [882. He was then assigned
tin- pastorate of St. Peter's, Norwalk, where he remained only
till January, [883. Then lu- was appointed assistant at St
Stephen's, Cleveland, February to July. [883, when he was
nn on the "sick-list" till December, [886. At last men-
tioned date he left the dii
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1 88. LUHR, Very Rev. John Henry, was born at Stein-
feld, Oldenburg, diocese of Muenster, April 21, 1808, and was
ordained to the priesthood September 21, 1831. In 1844 he
was received into the diocese of Cincinnati, at that time com-
prising the state of Ohio. After a short stay in Cincinnati,
the pastorate of St. John's, Canton, was assigned him. This
position he held from October, 1844. till the organization, by
him, of St. Peter's congregation, Canton, June, 1845. During
1848 he. also attended Randolph for a few months. February,
1853, he was transferred from Canton to Cleveland, where he
organized St. Peter's congregation, whose first school and
present church were built under his direction. He was pastor
of the last mentioned congregation till January, 1868, when
he left the diocese and returned to Cincinnati, where he was
appointed pastor of St. Augustine's. This position he held
till his death, August 2, 1872. Whilst at Canton he also had
charge of Massillon (where he built the first church), Navarre
and New Berlin. He was one of Bishop Rappe's Vicars-
general from 1854 to 1868. Father Luhr was a faithful priest,
full of zeal, and an earnest worker in the cause of religion.
189. MGALEER, Rev. Michael, born in County Tyrone,
Ireland, March 4, 1811, was ordained by Bishop Purcell,
November 23, 1837; did pastoral work at Canton, Navarre and
Dungannon, between 1837 and 1840. He then left Ohio and
went to the diocese of Nashville with Bishop Miles, and was
stationed at Memphis, Tenn., where he remained some years.
Later he was received into the diocese of New York ; was
appointed pastor of St. Columba's, New York city, where he
died, February 22, 1 881.
190. MCCAFFREY, Rev. Patrick, was born in New York
state, October, 1841 ; made his preparatory course of studies
in Cleveland, Louisville, Ohio, and finished same in St. Mary's
Seminary, Cleveland, where, July 17, 1870, he was ordained
for this diocese by Bishop Mullen, of Erie. His first appoint-
ment was St. Ann's, Briar Hill, from which place he attended
as missions Girard and Struthers. In the latter place, as also
at Briar Hill, he built the present churches. Being of delicate
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health, he was obliged, with great reluctance, to resign his
charge, April, 1872. He then went to live with his parents at
Toledo, to receive the care and attention he so much needed.
Every effort was made to restore health but without avail.
Though he said Mass, and occasionally preached in St. Pat-
rick's and St. Francis de Sales' churches, Toledo, he was
unable to do any serious or continued pastoral duty. For
two years after leaving Briar Hill, he suffered greatly, but
patiently, till death's summons came, April 7, 1874. His
remains are buried at Toledo.
191. McGaxn, Rev. Francis, was born, 1823, in County
Roscommon, Ireland; came to America in 1837; was received
as a student by Bishop Rappe in 1848, and ordained by him
September 8, 1850. He was at once appointed pastor of
St. Vincent's, Akron, where he remained till August, 1855,
meanwhile attending Youngstown and .Ravenna (1854-55).
He established a parochial school at Akron. Bishop Rappe
then recalled him to Cleveland, directing him to attend
Rockport, Berea and Olmsted. Unwilling to accept this
appointment he left the diocese, and was received by Bishop
( >'Regan, of Chicago, under whose jurisdiction he remained
about two years. Next he was in the diocese of Milwaukee,
where, as pastor of Mineral Point, Wis., he died, September
[8, 1S70.
[92. McGLONE, Rev. J. B., was born in the parish of
Glenfarn, diocese of Kilmore, Ireland, December 23, [853;
came with his relatives some years later to America, anil for
a time lived in the diocese of Providence. lie made his
lesiastical studies at St. Michael's college, Toronto, ami
Holy Angels' Seminary, near Niagara Falls; was received by
Bishop Gilmour as a student for this diocese, January, 188I1
ami by him ordained April 1, [882. I lis first appointment
was a '.uit .it Holy Rosary Church, Cleveland, where he
remained till February, [883. in the following month he was
sent to St. Columba's, Youngstown, as assistant to Father
Mears March, [884, he became seriously ill. and till his
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death, at Providence, R. I., August 12, 1884, was unable to do
duty.
193. McGovERN, Rev. Francis, a native of parish Kinaw-
ley, County Cavan, Ireland, was born March 18, 1843. He
commenced his studies for the priesthood in his native dio-
cese of Kilmore. In 1868 he came to the United States and
entered the Augustinian College at Villanova, Delaware
county, Pa., where he remained about one year, when he was
admitted to the diocesan seminary of Philadelphia. In 1873
he was received for this diocese by Bishop Gilmour, who
ordained him June 7th of the same year, and then stationed
him at the Cathedral as one of the assistants. This position
he held for three years, when he was appointed pastor of St.
Ann's, Briar Hill. Such he was from June, 1876, till his death
(after five weeks' illness), August 28, 1887. While stationed
at Briar Hill, he also attended Mineral Ridge and Lowellville
as missions till 1881.
194. McGRADY, Rev. John H. M. (Dominican), born in
1799, of Irish parentage, was ordained at Cincinnati by Bishop
Fenwick in 1822. He had pastoral charge of Dungannon
from November, 1830, to February, 1834, residing there as
first resident priest from January, i83i,to November, 1833.
From Dungannon he also attended, occasionally, Canal Fulton.
Canton and Youngstown. He died at St. Rose's, Kentucky,
December 27, 1838.
195. McGRATH, Rev. Patrick C, born near Melleray
Abbey, Ireland, was ordained for the diocese of Erie by
Bishop Mullen in 1869; was received into the diocese of
Rochester in 1870, where he remained till 1878, when Bishop
Gilmour received him. He was sent to St. Mary's, Tiffin, as
assistant to Rev. M. Healy; remained but a few months when
he left the diocese and was received by the Bishop of Peoria,
whose subject he was till death, July 21, 1882. He died at
St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, where he had gone for medi-
cal treatment.
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196. McLaughlin, Rev. Peter, a native of Ireland, was
born in 1805. He was ordained at Cincinnati, in 1840, by
Bishop Purcell, and sent to Cleveland as its third resident
pastor. There he finished St. Mary's Church on the Flats,
begun by his predecessor, Father O'Dwyer. From Cleveland
he attended Avon, 1840-42; South Thompson, Akron, Cuya-
hoga Falls, Ravenna and Painesville, 1840-45; and Randolph,
occasionally, 1 841-2. He left Cleveland in February, 1846,
and went to the diocese of Milwaukee, where he remained a
short time. He was then received into the diocese of Brook-
lyn (1854) and later into that of Portland. Me.; died as pastor
of Bath, same diocese, March 12, [861, aged 56 years. His
remains are buried in Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Me.
"Father Peter," as he was familiarly called, was a man of
medium height, stoutly built, and of a strong constitution.
Every feature of his countenance indicated force of character.
He was to a great extent "a self-made man," having had to
undergo almost insurmountable difficulties to acquire an edu-
cation. A part of his college course he made while watching
and attending to his father's flocks, using his spare time in
studying latin and the higher mathematics His eloquence
attracted great audiences of Catholics and Protestants. Many
times on Sundays and on Holydays the church on the Flats
was tilled to overflowing by people who had come from all
parts of the city, to hear his learned and impressive sermons,
hiiring his pastorate in Cleveland he fought hard among his
people against the vice of intemperance. lie established the
first total abstinence society in Cleveland, and thus succeeded
in reclaiming many from a drunkard's grave. In his zeal for
tin' elevation of his people he went even so tar as to go to
their homes ami teach them how t<> work, and to be clean and
comfortable. On occasion of public or civic celebrations
Father McLaughlin was invariably invited as one of the
speakers. 11<- was universally respected by the non-Catholic
citizens of Cleveland for his zeal, earnestness ami blunt hon-
ty. I lc was also .1 pungent and forcible writer i as evi-
denced l>\ .1 -ciics of controversial articles he contributed t"
the Catholic Telegraphy of Cincinnati, in [843. For a further
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account of his pastoral labors the reader is referred to the
"Historical Sketch of Early Catholicity in Cleveland, etc.,"
in this work.
197. McLov, Rev. John B., was in this diocese as assistant
to Rev Joseph F. Gallagher, pastor of Holy Name Church,
Cleveland, from February to May, 1883. No other record of
him.
198. McNAMEE, Rev. Joseph, came to this country from
Ireland about 1836. He was ordained at Cincinnati, in the
absence of Bishop Purcell, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Chabrat of
Bardstown, Ky., April 8, 1839. After a few months of pastoral
duty at Cincinnati, he was sent to St. Mary's, Tiffin, October,
1839. There he remained till July, 1847, meanwhile, though
in poor health, attending Maumee, Toledo, Providence and in
fact all the missions in Northwestern Ohio, 1839-41; Findlay,
New Riegel, McCutchenville and Fremont, between 1839-43.
In July, 1847, he left the diocese of Cincinnati. He died at
Pawtucket, R. I., (diocese of Providence), March 28, 1853. He
was a faithful aud zealous priest.
199. MACHEBEUF, Rt. Rev. Joseph Projectus, was born
in Riom, Preu-de-Dome, diocese of Clermont, France, August
11, 18 1 2; made his studies at Riom, at St. Sulpice and Mont-
Ferrand, France. He was ordained at Clermont by Bishop
Feron, December 21, 1836. After nearly three years of
priestly labor in his native country he came to the diocese of
Cincinnati, August, 1839, an< ^ in the following month was
sent to Tiffin, as assistant to Rev. Joseph McName, pastor of St.
Mary's, attending Fremont, (Lower Sandusky), Napoleon, San-
dusky, Maumee and Toledo as missions. He remained at Tiffin
till the end of December of the same year, when he was trans-
ferred to Sandusky where he organized Holy Angels' congre-
ga j; on and built their first (and present) church. From San-
dusky he continued to attend Fremont, where he established
St. Ann's congregation and directed the building of their
present church. He also made pastoral visits to Peru for a
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few months. He was stationed at Sandusky till January,
1851, when on invitation of his life-long friend, Bishop
Lamy, he went to New Mexico. He labored there and in
Colorado on the hard and scattered missions of these terri-
tories, till his consecration as Vicar Apostolic of Colorado,
August 15, [868, with residence at Denver. In 1887 he was
appointed first Bishop of Denver, which position he now holds.
October [8, [888, he contributed a very interesting article
to the Catholic Universe, in which he described his eleven
years' labor on the mission in Northern Ohio.
200. MAESFRANCX, Rev. Elias, was born in Belgium.
October 5, 1819; ordained in 1S46; came to the United
States in 1866; was received into this diocese by Bishop
Rappe in [867 1 and sent to Delphos as assistant to Rev. F.
Westerholt, when after a short stay he was transferred to St.
John's, Landeck, Allen count)-, as first resident pastor. This
charge he left in April of the following year, when he was
received into the diocese of Detroit by Bishop Lefevre. He
remained there a few years and then returned to his native
Country, where he now resides.
201. MARECHAL. Rev. John B., born in Normandy,
France, May I", [8l2, was ordained for the diocese of Arras,
in [835 : was received by Bishop Rappe in August, 1S50, and
appointed pastor of Louisville, which charge he held from
September, [850, till September, 1X51, when he was appointed
one of tin- professors in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland. He
w as C( mnected w ilh the Seminar}- and assisted in the parochial
work at the Cathedral till June, I S 5 5 . He then returned to
France to assist the celebrated Abbe Migne, in publishing
the voluminous edition of the Fathers of the Church, a work
tor which by his scholarly attainments he was eminently
fitted. lie was a " 1 >o< .k-w ■ n'ln ," a learned man and a pious
priest. By too close application to study in his latter years
his sight became greatly impaired, so that he could no longer
pursue the work he had undertaken in France, lie then
retired to a convent as chaplain, which position he held till he
died. I >ecember, [882.
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202. MARSCHAL, Rev. John A., a native of East Prussia,
and for a time a Dominican, was born at Allenstein, in 18 19 ;
ordained in 1844; was in the diocese of Cleveland from 1866
to April, 1867, as pastor of Maumee. Bishop Rappe then dis-
missed him, and for a number of years he was on the mission
elsewhere, viz.: in the dioceses of Chicago and Milwaukee.
October, 1877, he was again received into the diocese by
Bishop Gilmour, to whom he was a stranger. He was
appointed pastor of the Poles, in Cleveland, then worshiping
in St. Mary's, on the Flats. He also attended Parma as a
mission from January, till March, 1878; Brighton, from
October, 1877, to January, ,1879, at which last date he left the
diocese and returned to Europe.
203 MARSHALL, Rev. Francis, was born in Adams
county, Pa.; attended Chippewa, near Doylestown, in 1827.
No other record of him.
204. MARTE, Rev. Jacob (Sanguinist), was born at Rank-
weil, diocese of Brixen, Austria, in the year 1843; came to the
United States in i860; was ordained for the Sanguinists,
June 6, 1866; was in this diocese as pastor of New Cleveland
from August, 1872, to April, 1873; assistant at Glandorf till
July, 1877, and as pastor of Big Springs (where he built the
present church) till August, 1882, when he returned to
Europe, where he now is.
205. MARTIN, Rev. Edward, was born at Grenoble,
France, about 1827. After following the profession of a law-
yer for a few years he became a Franciscan, went to Rome
and was there ordained priest. Later he left the Franciscan
Order, and in 1863 came to America, when he was received
into this diocese and appointed one of the professors at St.
Mary's Seminary, Cleveland. In 1864 he was appointed
pastor of Harrisburg, remaining till 1865, when he left the
diocese.
206. Martin, Rev. Thomas H. (Dominican), was
ordained by Bishop Fen wick in 1822; attended Dungannon
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and several missions in Stark and Wayne counties between
1825 and 1827, and was the first priest to visit (1826) the
Catholics of Cleveland. He was assistant pastor of St. John's,
Canton, in 1830, and again from July to December, 1835. He
died in New York city May 10, 1859.
207. MAUCLERC, Rev. A. L., was born about 1820, and
ordained in France; received into the diocese of Cleveland in
1859, and appointed pastor of St. Peter's, Norwalk, remaining
till the beginning of the year 1861, when for a few months he
had charge of St. Louis' congregation, Louisville, Ohio. He
then left the diocese to join the Society of Mary, near Dayton,
where he remained till 1876, when he returned to France (St.
Remy), and died there May 6, 1876.
208. MAZURET, Rev. Peter Patrick, was born at Rouse's
Point, N. Y., in 1834; made his studies for the priesthood at
the Sulpitian Seminary, Montreal, and was ordained at Sand-
wich, Ont, by Bishop Pinsouneault, March 15, 1863. He was
on the mission in Canada till August, 1864, and in the diocese
of Buffalo till 1S74, when he was received into the diocese of
Cleveland and appointed one of the Cathedral assistants.
March, 1875, he was sent to Defiance to organize the present
congregation of Our Lady of 1'npetual Help. Under his
direction their beautiful church was also begun and partly
finished. He left the diocese January 4, 1877, and was
n reived into the diocese of Cincinnati, where he is at present.
209. Mi M.i, Rev. Aloysius Maria, was born of Protestant
parent-, at Zurich, Switzerland, March 8, 1840: entered the
Church when about twenty-eight years of age; made his
studies at Zurich, Basle, Spring 1 fills, near Mobile , St. Mary's
Seminary, Cincinnati, and St. Meinrad's, Ind.; was ordained
for tin- diocese of Ft. Wayne by Bishop Luers, February 27,
[870. Came to the diocese of Cleveland, September. [872,
and was sent as assistant to St. Joseph's, Tiffin, remaining
till July, [873, when he was appointed pastor of Crestline
There he remained till March j<>. [874, when he hit his
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charge and the diocese. — July, 1883, he assumed pastoral duty
in the diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas, where he has since
been engaged on the mission.
210. MERTES, Rev. Anthony, was born at Wagenhausen,
diocese of Treves, Prussia, January 8, 1826 ; ordained at
Treves by Bishop Arnoldi, March 23, 1853. Did pastoral
duty in his native diocese till expelled, in 1876, by the Prus-
sian government, under the May laws. April, 1876, he came
to the diocese of Cleveland, and was appointed pastor of New
Bavaria. March, 1879, he was transferred to Edgerton, with
charge of Florence as a mission. August, 1883, he returned
to Europe, where he is now doing pastoral duty.
211. MEYER, Rev. Maria Anton (Sanguinist), was born
at Aesch, Canton Basel, Switzerland, February 21, 18 17;
studied for the ministry at Graubuendten, Switzerland; was
ordained at Feldkirch, Austria, September 8, 1843; came to
Ohio in 1844, and till 1846 had pastoral charge of the follow-
ing places: Peru, Thompson, Tiffin, New Reigel ; also atten-
ded the Catholic settlers in Huron, Richland, Crawford,
Hancock, Stark, Wayne, Ashland, Summit, Lorain, Lucas
and Ottawa counties, making the entire journey on horse-
back. In 1846 he went with Bishop Henni to the diocese of
Milwaukee, but was recalled in 1848, when he was stationed
at Cleveland for a short time, with charge of Avon and
French Creek as missions. Bishop Rappe then gave him
pastoral charge of the following places in this diocese: Glan-
dorf and Fort Jennings, 1849-51; Thompson, 1855, to July,
1856; Avon, Juh' to December, 1856. He was also at New
Riegel for a while, but no record of time given. In 1858 he
left the Sanguinists and became a secular priest, and as such
he has continued ever since, in the dioceses of Cincinnati
and Covington.
212. MILES, Rt. Rev. Richard P. (Dominican), a native of
Maryland, was born May 17, 1791, and ordained in September,
1816. He had pastoral charge of St. John's, Canton, between
1828 and 1830; was consecrated first Bishop of Nashville,
September 16, 1838. He died February 21, i860.
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213. MOENNING, Rev. Francis (Franciscan), was born at
Bakum, diocese of Osnabrueck, Prussia, December 28, 1837;
ordained at Teutopolis, 111., by Bishop Juncker, January 13,
1867. He was attached to the Franciscan Monastery, Cleve-
land, from Jul\-, [883, till January, 1887. While here he
assisted the secular clergy, and attended to the spiritual
wants of a number of religious communities. He is now in
the diocese of Nashville.
214. MOES, Rev. Nicholas, a native of Luxemburg, was
born at Rous, February 8, LS26. He was educated for the
ministry in the Athenaeum in the city of Luxemburg (7 years),
in Belgium, under direction of Jesuits (2 years), and for two
years in the Diocesan Seminary at Cleveland. Bishop Rappe
ordained him April 16, 1859, and assigned him the pastorate
of St. Philip's, Dungannon, where he remained till July, i860.
He was then appointed a professor at the Cleveland Sem-
inary. This position he held for one year, during this time
also attending St. Louis' church, Louisville, ( ). July, 1861,
he was made pastor of St. Joseph's, Fremont. September of
the following year he was transferred to St. Mary's, Sandusky,
remaining till 1864, when he was sent to St. Nicholas', Ber-
wick. September, 1865, he was recalled to the Diocesan
Seminary as professor of mental philosophy. In the spring
of 1867 Bishop Rappe sent him to St. Francis de Saks',
Tolcd.., as assistant, and eight months later to New Bavaria,
Poplar Ridge , as pa-tor. In 1873 he was again appointed
pa-tor of St. Mary's, Sandusky, where under his direction the
present very beautiful church was built at a cost of over $80,-
000, with but a comparatively small debl remaining. For the
last ten years his health has been poor. Twice during this
time he was obliged to give up pastoral work. Although his
two trips to his native country, in 1S7S and 1SS5. benefitted
hi> health to some extent, he never fully rallied, chronic rheu-
matism being one of his altlict ions. He resigned his pastorate
in October, [888, and returned to Luxemburg on a leave of
indefinite absence. Father Moes is noted for his eloquence
and scholarl) attainments.
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215. Mottriek, Rev. Francis, born at Saizerais, France,
February 19, 1839, was educated for the priesthood at
Nancy, and St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland. He was
ordained by Bishop Rappe, January 6, 1865, when he was
sent as assistant to Rev. V. Arnould of Shelby Settlement.
August, 1865, he was appointed pastor of Harrisburg, remain-
ing till May, 1866, when he was sent to Alliance, whence he
attended Leetonia. This charge he held till 1867, when he
was received into the diocese of Vincennes. Since 1871 he
has been affiliated with the diocese of Columbus.
216. MOLLOY, Rev. James, was born at Tullamore, Kings
county, Ireland, October 13, 1844; made his ecclesiastical
studies at St. Bridget's Seminary, Tullamore, and All Hallow's,
Dublin; was ordained at Nashville, Tenn., by Bishop Feehan,
November 30, 1867. He was on the mission in the diocese of
Nashville till received into the diocese of Cleveland in 1872;
was assistant at Sts. Peter and Paul's, Sandusky, till 1875;
then assistant at St. Columba's Youngstovvn, till July, 1876.
He was next appointed pastor of Bellevue, remaining till May,
1879. Then he left the diocese, but returned July, 1880,
when he received the pastorate of Kent. There he remained
till August, 1 88 1, when he again left. He is now in the diocese
of Cincinnati.
2 1 7. MOLON, Rev. Louis, was born in the diocese of Arras,
France, 1826; came to Cleveland as a seminarist, August,
1850, and was ordained by Bishop Rappe the following
month, September 8th. Soon after his ordination he was
sent to Tiffin, as pastor of St. Mary's, remaining till Septem-
ber, 1852. Meanwhile (January to September, 1852) he also
attended St. Joseph's congregation, same place. His next
appointment was the pastorate of St. Mary's, Massillon, Sep-
tember, 1852, to July, 1855. During this time, (1854) he also
organized St. Joseph's congregation, Massillon. He was next
appointed Superior and professor of St. John's College, then
(1855) in existence in Ohio City, now West Side, Cleveland.
He retained this charge but a few months, as he preferred the
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active life of a pastor to that of a professor. Bishop Rappe
accordingly assigned him the pastorate of St. Vincent's,
Akron, January, 1856. In the fall of the same year he was
appointed pastor of Berwick, remaining till November, 1857.
His next charge was St. Ann's, Fremont, December, 1857, to
July, [861. From December, 1857, till i860, he also attended
St. Joseph's, Fremont, organized by Rev. John Roos, in 1857.
lb- also had charge of Port Clinton, La Prairie, Marblehead
and Toussaint, from June, i860, to July, 1861. From
July, [861, till September, 1863, he was pastor of Holy
Angels', Sandusky, and attended Kelley's Island and Put-in-
Bay. In the fall of 1863 he visited his native France on a
six months' leave of absence, and on his return succeeded
Rev. D. Tighe in the pastorate of St. Joseph's, Massillon,
the congregation he had organized in 1854. There he
remained till September, 1865, when he was appointed pastor
-»f St. Mary's Flyria, and attended for a while as missions,
Norwalk, North Amherst, Vermillion, Lorain (Black River),
and several small stations. He remained at Flyria till his
death, November 16, 1880, although he hail resigned his
charge in .March of same year, owing to an apoplectic stroke,
which disabled him from doing any pastoral work. His
remains are buried at Elyria, and near those of a former
pastor of same place, the Rev. Francis Sullivan.
2l8. MONAHAN, Rev. James, was born in parish Tubber-
curry, Count)- Sligo, Ireland, December S, [822. He was
ordained in St. Mary's Church, on the Flats, Cleveland,
November 19, [848 the first priest ordained by Bishop Rappe.
From December, [848, to Jul), [849, he was stationed at
the Cathedral (St. Mary's Church on tin- Mat., Cleveland,
and was then sent to Holy Angels', Sandusky. His next
charge was Dungannon, December, [849, to October, 1852,
with Summitville, WellsviHe and East Liverpool as missions.
In 1853 he was sent to Maumee, and in 1854 to Toledo as
assistanl to Father Folej at St. Francis' Church, where he
remained till [855. His next appointment was as assistant
to V. Rev. James Conlan, at St. Patrick's, Cleveland, where
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he remained but a short time when he left the diocese. He
was received by Archbishop Purcell and sent on the mission
in Perry county. He was also for a time in the diocese of
Philadelphia. In 1863, after a visit to Ireland, he was again
received by Bishop Rappe and sent to Bellevue, 1863-65; then
to St. Bridget's, Cleveland, 1866-70. His next appointments
were South Thompson, 1870-72; Alliance, 1872-75; assistant
at St. Francis', Toledo, 1876-77; and assistant at Holy Rosary
Church, Cleveland, 1877 to July, 1880. Bishop Gilmour then
gave him charge of St. Stephen's congregation, Niles, where
he remained from July, 1880, till his death, September 6, 1884.
His remains are buried in St. John's Cemetery, Cleveland.
219. Montgomery, Rev. Charles P. (Dominican), was
ordained in 1830; had charge of missions in Columbiana and
Stark counties between 1837 an d 1840. For many years he
was pastor at Zanesville, where, on Faster Monday, i860, he
was found dead in bed at the pastoral residence. He was an
excellent priest and much beloved by his people.
220. MORAN, Rev. James, was assistant to Rev. Philip
Foley at St. Francis' Church, Toledo, 1848; attended Dun-
gannon from autumn of 1848 to 1849. No other record of
him.
221. MOURET, Rev. Casimir, was stationed at Doyles-
town in 1847 and 1848. October, 1848, he was appointed
pastor of St. Vincent's, Akron, where he resided till June,
1850, meanwhile attending Harrisburg and New Berlin as
missions. No other record of him.
222. MULCAHY, Rev. Michael (Basilian), was born in
Cork, Ireland, December 28, 1840; educated at St. Michael's
College, Toronto ; ordained at Lyons, France, by Bishop
Charbonnel, May 21, 1864; was in this diocese for one year
(1867-68) as one of the professors of St. Louis' College, Louis-
ville, Stark county ; also attended Leetonia as a mission
from 1867 to July, 1868. At present he is at St. Michael's
College, Toronto.
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223. MULLON, Rev. James Ignatius, a native of Ireland,
studied for the ministry at Mt. St. Marx's Seminar)-, Kmmitts-
burg, Md., and was ordained by Bishop Fenwick in 1824.
Shortly after his ordination he attended the Catholic settlers
in Columbiana county, and repeatedly made pastoral visits to
Canton, Tiffin and Fremont. He was stationed at the
cathedral in Cincinnati- for nearly ten years, and while there
he published the Catholic Telegraph (1831-34), of which he
was the first editor. lie was a brilliant writer and an elo-
quent preacher. He left Ohio in 1834 and went to the dio-
cese of New < Orleans, where he died in September, 1866, aged
seventy-two years.
223. MYLER, Rev. James P., was born in Cleveland, O.,
July 27, 1856. In his seventeenth year he entered Mount St.
Mary's Seminar}', Cincinnati, where he made his collegiate
studies. After completing them he was received into St.
Mary's Seminar)-, Cleveland, where he made the usual course
of philosophy and theology. He was ordained in the Semi-
nar}- chapel by Bishop Gilmour, Jul}' 6, 1884. A few weeks
after his ordination he was sent to St. Augustine's, Cleveland,
to supply, for a short time, the place of the pastor, then off
on a leave of absence because of ill health. He was next sent
to Niles to take temporary charge of St. Stephen's congrega-
tion. IK- filled a like position at St. Mary's, Norwalk, for a few
weeks. January 20, [885, he was sent to Holy Name Church.
Cleveland, as assistant. This last position he held till July,
[887, when he was relieved from all duty owing to consump-
tion, to which he had fallen a victim. lie then retired to his
home at Painesville, Ohio, where he died August 31. [887.
Me was a model priest, and a young man of much promise.
itle in manner, of quiet and retiring disposition, he
imp I all within his circle as an earnest and sincere
worker in tin- ministry.
Neumann, Rt. Rev. John Nepomucene Redemp-
torist , was born on Good Friday, March 28, t8n, at Pracha-
tit/, Bohemia. His parents were from Bavaria, but in 1802
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had settled in Bohemia. He made his studies at the semina-
ries of Budweis and Prague, where he distinguished himself
by his talent and piety. He came to the United States in
1836 and was ordained in New York city by Bishop Dubois,
June 25, of same year. Remaining a secular priest till Octo-
ber, 1840, he sought admission from the Redemptorists and was
received at Pittsburgh as a novice. During the summer of
the following year he was sent to Peru, in this diocese, as
assistant to Rev. F. X. Tschenhens, also a Redemptorist.
November, 1841, he was sent to Baltimore to finish his novi-
tiate. On his way thither he met Bishop Pureed at Canton,
who asked him to go to Randolph for a few weeks and there
reorganize the congregation that had been without spiritual
attendance since the destruction of their church, by a bigoted
incendiary, in 1838. Father Neumann did as asked and then
resumed his journey to Baltimore. March 28, 1852, he was
consecrated Bishop of Philadelphia. He died suddenly in
that city, January 5, i860. He was distinguished for his
great humility, piety, learning and zeal, and was known as a
saintly priest and bishop. May, 1886, a commission was
appointed to inquire into the life, character and works of
Bishop Neumann, and to send to Rome the testimony pro-
cured, with a view to having him eventually canonized. It is
the belief of all who came in contact with Bishop Neumann
during his life that he possessed the virtues and attributes of
a saint. This belief has been strengthened since his death by
the many miraculous cures which are said to have taken
place at the tomb where his remains lie, in St. Peter's Church,
Philadelphia.
225. NEUMANN, Rev. Maximilian (Franciscan) was born
in Neustadt, Silesia, July 7, 1846. He was educated for the
Franciscans at Neisse, (Silesia), Duesseldorf and Paderborn,
(Germany), and was also ordained for their Order by Archbishop
Melchers, at Cologne, March 13, 1875. He was sent to this
country by his superiors in September, 1875, and stationed as
assistant at St. Francis' church, Ouincy, 111., where he
remained till July, 1885. His next appointment was as super-
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ior of the Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from July, 1885
to August 6, 1888. He was then made pastor of St. Peter's
Church, Chicago, where he now resides.
226. NEUMANN, Rev. Nicholas Lawrence, was a native of
Boulogne, diocese of Metz, France, where he was also edu-
cated for the ministry. He was ordained at Metz by Bishop
Besson, and was engaged on the mission in his native diocese
till 1850, when he went to America, and was received into the
diocese of St. Louis. January, 1852, he was received into the
diocese of Cleveland by Bishop Rappe, who directed him to
attend the Catholic Germans of Cleveland. Left the diocese
about April, 1852, and went to Toronto; later he returned to
Europe, where he died a few years ago.
22J. NlEMOELLER, Rev. Fustace (Franciscan), was born
at Visbeck, Westphalia, April 9, 1837; in the United States
since August, i860; ordained at Teutopolis, 111., for the Fran-
ciscans by Bishop Juncker, December 4, 1868; attached to
Franciscan Monaster}-, Cleveland, from September, 1871, to
August, [880. lie was chaplain and spiritual director to
several religious communities. He also assisted the secular
clergy in pastoral work. He is now stationed at Chicago.
228. NIGHTINGALE, Rev. William L., of English birth,
was received into this diocese July, [848, and for a few weeks
isted at the cathedral, then on the- "flats," Cleveland. I It-
was thru appointed first resident pastor of St. Ann's, Fre-
mont, where he remained till In- left the diocese, some time
during the early part of 1N50. lie was a zealous priest and
an eloquent preacher. X<> other record of him.
NOI II. I\e\. Jacob : Franciscan , was bom August
8, [851, at Geseke, diocese of Paderborn, Westphalia; came
to the United States July, [875; ordained July 25, [877; in
Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from [878 to [879 At
present he is in the diocese of ( Imaha.
\i'i 11 . Kev. Paschalis Franciscan , was born at
tphalia, Germany, June i_\ 1845; educated at
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Franciscan Monastery, Ouincy, 111.; was ordained at St.
Louis for the Franciscans by Bishop Ryan, June 5, 1881; a
member of Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from July, 1882
to July, 1885. He is now in the diocese of St. Louis.
231. NUNAN, Rev. F. X., was born in County Limerick,
Ireland, May 10, 1845; made his studies at St. Mary's Semi-
nary, Baltimore, and St. Sulpice, Paris ; was ordained by
.Archbishop Alemany for the diocese of San Francisco, Sep-
tember, 1869. Till 1875 he was engaged on the mission in
California and Kansas, when he came to the diocese of Cleve-
land, where he had charge of the following places : Wakeman,
with Medina as mission, October, 1875 to May, 1878 ; Ver-
million and several missions, till March, 1879 ; Clyde and the
mission of Green Spring, to June, 1881 ; Archbold and mis-
sions, till April, 1882 ; St. Mary's Corners, till August, 1883 ;
Wellsville, till September 15, 1884, when he went to the dio-
cese of Peoria. Present residence not known.
232. O'Bairne, Rev. — (Dominican); stationed at St.
John's, Canton, in 1835. No other record of him.
233. O'Brien, Rev. Denis P., born in the parish of
Knockainy, County Limerick, Ireland, July 8, 1859, was edu-
cated for the priesthood at Mt. Melleray and St. John's,
Waterford, Ireland. Bishop Powers ordained him at Water-
ford, June 17, 1883. Shortly after his ordination he came to
the Lhiited States and was received into the diocese of Kan-
sas City, where he was stationed at St. Patrick's church in the
city of St. Joseph, Mo., November, 1883 to January 23, 1884.
Bishop Gilmour received him in February, 1884, and
appointed him resident pastor of Warren with charge of Man-
tua and a number of stations. From Warren he also attended
Niles for several months. He was transferred to Niles, Sep-
tember, 1884, and remained till April 4, 1888, when he left the
diocese of his own accord and went to Chicago, where he is
now engaged in pastoral work.
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234. O'CallaGHAN, Rev. Cornelius J., was born at Kan-
turk, County Cork, Ireland, March io, 1832; made his eccle-
siastical studies at Cork, Ireland, and Fordham, N. Y.; was
ordained by Archbishop Hughes for the diocese of Portland,
( Ictober 20, [860. Bishop Rappe received him into this cho-
se in [869 and sent him as assistant to St. Francis', Toledo,
where he remained till 1871, when he was appointed assistant
at the Cathedral, Cleveland. There he remained till 1874,
when he returned to the diocese of Portland, where he now is.
235. O'CONNOR, Rev. John B., born and educated in I in-
land, was ordained at Pittsburgh by Bishop O'Connor about
1854. Bishop Rappe received him into this diocese and
appointed him assistant at the Cathedral May, 1857, where he
remained till June, i860, when he left the diocese. No other
reo >rd of him.
236. O'Connor, Rev. William, was born in Ballyorgan,
County Limerick, Ireland, March 30, 1827; made his theolog-
ical studies at St. Marx's Seminar}', Cleveland, and was
ordained by Bishop Rappe, November 21, 185 1. He had
charge of Elyria, Grafton, Rockport, Liverpool and Medina
till 1853, attending these places from Cleveland. Between
1853 and [855 he attended Youngstown, Wellsville and East
Liverpool from Dungannon. From July, 1855 to July, 185.x
he was stationed at St. Francis', Toledo, first as assistant to
Rev. A. Campion, and from May, 1850, as pastor, During
this time he also attended Sylvania and several stations.
Youngstown was his next appointment as first resilient pas-
tor of St. Columba's, with Briar Hill, Wan-en, Niles ami New-
Bedford .1- missions, besides a number of stations [858 to
1862, when he left the diocese and joined the Redemptorists,
with whom he has since remained. At present he resides al
I'm iston.
237. O'DWYER, Rev. Patrick, a native of Cashel, County
ripperary, Ireland, was ordained al Quebec, in [829. Sep-
tember, 1837, he cam* to Cleveland as successor to Re>
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John Dillon, where he did pastoral duty till December, 1839,
besides attending a number of missions and stations in Lorain,
Summit and Portage counties. He commenced the frame
church on the Flats, for which his predecessor had collected
about $1,100. He left in 1840 and went to London, Canada,
and later he was received into the diocese of Chicago. He
died at St. Charles, 111., August 30, 1871.
238. O'HlGGINS, Rev. William, of Irish birth, was edu-
cated at Maynooth; ordained in. British Guinea about 1853.
He was nephew to Bishop O'Higgins of Ardagh. Came to
Cincinnati in 1857 and was appointed successor to Rev. R.
Gilmour at Ironton. Remained there about one year, when
he was appointed pastor of St. Thomas', Cincinnati, (1858-60);
then assistant to Father Gilmour, at St. Patrick's, same city.
From 1862 to 1864 he was chaplain of the Tenth Regiment,
O. V. I. Next he was in charge of Sedamsville mission, near
Cincinnati, for nearly a year, when he was received into the
diocese of Little Rock where he remained till about 1870.
He then came to Cleveland in 1871, and was appointed pro-
fessor at St. Mary's Seminary, where he remained till his
appointment as pastor of St. Augustine's, Cleveland, Decem-
ber, 1 87 1, to June, 1872. Was a few months at Charity
Hospital as a patient, in 1872, and then left the diocese.
Returned to Ireland, where he died in 1875.
239. O'KEEFE, Rev. Daniel, was born at Middleton,
County Cork, Ireland, in 1835; began his studies in Cork,
continued at St. Vincent's College, Westmoreland County,
Perm., and finished them in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland,
where he was ordained by Bishop Rappe, June 25, 1865. He
was appointed first resident pastor of South Thompson,
1865-66, attending Jefferson as a mission. He was then sent
to Defiance as assistant to Rev. A. I. Hoeffel, with charge of
Antwerp (where he began the present church), Mud Creek,
Delaware Bend, and several smaller missions. October, 1869,
he was appointed pastor of Providence, where he remained
till January, 1871, when he was obliged to resign, owing to ill
SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY. 163
health. I le was lying sick in the pastoral residence at Perrys-
burgh for ten weeks, when he was removed to St. Vincent's
Hospital, Toledo, where he died June — , 1871. His remains
are buried in St. Francis' Cemetery, Toledo. Father O'Keefe
was a zealous, earnest priest, and won the esteem of his par-
ishioners, wherever he was engaged in the ministry.
240. O'LEARY, Rev. D. J., (Dominican;, a native of Ire-
land, made his ecclesiastical studies at the Minerva, Rome;
came to the United States in 182 1, and was ordained by
Bishop Flaget, at St. Rose's, Kentucky, in 1823. He attended
Dungannon, Columbiana county, in 1834. Died at the Domin-
ican Convent, near Somerset, Perry county, February 8, 1845,
aged fifty-one.
241. O'MARA, Rev. Patrick H., was born in Chicago, 111.,
February 22, 1S52. He was educated for the priesthood at
Louisville College ami St. Mary's Seminar)-, Cleveland. Bishop
Gilmour ordained him July 5, 1877, and a few days later
appointed him resident pastor of Hudson, with charge of the
missions of Cuyahoga Falls and Peninsula. He remained
there till July, I NX 1 . In the' following month he was appointed
assistant to Rev. M. Healy, pastor of St. Mary's, Tiffin.
December of same year he received a like appointment to St.
( olumba's, Voungstown, where he remained one year. His
last mission was as assistant to Rev. A. 1. Hoefifel, pastor of
St. John's Church, Delphos.from August, [886 to September
[888, when owing to sickness he went to St. Elizabeth's llos-
pital, Port Wayne. There, after four weeks' illness, he died
October 22, [888. His remains are interred in St. John's
> < nxtiiy, ( levelaild.
1 1 Mi \i.\, Rev. Joseph, was born in Ireland, [815.
IP- was stationed at St. John's, Canton, for .1 few months in
[840. Later he was Superior of the Diocesan Seminary, in
Brown county, Ohio (at present the well-known Ursuline
Convent ; he was als.., for a number of years, at Portsmouth
and Dayton. He died in [856. His grave is in Calvary
< Vim ter\, 1 )a\ ton, ( )hio.
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243. O'MEARA, Rev. J. (Dominican), was stationed at St.
John's, Canton, 1835-36, and attended Canal Fulton. Left
Ohio about 1840 and went to Illinois, where he died. No
other record of him.
244. O'Neill, Rev. Michael, was born in the parish of
Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, June 24, 1830; made his
ecclesiastical studies at Cork and Castle Knock, Ireland, and
in the Diocesan Seminary of Cleveland. He was ordained by
Bishop Rappe, January 1, 1855, and remained at the Cathedral
as assistant, with charge of Berea, Hudson and Mantua as
missions, till July, 1856. Then he was appointed pastor of
Wooster, remaining till July, 1861. He also attended Mans-
field, Crestline and Bucyrus as missions, besides several small
stations, whilst pastor of Wooster. July, 1861, he was trans-
ferred to St. Ann's, Fremont, which charge he held till May,
1865, when he left the diocese and went to Cincinnati. There
he was appointed pastor of Holy Angels' Church. This
charge he held till his death, April 24, 1885.
245. O'Reilly, Rev. James, was born in Rossduff, County
Longford, Ireland, February 14, 1841, and made his studies
at Xew Orleans, Niagara Falls, and in St. Mary's Seminary,
Cleveland. He was ordained by Rt. Rev. Bishop Rappe,
June 24, 1866, and appointed assistant at the Cathedral, where
he remained till October 1, 1869. He was then appointed
pastor of St. Rose's, Lima. January 6, 1871, he was recalled
to Cleveland to take charge of St. Columbkill's congregation,
just then organized. He remained there till October 1, 1872,
when he was sent to Toledo as pastor of St. Francis de Sales'
Church, where he continued till his death, September 30, 1885.
246. O'Sullivax, Rev. Michael, was born in Ireland (no
record of date or place) ; finished his studies for the ministry at
St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, and was ordained by Bishop
Rappe, August — , 1852. His first appointment was at St.
Mary's, Tiffin, September, 1852 to February, 1859, where,
under great difficulties, he built the present church. There he
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also established a parochial school. From Tiffin he attended
Findlay till 1854. February, 1 S 5 9, he was received by Arch-
bishop Pureed, who sent him to Urbana. Five months later
he was appointed pastor of Holy Angels' Church, Cincinnati.
In 1S60 he went to the diocese of Chicago, and remained
there till his death, as pastor of Amara, 111., July — , 1865.
His remains were interred in Calvary Cemetery, Chicago,
Jul}- 28, 1865. Father O'Sullivan was a man of sterling quali-
ties, firm but kind in his dealings with those committed to his
care. He was also an excellent preacher. The writer will
ever treasure most pleasant recollections of this warm-hearted
priest, whose parochial school he attended, and one of whose
altar boys he was for several years. Father O'Sullivan 's
greatest delight was to be with the children of his parish.
His genial ways spread sunshine and joy on those whom he
honored with his presence. To the children as well as to the
adults committed to his care, he was indeed a spiritual father,
a wise counselor and true friend.
247. OBERLE, Rev. Francis Joseph, born in Schweinheim,
Havana, May 7, 1X42, was ordained for the Redemptorists,
April 1, [865. in [874 he became a secular priest. He was in
the diocese of Cleveland from February, 1877, till March, [881,
and had charge of Shelby as resident pastor, and attended
Chicago Junction, where he organized a congregation and
built the present church, also Plymouth and Republic. After
leaving the diocese of Cleveland, he was admitted, some time
after, by Bishop Gross, to the Vicariate of North Carolina,
where In- was Oil the mission till [883, when he became an
invalid <>f consumption. He was received by his friend, Rev.
A. J. Sauer, pastor of St. Andrew's, Ellenville, Ulster county,
New York, with whom he made his home till death, March
10, 1885.
Obermueller, Rev. Francis Xavier, a native of
Austria, was born at Schwarzenberg, Tyrol, October 6, [810.
1 I < - came to this country in July, [844, .du\ was ordained by
Bishop llenni lor the diocese of Milwaukee, June II, [846.
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Shortly after his ordination he expressed a desire to
join the Sanguinist Fathers, whose community in Tyrol
he had learned to esteem. His wish was granted by
his Ordinary. He was therefore received at New Riegel,
Ohio, by the Very Rev. Provincial Brunner, under whose
direction he did pastoral duty in various places in the
diocese of Cleveland, viz.: New Riegel, as assistant pastor,
from 1847 to 1848; also attended as missions, St. Joseph's,
Tiffin, 1850; Fostoria and Liberty, 1848. Next he was assis-
tant at Thompson, from 1848 to 1850, when he left the San-
eruinists and returned to the diocese of Milwaukee, where he
had pastoral charges till 1852. He then went back to his
native Tyrol, where he was pastor till October, 1856. In the
following month he returned to America with Very Rev.
Father Brunner, having been received again as a member of
the Sanguinist Society. .February, 1857, he was given charge
of a congregation in Mercer county, O., and later a professor-
ship in the Sanguinist College, then existing at Gruenewald,
same county. September 12, 1857, he was sent to Cleveland
as pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption congregation, then
occupying the old frame church on the Flats. This charge
he retained till August, 1861. Meanwhile, December, i860,
he again left the Sanguinists and beeame a secular priest and
so continued till death. During his pastorate of St. Mary's,
Cleveland, a portion of the present church property was
bought and the parochial school enlarged and placed^ in
charge of Brothers of Mary and Ursuline Sisters. August,
1 86 1, he was sent by Bishop Rappe to Norwalk as pastor of
St. Peter's, where he remained till he again left the diocese,
October, 1865. From Norwalk he attended Peru, Septem-
ber, 1861, to September, 1862; Milan, 1863-65; Monroeville,
where he organized the present congregation, September,
1861, to July, 1863. In October, 1865, he returned to the
diocese of Milwaukee, having been reclaimed by Bishop
Henni. He was sent to Jefferson, Wis., as pastor of St. Law-
rence's Church and chaplain of the Franciscan Sisters, remain-
ing till 1 87 1, when he became affiliated with the diocese of
La Crosse, on invitation of its first bishop, the Rt. Rev. M.
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Heiss, whose intimate friend he was for many years. As he
was of advanced years and delicate health he was unable to
do pastoral duty. Bishop Heiss therefore assigned him the
chaplaincy of St. Rose's Convent, at La Crosse, where he
resided till his death, June 12, 1886. Whilst connected with
the diocese of La Crosse he was a member of the Bishop's
Council, and always held in high esteem by his superiors, and
by his co-laborers on the missions, for his priestly virtues and
worth. He was a fine scholar, a saintly and self-sacrificing
priest.
249. ORZECHOWSKI, Rev. M. F., a native of Poland, was
born at Stopnica, May 30, 1838, and educated for the priest-
hood in Poland and in the seminary at Sans, France. He was
ordained for the diocese of Galveston, Texas, by Bishop
Dubuis, November 1, 1866. He was on the mission in Texas
till [882; then in the diocese of Milwaukee till August, 1884,
when Bishop Gilmour received him and appointed him pastor
of St. Anthony's, (Polish) congregation, Toledo. This posi-
tion he held till November, 1887, when he went to Europe.
He returned in May, 1888; then went to the diocese of Buffalo,
where he is now engaged in the ministry.
250. PAGANINI, Rev. Angelo was born, educated and
ordained in Italy. After being on the mission in several dio-
ceaps in the East, in New Jersey and Maryland, he was
eived by Bishop Gilmour in 1873, and appointed resident
pastor of Warren. There he remained till 1875, when after a
feu months' absence, he was sent to Hudson, February, 1876,
remaining till May, 1S77, when he left the diocese, and later
returned to Italy. He died there of cholera, near Assisi,
August , [884.
1. Paganini, Rev. Joseph, was received into this dio-
e in [875 and appointed pastor of Warren. Remained but
a shorl time. No other record of him.
I'i 11 1;. Rev. George, was born in Somborn, Chur-
Hessen, Europe. Maj 19, [835; made his studies at St. Mar
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Seminary, Cleveland; was ordained by Bishop Rappe, June 26,
1859. He bad tbe following pastoral charges in this diocese:
Fremont, St. Joseph's, as assistant, with charge of the missions
of Millersville (Greensburg), Clyde, Elmore. Woodville, Port
Clinton and Toussaint, July, 1859 to J une > l86l 5 Dungannon,
with Leetonia as a mission, and the stations of New Lisbon
and Salem, June, 1861 to June, 1864; Liverpool, June, 1864 to
January, 1866; Milan to October, 1868; Upper Sandusky to
March, 1873, from which place he also attended Kirby, Jan-
uary, 1869-March, 1873. After three months' illness he was
sent to Avon in the fall of 1873, and attended Sheffield as a
mission. In the following year he was appointed pastor of
St. Peter's, Norwalk. He remained there till October, 1875.
Edgerton and Florence were his next charges, October, 1875
to May, 1879, when he was sent to Fort Jennings, remaining
till June, 1 88 1. Since last mentioned date he has not done
pastoral duty. For the last few years he has been residing at
Put-in-Bay.
253. PEUDEPRAT, Rev. Peter, was born, educated and
ordained in the diocese of Clermont, France; came to Northern
Ohio in 1845, and was sent to Sandusky as assistant to Rev. P.
J. Machebeuf, pastor of Holy Angels' Church, whence he also
attended the mission of Fremont. January, 1846, he was
sent to Louisville, Stark county, as successor to Rev. L. de
Goesbriand. From this place he attended Harrisburg, and
occasionally, also, Wellsville. He remained at Louisville till
April, 1850, when he went to reside at St. Mary's Seminary,
Cleveland, for a few months. In the latter part of 1850 he
assumed charge of Painesville, as first resident pastor. At
once he secured the present church lot and had moved on it
an old carpenter shop, which he bought and changed it into a
temporary church. From Painesville he attended as missions,
South Thompson, Willoughby and Conneaut. He left Paines-
ville and the diocese, in the summer of 1852, to join his life-
long friend, Bishop Lamy, in the hard missionary life of
New Mexico. On his way thither he fell a victim to cholera
at St. Louis, Mo., where he died July — , 1852.
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254. PONCHEL, Rev. Narcissus, was born at Hermelin-
ghen, France, September 19, 1825; completed his studies for
the priesthood in the Diocesan Seminary, Cleveland, where he
was ordained by Bishop Rappe, January 1, 185 1. Till March,
185 1, he attended Avon from Cleveland, and was then sent as
assistant to Rev. Philip Foley, pastor of St. Francis de Sales',
Toledo, remaining until 1854. During his stay at Toledo, he
also had charge of the missions of Six Mile Woods (1851-52),
Providence (1851-54), Toussaint (1852-53), and Maumee
(1852-53). February, 1854, he was appointed pastor of
Doylestown and attended Canal Fulton as a mission till Jan-
uary, 1855, when he accepted a professorship at St. John's
College, then in existence in Cleveland. He retained this
position till 1856, when Bishop Rappe sent him to Norwalk to
take charge of St. Peter's congregation, and to organize the
Knglish-speaking Catholics of the same town as a congrega-
tion (St. Mary's), whose present church was commenced and
nearly completed under his direction. He was pastor of St.
Peter's till 1S5S, and of St. Mary's till his death, September
15, i860. His remains repose beneath the church he built,
and in it a memorial tablet is erected to his memory. Father
Ponchel was a man of fine acquirements, a priestly character,
and a thorough gentleman. By his refined manners and
gentle ways he made friends of all who had dealings with him.
To this day his memory is cherished by Protestants and
Catholics of Norwalk, and wherever he labored in the diocese.
_55. PRAESSAR, Rev. Hugo (Jesuit), was born January 1 1,
[838, at Ahrlweiler, diocese of Treves; ordained August 27,
[863; in this country since September, 1868; was assistant .it
St. Mary's Toledo, from 1S71 to 1873. No record of his
present residence.
256. PRENDERGAST, Rev. Michael, was bom, educated
ami ordained in Ireland, lb- was received into tin' diocese of
Cleveland in 1855, and stationed at the Cathedral for a
lew months. ||i> next appointment was Summitville, with
Leetonia, Niles, Youngstown and Warren as missions, April,
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1856, to 1858. He then left the diocese and resided with the
Sanguinists at Wapakoneta, (diocese of Cincinnati,) from
which place he attended Lima for a short time in 1861. Dur-
ing this last mentioned year he affiliated with the diocese
of St. Paul, Minn., where he was pastor at Winona. He died
about 1862.
257. PROST, Very Rev. Joseph (Redemptorist), was born
in Austria, January, 1804; ordained July 16, 1832; came to the
United States in 1834; attended Peru, Huron county, between
1835 and 1839; was Provincial of the Redemptorists in the
United States between 1840 and 1843; returned to Europe;
died at Puchheim, Austria, March 19, 1885.
258. PUETZ, Rev. Anselm (Franciscan), Avas born at
Dueren, diocese of Cologne, Prussia, September 1, 1834;
ordained September 1, 1862; in the United States since July,
1875; belonged to Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from
1884 to July, 1885. He is now in the diocese of Chicago, 111.
259. • QUINN, Rev. Bernard, was born in Ireland in 1840.
He made his studies for the ministry, in part, at St. Mary's
Seminary, Cleveland, and was ordained by Bishop Rappe,
July 3, 1864. Was then sent to Louisville, Stark county, as
professor in the college then and there in existence, where he
remained till some time in 1865. He was appointed first res-
ident pastor of Upper Sandusky, but retained this position
only two months. His next and last appointment in this
diocese was St. Joseph's, Maumee, where he remained till
some time in 1866, when he left the diocese of Cleveland.
He is now in Colorado.
260. QUINN, Rev. Edmund, a native of Ireland, made his
ecclesiastical studies at Bardstown, Ky., and was ordained at
Cincinnati by Bishop Fen wick, January 1, 1831. He was the
first resident pastor of St. Mary's, Tiffin, receiving his appoint-
ment in May, 1831, after having done pastoral duty in Cin-
cinnati. He organized St. Mary's congregation, Tiffin, and
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had its first (brick) church built on a lot near the present
Ursuline Convent. From Tiffin he attended the Catholic
families along and near the Miami canal, from Providence,
Lucas count}-, O., to Peru, Indiana, at which latter place he
died, September 5, 1835, a victim of the dreaded Maumee
fever. He was a most zealous, self-sacrificing priest.
271. QUINN, Rev. John, was born at Kanturk, County
Cork, Ireland, December 1, 1824. He came to this country
in 1S52, and two years later entered St. Mary's Seminar)',
Cleveland, where he made his theological studies. June
13, 1858, he was elevated to the priesthood by Bishop
Rappe, who sent him, the following month, as assist-
ant at St. Francis de Sales' Church, Toledo. There he
remained till December, i860, when he was appointed pas-
tor of St. Mary's, Norwalk. He held this charge till April,
[864, besides attending the mission of Wakeman about one
year, [863-64. At Norwalk the church, commenced by his
predecessor, Rev. X. Ponchel, was completed under his
direction. April, 1864, he was appointed Superior of the
Diocesan Seminary, and one of its professors. This post
of honor he filled most acceptably till July, 1866, when his
impaired health, never robust, obliged him to retire for a
while for much needed rest and medical treatment. In 1867,
he felt himself again able to take charge of a congregation.
He \\a^ accordingly appointed pastor of St. Ann's, Fremont.
This char-.- he held till August, [868, when he was trans-
ferred to the pastorate of the Immaculate- Conception congrc-
tion, Toledo. The present frame church, school and brick
pastoral residence were built under his direction. In May.
[878, he was removed to St. Mary's, Wakeman, where he
remained till obliged by sickness to cease all pastoral work.
January, |NX;. He lingered in patiently borne sickness at St.
Vincent's Hospital, Toledo, until death released him, March
[887. IIi> remains are buried at Sandusky.
Ql l\\. Rev. William, I ) 1)., a native of Ireland, was
bom in Limerick, October 14, [839. For nine years he was
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a student at the Propaganda, Rome, and was there ordained
for the diocese of Dublin. He came from Cincinnati to Cleve-
land in September, 1873, and was appointed one of the pro-
fessors at the Seminary, but remained only till the following
March. He died at Valetta, Isle of Malta, November 25, 1885.
He was an able professor, a fine classical scholar and an
eloquent preacher.
263. REICHERT, Rev. Augustine (Sanguinist), was born
at Nersloch, Baden, February 20, 1831 ; in America since
1834 ; ordained at New Rie'gel for the Sanguinists, by Bishop
Rappe, November 21, 1853; was in this diocese, at Thompson,
as assistant, with charge of neighboring missions, from June,
1854, to November, 1855 ; again from 1856 to 1859 as
pastor of Glandorf; from i860 to 1863 as pastor of New
Riegel ; and again as pastor of Glandorf, from 1863 to May,
1874, when he was sent by his superior to Kansas, where he
is at present doing pastoral duty.
264. REINHARDT, Rev. Joseph, born in Germany about
1842, was ordained for this diocese by Bishop Rappe, January
22, 1865. New Bavaria (Poplar Ridge) was his first appoint-
ment, May, 1865, to May, 1867. For a few months he also
attended Perrysburg as a mission. His next charge was
Upper Sandusky, with Bucyrus and Kirby as missions.
Whilst on his way to Bucyrus to meet Bishop Rappe, who
had arranged to give confirmation there, he was killed, Feb-
ruary 22, 1868, by being rudely thrown off a freight train he had
boarded contrary to the railroad company's rules— no passen-
ger train being available by which he could reach Bucyrus in
time for the ceremony at which he intended to assist. His
untimely and sad death cast a gloom over the entire com-
munity of Upper Sandusky, where he was highly esteemed by
all classes for his amiable qualities. His remains are buried
at Upper Sandusky.
265. REVIS, Rev. Wenceslas, was born at Wodnau, Bohe-
mia; ordained in the year 1846; came to America in 1852^
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and was on the mission in the dioceses of Philadelphia, Alton
and Nashville. He left Nashville during the civil war and
returned to his native country. At the close of the war. in
1865, he went back to Nashville, remaining till 1870, when he
accepted an invitation from Very Rev. Administrator Hannin
to take charge of St. Wenceslas' (Bohemian) Congregation,
Cleveland. He came in January, 1870, and remained till
March, 1 S 7 3 . While pastor of St. Wenceslas' he shared the
fate of his predecessor, Father Krasney, by being vilified and
persecuted by his infidel countrymen, and some of his par-
ishioners, who did all they could to obstruct his pastoral work
and embitter his stay among them. Disheartened he left his
difficult charge and went to the diocese of Chicago, where he
remained till death, at Feehanville, June 19, 1886. Father
Revis was a zealous priest and an eloquent preacher.
266. RHEINDORFF, Rev. Romuald, (Franciscan), a native
of the city of Cologne, was born July 22, 1856; edu-
cated by the Franciscans in Cologne, Teutopolis, 111., and St.
Louis, Mo., and ordained in St. Louis for their Order May 12,
[883, by Bishop Machebeuf, of Denver, Col. He did pastoral
work in St. Louis till July, 1885. In the following month he
was sent to the Franciscan Monaster}-, Cleveland, as assist-
tant at St. Joseph's Church. He left Cleveland in October,
[887. L now in Franciscan Monaster}- at Teutopolis, 111.
2<>y. RICHARD, Rev. Charles Hermann ('Jesuit), was born
at Osnabrueck, Hanover, Ma}- 8, 1834; ordained August 25,
[867; came to America, October, [867; was stationed at St.
Mary's, Toledo, as assistant from [869 to 1872.
268. RlNGELE, Rev. Jacob (Sanguinist), was born, 1806,
at Doettingen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland; ordained
Di 1 mber 21, [842; came to the United States 1 >ecember ; 1 .
1843. He was engaged on tin- mission in Northern Ohio
am! diocese <>\ Cleveland between [845 and [865i and from
1870 till his death, December 15. 1871. Among his charges
were Peru 184; ; Cleveland [848 49 ; Dungannon 185
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Defiance (about 1855); Shelby Settlement (1855-56); Thomp-
son (1865-66) and New Riegel, (1867) in all of which places he
was full of zeal for religion, and did faithful missionary work.
269. ROEDIGER, Rev. Edmund (Franciscan), was born at
Kalmerode, Eichfeld, Prussia, in 1857 (?); ordained at Teuto-
polis, 111., May 28, 1882; in Cleveland Monastery from July,
1883, to April, 1884. Is at present on the mission in China.
270. ROESSNER, Rev. Clement (Sanguinist), was born at
St. Peter's, Mercer county, Ohio, September 20, 1849; edu-
cated by and for the Sanguinists at Carthagena, Ohio;
ordained January 20, 1876; was in this diocese as pastor of
Ottawa, 1876-77; then of New Riegel from July, 1878 to
August, 1880. He died in the diocese of Nashville, October
1, 1887.
271. ROETZER, Rev. J. M., was born in Bavaria about
1834. He came to Cleveland in 1856; was received by Bishop
Rappe as a student for this diocese, and by him ordained
June 26, 1859. Was professor at the seminary for a short time
after his ordination; then pastor of Findlay, i860, till March,
1862, meanwhile attending Fostoria as a mission. He was
next in charge of French Creek, as resident pastor, from
March to September, 1862, during that time also attending
Avon and Sheffield. He then left the diocese. Died a few
years after in Michigan. Date or place of death not recorded.
272. ROLLINET, Rev. August Joseph, was born, 1796, at
Long-Sancey, diocese of Besancon, France; studied for the
ministry at Aix la-Chapelle; was ordained about 1820, and
after doing pastoral work in his native diocese came to
America in 1849. Remaining a few months in Canada, he
came to Ohio and was appointed pastor of Calmoutier,
Holmes county, which charge he held till 185 1. He then
joined the Society of Mary at Dayton. During the absence
of the pastor, Rev. L. F. D'Arcy, he had temporary charge of
the congregation at Louisville, Stark county, June, 1857, till
Ursuline Convent, Toledo, Ohio.
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June, 1858. In 1859 he left the Society of Mary and again
received the pastorate of Calmoutier, where he died suddenly,
January 1, 1859. Father Rollinet was a most zealous priest,
and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him.
2~$. R.OOS, Rev. John, a Bavarian, was born in 1832, at
Dirmstein, diocese of Speyer; came to the United States in
1850. After finishing his studies at St. Mary's Seminary,
Cleveland, he was ordained by Bishop Rappe, June 1, 1856.
lie was sent to St. Ann's, Fremont, shortly after his ordina-
tion, remaining till December, 1857. During his pastorate
the German members of St. Ann's left, organizing a separate
congregation, known as St. Joseph's. From Fremont he
attended Clyde and several other missions in Sandusky
county. December, 1857, he was sent to St. John's, Canton,
remaining till August, 1858, when he apostatized and became
a member and minister of the Episcopal sect. Is now and
has been for man}- years a resident minister of an Episcopal
congregation in Baltimore, and is known as Rev. Rose.
274. ROSENBAUM, Rev. Balthasar (Jesuit), was born at
Enskirchen, Rhenish Prussia, October 5, 1847; was ordained
in Liverpool, ling., by the Bishop of that diocese, the Rt. Rev.
Bernard < >'Reilly, August 31, 1877; was on the mission in
England till September, 1 SS 5, when he was sent by his supe-
rior to St. Mary's, Toledo, as assistant, remaining till August,
[886. lie now resides at Buffalo.
2~y Roth, Rev. Francis Xavier, a native of Alsace,
France, attended Avon, Lorain count}-, between 1S4; and
[847. lie was next stationed at the Cathedral from Novem-
ber, [847, to February, [848, when he left the diocese. In
1854 he was in the diocese of Detroit, where he died.
Roupp, Rev. Nicholas, was born at Puttelan
Lorraine, France, April 25, 1825; studied in the Diocesan
Seminaries of Metz and Cleveland. Was ordained by Bishop
Rappe, August 1 5i 1849. Shell)}- Settlement was his first
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appointment, August I, 1849, to February, 185 1, with Galion
as a mission. He was then called to the Cathedral, Cleveland,
to attend to the Catholic Germans, remaining till June, 1853,
when he received the pastorate of St. Peter's, Norwalk. This
charge he held till September, 1854, when he was sent
to Maumee, where he remained till June, 1858. He was
appointed pastor of St. Mary's, Massillon, December, 1858,
after a six months' visit to his native country. From Mas-
sillon he was transferred to St. Mary's, Sandusky, November,
1863, and remained till he left the diocese, June, 1864; returned
to the diocese of Metz, where he is still engaged in the min-
istry.
277. Rudolf, Rev. George P., was born at Ems, Canton
Chur, Switzerland, September 13, 1843. After completing
his studies in the Diocesan Seminary, Cleveland, he was
ordained by Bishop Rappe, May 16, 1868. He had the fol-
lowing pastoral appointments in this diocese : Defiance, St.
John's, May, 1868, to August, 1869; Port Clinton, with La
Prairie, Marblehead and Toussaint as missions, from Novem-
ber, 1869, to March, 1871 ; Liverpool, to September, 1872 ;
Milan, to January, 1875 ; Clyde, to March, 1879; Findlay, to
March, 18.81, when he was relieved of all pastoral duty. He
then left the diocese and ministry.
278. Ruff, Rev. Engelbert (Sanguinist), was born at St.
Maergen, Baden, October 5, 1817 ; came to this country in
1845 ; was ordained at Thompson, Seneca county, for the
Sanguinists, by Bishop Rappe, February 23, 1848. He
labored on the mission in this diocese, in the following places:
New Riegel, 1848 to 1854; Thompson and neigboring mis-
sions till 1867, when he was sent by his superior to missions
in other dioceses. He is now stationed at Lawrenceburg,
Tennessee.
279. Russ, Rev. Bernard (Sanguinist), was born at Min-
ster, Auglaize county, Ohio, December 25, 185 1; made his
studies at St. Charles' Seminary, Carthagena, Ohio ; was
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ordained at Cincinnati by Archbishop Purcell, May 17, 1879 ;
was assistant at Glandorf, Putnam county, Ohio, from May
3 1, 1S79, to November 15, 1880. He was then sent on the
mission in Kansas, remaining till January, 1883. Since then
he has had various positions in the diocese of Cincinnati. Is
at present stationed in Mercer county, Ohio.
280. SAENDERL, Rev. Simon (Redemptorist), was born
at Malgersdorf, Bavaria, September 30, 1800; ordained June 2.
1825; came to the United States, March, 1832; was stationed
at Peru, Huron county, between 1835-36, and occasionally
attended Wolf's Creek (New Riegel), during this time; was
pastor of St. John's Canton, 1836-37; left the Redemptorists
in 1847, and joined the Trappists at Gethsemani, Ky., where
he received the Habit, March 15, 1852. Died at Gethsemani
February 22, 1879.
281. SALAUN, Rev. John F., was born at Finistere,
France, November 18, 1818; was educated in France, and
ordained at Point Croix, diocese of Ouimper, by Bishop
Graverond, June 10, 1843. Came to the diocese of Cleveland
December, [855, and shortly after his arrival he was appointed
Superior of St. Mary's Seminary. This position he held with
distinction till August, 1864, when he left the diocese. For
many years he has been doing pastoral duty at South Orange,
diocese of Newark, X. J., where he is now stationed. Whilst
superior of Cleveland Seminary he had charge of the follow-
ing missions: Hudson, Euclid and Newburgh (Cleveland).
2^>2. SANNER, Rev. Sebastian, was born, educated and
ordained in Germany. lb' was received into this diocese by
Bishop Rappe, in 1848, and sent to Calmoutier, Holmes
count)-. In 1849 he was appointed assistant to Rev. Philip
»r of St. Francis de Sales' church, Toledo, and
ended the Catholic Germans residing tjiere. In [850 he
was given the pastorate of St. Joseph's, Maumee, from which
place he attended New Bavaria, Si* Mile Woods, Defiance
and Providence. December, 1853, he was transferred to
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Shelby Settlement, where he remained till he left the diocese,
September, 1854.
283. SCHALK, Rev. Frederick (Sanguinist), was born in
New Riegel, Seneca county, Ohio, March 2, 1850; educated
by the Sanguinists at Carthagena, Mercer county, Ohio,
and for them ordained by Archbishop Purcell, January 17,
1873; was pastor of Ottawa, Putnam county, from February,
1873, to February, 1876. Is at present stationed at Wapa-
koneta, diocese of Cincinnati.
284. SCHEDLER, Rev. Caspar (Sanguinist), was born at
Schwabeck, Bavaria, May 6, 1842; came to the United States in
1866, and was ordained for the Sanguinists by Archbishop
Purcell, November 21, 1868. Was in this diocese as assistant
at New Riegel from August, 1869, to September, 1870, and
during that time also attended Big Springs. He has since
been in the diocese of Cincinnati.
285. SCHELBERT, Rev. Aloysius (Sanguinist), was born
at Monthenthal, Canton Schwyz, Switzerland, October 12,
1813; ordained July 28, 1850, and came to this country
October of the same year. He was in the diocese of Cleve-
land between October, 1853, and November, 1864, viz.; at Glan-
dorf till November, 1858 and at New Riegel till 1864. His
superior then appointed him pastor of Himmelgarten, Mercer
county, O. In 1865 he was sent to St. Joseph's, same county,
where he remained till July, 1876, when he returned to
Europe (Schellenberg, Austria), remaining there as pastor
and local superior of the Sanguinist Convent till his death,
April 10, 1878.
286. Scherer, Rev. Peter D., a Swiss, was born at Lies-
berg, June 29, 1840; made his studies for the ministry in his
native town and at Mt. Calvary, Wis., with the Capuchins,
for whose Order he was ordained by Bishop Henni, July 25,
1863. As a Capuchin he held various positions from 1863 to
1886, eight in all. December, 1887, the Holy See permitted
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him to become a secular priest. As such he was received
pro tempore by Bishop Gilmour, who appointed him resident
pastor of Independence, with charge of Brighton as a mission.
He remained till June, 1888, when he was recalled to the dio-
cese of Solothurn, Switzerland, to which he had been assigned,
when secularized by the Holy See.
287. SCHILL, Rev. Kilian, (Sanguinist), was born at
Henweiler, Baden, July 8, 1854; educated at St. Charles'
Seminary, Carthagena, Ohio, and there ordained by Arch-
bishop Elder, June 8, 1882; was assistant at Glandorf, from
September, 1882, to July, 1885. Is now stationed in Mercer
count}', diocese of Cincinnati.
288. SCHLOESSER, Rev. Kilian (Franciscan), was born at
Cologne, Rhenish Prussia, May 9, 1826; ordained March it,
[857; in the United States since 1 860. Was superior of
Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from 1871 to 1879, a "d
pastor of St. Joseph's, same city, from 1871 to July, 1885.
During his pastorate in Cleveland the Franciscan Monastery
and the present church of St. Joseph's congregation were
built. lie is at present pastor at Santa Barbara, in the dio-
cese of Monterey, Cal.
289. SCHMIDT, Rev. — , (Sanguinist?); at Thompson from
[856 to [857. No other record of him.
290. SCHMITZ, Rev. Meinolph (Franciscan), was born in
the city of Cologne, Germany, February [6, [840; came to
America, December, [867; ordained February 7, 1868; was a
member o\ tin- Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from 1875*0
1X711. Is now stationed in Chicago.
S< n\i ii'i 1:, Rev. Thomas (Franciscan), was born
1 1 cember ji, [850, al Neustadt, Silesia; in the United States
sinc< October, 1869; ordained June [8, [878; was attached to
the Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from July, 188 1 , to July,
1885, during which time he was also pastor ol Parma .in^
Independent ll«- is now a secular priest and stationed in
the dio( 1 si- « >i t irand Rapids.
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292. SCHOCH, Rev. Theobald (Sanguinist), was born at
St. Peter's, Mercer county, O., July 24, 1848; educated for and
by the Sanguinists at Carthagena, O.; ordained by Bishop
Dwenger, January 18, 1873. He was in the diocese of Cleve-
land from February, 1873, to September, 1875, as pastor of
St. Peter's, Big Springs, and of St. Joseph's, Crawfordsville,
till June, 1875. At present he has charge of one of the San-
guinist missions in Mercer county, Ohio.
293. SCHORi;, Rev. Basil, was born, 18 10, in Adams
county, Pa.; ordained by Bishop Purcell at Cincinnati, May
20, 1837. Shortly after his ordination he was sent to Chip-
pewa, near Doylestown, Wayne county, from which place he
attended the missions of Canal Fulton, St. John's, Canton
(1837), Massillon (1843), Peru (1849), Liverpool, Randolph,
Wooster (1842). In 1843 he left Ohio and returned to Penn-
sylvania, where he died as pastor of York, April 4, 1871.
294. SCHWEIGER, Rev. Andrew J. M., was stationed
in Cleveland, from October, 1852, till some time in 1853, to
minister to the spiritual wants of the Catholic Germans. No
other record of him.
295. SCHWEITZER, Rev. Clement (Sanguinist), was born
in Baden, Germany, 18 10; ordained by Bishop Rappe for the
Sanguinists in 1849; was stationed at Thompson, Seneca
county, from 1849 till his death, April 23, 1850.
296. SCHWICK, Rev. Joseph (Jesuit), was assistant at St.
Mary's Church, Toledo, from November, 1877, to October 12,
1878. On latter date he left the Jesuits and became a secular
priest. He is now stationed in the diocese of Grand Rapids.
297. SEEBERGER, Rev. Cosmas (Sanguinist), was born
at Frastanz, near Feldkirch, Austria, March 4, 1840; in the
United States since January, 1866; ordained for the Sanguin-
ists June 30, 1874; was assistant at New Riegel and pastor of
Big Springs from October, 1875, to December, 1876. He is
now in the diocese of Kansas City, Mo.
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298. SOMMER, Rev. Severin, was received by Bishop
Rappe, October, 1854, and appointed resident pastor of
Shelby Settlement, where he remained about a year, when he
left the diocese. No other record of him.
299. SPICHER, Rev. Peter (Jesuit), was born in Switzer-
land, Canton Freiburg, December 22, 181 1. He joined the
Society of Jesus, October I, 1832, and was ordained in 1842.
After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Switzerland he came
to America in 1848, and was appointed professor of theology
for the members of the Society of Jesus at St. Louis, Mo. So
highly were his learning, his virtues, and his zeal in the care
of souls appreciated, that he was put first on the list of candi-
dates for the Episcopal See to be erected in Quincy, later
transferred to Alton, 111. Aware of this he returned to
Europe. For many years he was superior of several Houses
of the Society in Germany, and was also for a time Master of
Novices. In 1868 he returned to this country to found a
mission of the German Jesuits, of which he was appointed
first superior the following year. He took up his residence
at Toledo, O., where Bishop Rappe had given the' Jesuit
Fathers of the Buffalo Province charge of St. Mary's Church.
Relieved at his request in 1870 of the office of superior, he
went to Buffalo, N. Y ., where he died at St. Ann's Church on
March 29, 1874. leather Spicher was a man of rare charity,
meekness and humility, — qualities which endeared him every-
where to clergy and laity.
300. SPIERINGS, Rev. Gerard Augustine, a native of Hol-
land, was born at I'den, August 24, [828, where also he was
educated for the ministry. He was ordained by Mgr. Caroli,
Bishop of Cambray, Prance, November 17, 1855. October,
65, he was received into the diocese of Cleveland, and
appointed pastor of Upper Sandusky. There he remained till
April, 1867, when he was scut to Dungannon. This charge
he retained till [869, when he left the diocese. While pastor
Upper Sandusky he also attended Kirby [865 66), and
Bucyrus November, [865, April, [867). Since [869 he has
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been on the mission in New Jersey, and is at present pastor
of Keyport, diocese of Trenton.
^501. STEIN, Rev. George, a native of Baden, was in this
diocese from 1852 to 1858, first as pastor of Randolph, till 1857,
then for a few months in 1858, pastor of St. Mary's, Massillon,
when he left the diocese. No other record of him.
302. STREMLER, Rev. James, D. D., was born, educated
and ordained in Lorraine, France. About 1859 he received
the doctorate at Rome, where he was chaplain for three years
of the collegiate church of St. Louis of France. Came to
this diocese from Laval L T niversity, Quebec, and was superior
of St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, from September, 1866, to
August, 1870, when he left ; then affiliated with the diocese
of Alton, and later with Vincennes, (1873), where he now is
as pastor of Floyd Knobs, Ind.
303. STROKER, Rev. Francis, was born at Strokestown,
County Rosscommon, Ireland, in 1829. He made his theo-
logical studies at the Seminary in Cleveland, and was ordained
by Bishop Rappe, December 11, 1853. Dungannon was his
first appointment, December, 1853, to June, 1855. He was
then transferred to Summitville, where he remained till April,
1856. Whilst resident pastor of Dungannon and Summitville,
he also had charge of several missions: Niles- (1853-56), War-
ren (1853-56), and St. Columba's, Youngstown, (1853-54).
April, 1856, he left this diocese and was received by Bishop
Henni, of Milwaukee, in whose diocese he remained as pastor
of Milford, Wis., till death, some time in 1864. He was killed
by railway cars.
304. STUECKER, Rev. Ouirinus (Franciscan), a native ot
Germany, was born at Bidefeld, August 6, 185 1; educated for
the sacred ministry at Teutopolis and St. Louis; ordained in
latter city for the Franciscans by Bishop Ryan, June 21, 1879.
Owing to illness shortly after his ordination he was unable to
do duty till August, 1880, when he attended pastoral work
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at Teutopolis till October, 1887. He was then sent to the
Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, where he remained from
October 13, 1887, to August 7, 1888. His superiors then sent
him on the mission to Hermann, Mo.
305. SULLIVAN, Rev. Francis Augustine, was born in
Ireland, August 2, 1837. He was received by Bishop Rappe,
and after a few years' stay in the Diocesan Seminary, was sent
to the Sulpitian Seminary at Paris to complete his studies.
There he remained about three years. On his return he was
ordained by Bishop Rappe, December 2, i860. January after
his ordination he was appointed one of the professors at St.
Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, and for a few months attended
Ravenna and Newburgh (Cleveland). In the latter place he
commenced the erection of the old church (Holy Rosary) on
North Park street. Owing to failing health he resigned his
position as professor and accepted the pastorate of St. Mary's,
Elyria, August, 1863, with charge of Vermillion as a mission.
He died of consumption at Elyria, February 4, 1864.
306. SUTER, Rev. Aloysius (Jesuit), was born at Mutathal,
Canton Schwyz, Switzerland, February 16, 1 835 ; ordained
September 10, [867; in this country since September, 1868;
was assistant at St. Mary's, Toledo, from 1876 to 1880. He
is now stationed in the diocese of Davenport, low a.
307. THIELE, Rev. Henry L., was born in the diocese of
Miiinst. r, Germany, [819; ordained by Bishop Baraga for the
diocese of Marquette, in [854; received into the diocese of
veland in [86l and sent to Akron, where he organized St.
Bernard's congregation, remaining till May, [863. His next
appointment was St. Joseph's congregation, Massillon, wh<
first resident pastor in- was, July, [863, to December, [8
During this time he also attended Navarre (Bethlehem).
I rom January to June, 1865, he had charge of St. Martin's,
Liverpool. He then returned to the diocese of Marquette
where he did pastoral duty till [873, when he went to Notre
Dame, [nd. There he died August 17, of same year. He
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was a man of fine literary taste and wrote much for maga-
zines and other periodicals.
308. THIENPONT, Rev. Emanuel, a native of Belgium,
was ordained in Cincinnati, January 20, 1833, by Bishop
Rosati, of St. Louis. In 1835 he was also at St. Mary's, Tiffin,
for six months as successor to Rev. E. Quinn. From 1836 to
1842 he was pastor of the Catholic Germans of Dayton. In
1837 he was sent to attend the missions along the Miami
Canal as far north as Toledo. Next he had charge of Ports-
mouth, Steubenville and other places. Died October 19, 1873,
aged about 70 years.
309. THOMA, Rev. John M. (Sanguinist), was born at
Werbach, Baden, August 13, 1833; educated at Rome, and
there ordained for the Sanguinists, August 19, 1857. After
doing pastoral duty in Europe till 1868, he came to this dio-
cese during the same year, and from Thompson, under direc-
tion of the Provincial of the Sanguinists, attended St. Sebas-
tian's congregation, Sherman (Bismarck), from July, 1868, to
July, 1869. He then returned to Europe, but came back to
this country, February, 1886, as a. secular priest, and was
received into the diocese of St. Joseph, Mo., where, as pastor
of New Hirrlingen, he died April 18, 1887.
310. TlGHE, Rev. Denis, was born in Ireland; received
into the Diocesan Seminary, Cleveland, about 1855. Before
completing his studies for the ministry he was ordained by
Bishop Rappe, in 1857, and sent to Holy Angels', Sandusky,
as assistant to Father Caron. In 1859 he was appointed pas-
tor of Summitville, remaining till September, 1864, meanwhile
attending East Liverpool, and Wellsville as missions. He
was then appointed first resident pastor of St. Bridget's,
Cleveland, which position he held till his death, June 19, 1866.
His simplicity of character and earnest piety made him a
living example for those committed to his spiritual guidance.
311. TsCHENHENS, Rev. F. X. (Redemptorist), was born
in Holland, July 24, 1801; ordained August 15, 1827. He
was among the first Redemptorists that came to the United
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States, landing June 20, 1832. He went directly to Cincinnati,
where he resided for some time. In 1834 Bishop Purcell sent
him to Peru, Huron county, whence he attended Tiffin, New
Riegel, McCutchcnville, Norwalk, Sandusky and Fremont.
He had charge of Peru till 1839, but returned in 1841 from
Pittsburgh, where he had been appointed superior of a
Redemptorist convent he established there. He remained
for nearly one year, when he was recalled to Pittsburgh.
Wherever he labored on the mission in Northern Ohio his
memory is revered by the old Catholic settlers yet living, as
that of a saintly, self-sacrificing minister of God. His last
visit to Ohio was in December, 1858, when he preached the
funeral sermon of a dear friend and former parishioner of his,
who died in Tiffin. lie was a priest devoted to his work with
apostolic zeal. He died at Baltimore, May 10, 1877.
312. Cm. M.\\\, Rev. John Baptist, was born at Con-
stance, Baden, February 19, 1804; ordained at Freiburg,
Baden, by Archbishop Bernard Boll, September 17, 1828.
Till [850 he did pastoral duty in the diocese of Freiburg,
when he concluded to go to America, owing to the continued
disturbed condition of his native Baden, caused by the Revo-
lution in 184S. In 1852 he was received by Bishop Rappe
and appointed pastor of St. Joseph's, Tiffin, where he built
the fust pastoral residence. From Tiffin he also attended
Liberty, [853 5'»- He remained at Tiffin from September,
1852, till May, 1856, when he was transferred to St. Peter's,
Canton. He remained there from June, [856, till June, [864,
when he was appointed pastor ol St. Mary's, Sandusky, where
he resided till he left the diocese to return to his native
country, July, [865. lie died at Bonndorf, Baden, February
[8, [882. Father Chlmann was a man of varied and deep
learning and an eloquent preacher.
;i ;. Van den Broi K, Rev. John Sanguinis! , was horn
at < Iss, Province of Nord Braband, Holland, December ;. 18 19;
was ordained at Feldkirch, June 19, [843, and came to the
United States in December of same year. He had pastoral
1 86 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE
charge of the following places in this diocese : Randolph, about
1845; assistant at Louisville, with charge of New Berlin, 1848 to
1849; Tiffin, St. Joseph's, 1850; French Creek and Avon, [851
to 1853; New Riegel, 1854 to 1856; Liverpool, 1859 to 1861.
Since then he has been in the diocese of Cincinnati.
314. Van de Weyer, Rev. A. F. (Dominican), a native
of Holland, attended Dungannon, between November, 1833,
and April, 1835, and Louisville, Stark county, from Canton,
between 1835 and 1838. No other record of him.
315. VlERE, Rev. Christian, was born at Osnabrueck,
Prussia, October 9, 1831 ; ordained March 14, 1856 ; came to
America in 1865. He was received into the diocese of Cleve-
land in 1866, and appointed pastor of Fort Jennings, remain-
ing till September, 1867, when he was made pastor of St.
Mary's, Toledo. In August, 1869, he was transferred to St.
John's, Defiance, of which charge he was relieved by Bishop
Gilmour, October, 1878. He then left the ministry, and now
resides at Fort Jennings, Putnam county, O.
316. VlGEAUT, Rev. Alfred, a Canadian, was born at St.
Mary de Monnoir, Province of Quebec, May 10, 1844; ordained
at Rimouski by Bishop Langevin, October 12, 1873; was in
this diocese as pastor of Toussaint and La Prairie, from June,
1 88 1, to February, 1883. He then left the diocese and was
received into the Vicariate of Dakota.
317. VOISARD, Rev. Joseph A., was born at Indevilliers,
(Doubs) France, June 29, 1828; ordained at Besancon, France,
September 18, 1858. Came to the diocese of Toronto,
November of same year. Was received into the diocese of
Cleveland, September, 1865, and appointed pastor of St.
Ann's, Fremont, which he found in a disturbed and rebellious
condition. He soon became dissatisfied with his charge and
returned to Canada in April, 1866, and has been there ever
since, doing pastoral duty — now at Fort Erie, Ontario.
318. VOEM, Rev. Frederick A., a native of Baden, was
ordained at Cincinnati by Bishop Purcell, December, i860.
SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY. 187
He was in the diocese of Cleveland from Jul}-, 1866, to March,
[867, as pastor of Millersville. He was next at Goshen, Ind.,
diocese of Fort Wayne, for a short time and then disap-
peared. Xo other record of him.
319. VUILLEMOT, Rev. F., was born in the diocese
of Nancy, Lorraine, about 1834; was ordained at Nancy in
[859; came to the diocese of Cleveland, April, 1864; was
assistant to Rev. L. Hoffer, at Louisville, from May to July of
same year. Then he was sent to St. Mary's Seminary, Cleve-
land, where he taught philosophy for a few months. Returned
to France in 1865. where he is at present.
320. WALSH, Rev. Francis (Basilian), was born at Kings-
ton; Ontario, in 1^43; was ordained at Louisville, Stark
count)-, for the Basilians, by Bishop Rappe; was at Louisville
liege, as professor, about four years, [868-72. He is now
stationed in Colorado.
J2I. WALSH, Rev. Thomas, born in County Cork, Ire-
land, about [830, was ordained by Bishop Rappe, January,
[854, and appointed assistant at the Cathedral, whence he
also attended Berea for a few months in 1854. He remained
at the Cathedral till December, 1856, when he went to the
dio( of Alton, 111. He was pastor of St. Joseph's Church,
Cairo, III. Whilst preaching he suddenly took seriously ill
and shortly after died, March 5, [863. He was a fine preacher
and of amiable disposition. Whilst at the Cathedral, Cleve-
land, he was the ordinary confessor of the students at the
Seminary, by whom he was loved and highly esteemed as a
wise spiritual direct »r. m
Walsh, Rev. Thomas J., was bom near Wexford,
inty Wexford, Ireland, in [828; was educated for the min-
istry in Wexford < College, and St. Mary's Seminary, ( ileveland;
ordained l>> Bishop Rappe, July -, [852, and appointed
toi ol St. Ann's, Fremont, remaining till [856, when he
was sent to St. Vincent's, Akron. From Akron he attended
1 88 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE
Ravenna. In 1858 he was appointed pastor of Summitville,
where he remained till 1859, when he was received into
the diocese of Wheeling. Some time later he affiliated with
the diocese of Alton, and lastly with that of St. Joseph,
Mo. In these three dioceses he labored on the missions
about twenty-two years, the last two years as pastor of St.
Patrick's, in the city of St. Joseph, Mo., where he died almost
suddenly November 27, 188 1, after ailing about sixteen
months of heart disease.
323. WARDV, Rev. Charles Thaddeus, was born, educated
and ordained in France. He came to this diocese from St.
Catharine's, diocese of Toronto, July, 1865, and was sent to
Port Clinton, with charge of La Prairie and Toussaint as
missions. He remained till Jul)*, 1866. October of same
year he was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's, Toledo, which
charge he held till 1868, meanwhile attending Sylvania; also
the Asylum and Ursuline Convent, Toledo, as chaplain. In
1870 he was sent to Kelley's Island, remaining there till 1874.
During his pastorate of this place he also attended Put-in-
Bay. New Bavaria (Poplar Ridge), was his next appoint-
ment, where he remained till he left the diocese, October,
1875. He was received into the diocese of Fort Wayne,
where he remained till in 1879, when he joined the Benedic-
tines. Died at Monte Casino Priory, near Covington, Ky.,
October 29, 1880. He was a zealous priest. Although he
learned the English language late in life he had perfect com-
mand of it, speaking and writing it with greatest ease.
324. WEBER, Rev. Peter (Sanguinist), was born in Ger-
man)'. Date and place of birth or ordination not recorded.
Had charge of St. Joseph's congregation, Randolph, from
185 1 to 1853; Harrisburg from 1853 to 1854, with New Ber-
lin as a mission. He attended the Catholic Germans of
Cleveland, between October, 1850 and March, 185 1; Avon
and French Creek in 1851-54. In 1854 he left the diocese and
the Sanguinists; was received into the diocese of Vincennes,
where he was appointed pastor of New Alsace, Ind. No
other record of him.
SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY. 189
325. WEIKMANN, Rev. John Baptist, a native of Wuert-
temberg, was born at Gmuend, June 24, 181 1; studied at Ell-
wangen, Rottweil and Tuebin^en; was ordained September
12, 1838; came to the United States, December, 1855, and
was appointed by Bishop Rappe as pastor of St. Peter's,
Canton. This position lie held for about six weeks, till Feb-
ruary 26, 1X56, when he was dismissed. He then went to the
Benedictine Convent in Westmoreland county, Pa. April,
[856, he was received into the diocese of Milwaukee, where
he held several charges, till November, 1S61. He then affili-
d with the diocese of Yincennes, and in 1863 with that
"i Dubuque. In last mentioned diocese he remained till hi^
death, as pastor of Xew Vienna, Iowa, October 11, 1870.
326. Weis, Rev. Bernardine (Franciscan), was born at
Mursbach, Bavaria, October 14, 185 1; came with his parents
to the United States in 1852; was ordained December 27,
1874; in Cleveland Monastery from 1880 to 1882. At present
he is in the diocese of St. Louis, Mo.
My. Wkiss, Rev. Paulinus (Franciscan), born at Lindau,
diocese of Augsburg, March 21, 1831; in the United States
since [862; ordained November 9, 1865; was in the Fran-
ciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from 1882 to July, 1 S S 5 . Ik-
is now in the diocese of Chicago, 111.
528. \\ 11 111:1. mi, Rev. Titer (Sanguinist), a native of
Luxemberg, was horn at Wellenstein, March [8, 1 s 1 7 ; made
his ecclesiastical studies at Thompson and Xew Riegel. lie
was ordained at Tiffin by Bishop Rappe, January 27, [851.
He was stationed in this diocese from [853 to [856, [884 to
[886, September, 1887 to September, 1 sxs, — first at rhompson
for three years, then at Glandorf for one year, and again at
Thompson for nearly three years, in each of which places he
wa ant pastor. He is now in the diocese of Cincinnati.
I W111.1. Rev. Willibald (Sanguinist), was born at
Ems, Switzerland, in [820. lie came to America, August,
185O, and was ordained lor the Saneaiinists l>\ Bishop Rappe,
i 9 o BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE
January, 185 1. Owing to ill health, even at his ordination,
he was never able to do much of pastoral work. He was sta-
tioned at Glandorf till the autumn of 1853. He died at Maria
Heim, Jay county, Indiana, December 15, 1854.
330. WlRTZ, Rev. Hermann (Franciscan), was born at
Cologne-on-the-Rhine, January 6, 1842; in America since
April, 1861; ordained September 7, 1872. Was in the Cleve-
land Monastery, and professor in St. Joseph's College, Decem-
ber, 1878 to July, 1879. Present residence not known.
331. WlTTMEk, Rev. John (Sanguinist), was born at Ober-
Erlinsbach, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, November 4,
1818; ordained at Feldkirch, Austria, by Bishop Bruenster,
November 21, 1841; came to this country with the first San-
guinist Fathers in 1844. He had the following pastoral
charges in this diocese : assistant at Peru, 1844-46; first
resident pastor of Randolph, 1846; assistant at Thompson,
whence he also attended St. Joseph's, Tiffin, 1847-48; pastor
of Thompson, March, 1849 to 1853. He was then for many
years on the mission in the diocese of Cincinnati, especially
in Mercer, Auglaize and Shelby counties. In 1885 he was
sent by his superior to the diocese of Nashville, where he is
at present.
332. WOCHNER, Rev. Henry (Jesuit), was born, 1839, in
Haslach, Wuerttemberg; ordained September 8, 1868 ; in
the United States since 1876; was assistant at St. Mary's,
Cleveland, from 1881 to August, 1885. He is now in the
diocese of St. Paul.
333. YVUERZ, Rev. Matthias, was born, 1807, in Schoen-
bach, diocese of Metz, France. He came to America in
1833 and made his theological studies at Cincinnati, where he
was ordained by Bishop Purcell, June 13, 1835. He was
appointed first resident pastor of Louisville, Stark county,
February, 1838, having been transferred from Cincinnati.
From Louisville he also attended Randolph. He was pastor
SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY. 191
of St. John's, Canton, from October, 1840, to 1843, and had
charge of Massillon and Navarre; also occasionally visited
the mission of Pern. He returned to France in 1845, where
he died of apoplexy, April 2, 1858.
334. Yorxc, Very Rev. Nicholas D. (Dominican), nephew
of Bishop Fenwick, first Bishop of Cincinnati, was born in
Maryland, 1783; studied at St. Rose's, Ky., and Rome; was
ordained by Bishop Flaget, December 10, 1817; came to
Northern Ohio from Kentucky, November, 1818; attended
Dungannon, Columbiana count)-, from Somerset, Perry count}',
about 1820, and again between 1833 and 1835. January, 1833,
he was elected Provincial of the Dominicans in the United
States. lie was stationed for many years at Somerset, O.,
St. Pose's, Ky. and Washington, D. C. Died at Giesboro,
Md., October 28, 1878, aged 95. lie was one of the pioneer
priests of Northern Ohio, and a man full of apostolic zeal.
$35. ZAHNER, Rev. — ; at Shelby Settlement from [852
to [853. During his pastorate the present church, begun by
Pew P. Kreusch, was finished. No other record of him.
336. ZANDERS, Pew Raymundus (Franciscan), was bom
at Friemersdorf, Rhenish Prussia, August 8, 1846; educated
at Duesseldori and Paderborn for the ministry; ordained at
Paderborn by Bishop Conrad Martin, in [873; came to the
United States in [884 and was appointed, < )ctober of the same
year, .1- assistant .it St. Anthony's Church, St. Louis Mo.
Jul}-, 1885, he was sent to the Franciscan Monaster}-, Cleve-
land, remaining till February, [886, when he was appointed
chaplain of St. Francis' Hospital, Jersey City, N. J.
\~ . Zareczny, Rev. Victor, was bom in Lemberg,
Galicia-Austria, December 3, 1841, IP- was educated in
Bohemia, Pal}-, and in the citv of Vienna, Austria; ordained
.it Tarnow, Galicia, Jul}- 21, [868, by Bishop Putkalski; was
eived into the diocese of Cleveland, December, [873, and
appointed pastor of the Poles in Berea, where h inized
1 92 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE
St. Adelbert's congregation, and built their present church
and school. He also attended Royalton, 1877-82, and the
Poles living in Cleveland, 1879. He left Berea, and the dio-
cese, February, 1884. He is at present in the diocese of
Buffalo.
338. ZUMBUEHL, Rev. Leonz, was born in Luzern, Switz-
erland, May 1, 1846; studied for the ministry at Luzern,
Schwytz, Freiburg and Chur; was ordained at Feldkirch,
Austria, for the diocese of Cleveland, by Bishop Amberg,
April 19, 1870. Came to Cleveland, September, 1870, and
was appointed pastor of Fort Jennings, where he remained till
January, 1872, when he was appointed professor of philosophy
in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland. This position he held
till Juh- of same year, when he was again sent to take
pastoral charge of Fort Jennings. In September, 1873, he
was recalled to his former position at the Seminary, remain-
ing till August 1877, when he left the diocese. From April,
1876, to July, 1877, he also had pastoral charge of Indepen-
dence. Since August, 1877, he has been in the diocese of
Peoria.
330. ZWINGE, Rev. Capistran (Franciscan), was born in
Grosender, diocese of Paderborn, Prussia, March 30, 1823;
ordained September 4, 1849; came to the United States, Sep-
tember, 1858; was first Superior of Franciscan Monastery,
and pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Cleveland, from 1867 to
1871. Died at Teutopolis, 111., July 24; 1874.
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2I 5
Stations.
Sept. 1887.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
g
in
n
12
13
II
15
16
17
is
IS
20
•21
22
24
26
26
27
28
29
30
32
84
37
10
II
12
ll
17
Place.
Ainlm er
Atwater
Aurora
Austintown —
Bascom
Bass Islands
Bedford
Berlin Heights-
Braces Llle
Breck8ville
Brownhelm
Burg Hill ■
Camden
i lanfield
Castalia
i Jhagrin Fulls —
• lhardon
Clarkesville
Columbus Groi e
• lortland
Dupoint --
Emerald ■
Fairfield
Fairview
Farmington
I i .• i r Rook
Fredericksburg -
Garrettsi Llle —
Geneva
Genoa
i lirard
I I reenn i » - 1 »
Haselton
Hesuville
II iworth —
II mull
KingSA i 1 1 « *
Kinsman
Latchie
I.IIW 111
Leai ittsburg
Limaville
Lindsej
Linn dale
Millbury
Nevada
Nan Portage...
Olierlill
I'lllMY.
Ashtabula --
Portage
Portage
Mahoning ..
Seneca
Ottawa
Cuyahoga . -
Erie
Trumbull...
Cuyahoga ..
Lorain
Trumbull-
Lorain
Mahoning ..
Erie
< luyahoga -.
Geauga
Defiance —
I'nt nam
Trumbull—.
Putnam —
Paulding
Huron
Waj in'
Trumbull -..
Paulding ---
Wayne -
Portage
Ashtabula --
\ shtabula --
Trumbull ...
Huron
Mahoning --
Sandusky...
i !olumbiana
Erie
Lake
Trumbull
Allen
W I
Stark
Trumbull -- .
Slink
Sllllcln
Cuyahoga -
w I
\\ Mill. I"l ...
Sn in iii i t
Lorain
Attended From.
Jefferson.
Alliance.
Warren.
Niles.
St. Patrick's Settlement.
Eelley'a Island.
Hudson.
Milan.
Warren.
Hudson.
Vermillion.
Warren.
Wakeman.
Salem.
Sandusky.
Warren.
Painesville.
Edgerton.
Lima.
Warren.
New Bavaria.
Antwerp.
Peru.
i 'anal Fulton.
Warren.
Antwerp.
Wooster.
Warren.
South Thompson.
South 'I'll I'sun.
Briar Hill.
Wellington.
"i oungston n.
Elmore.
Alliance.
Vermillion.
Jefferson.
Warren.
Lima.
Elmore.
Canal Fulton.
\\ alien.
Ulianee.
Elmore.
Bookpoi i
Elmore.
Buoj ru>.
Medina.
Blyria.
2l6
STATIONS.— Concluded.
No
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
Place.
OiTville
Parkham ---
Petersburg .
Portage-
Robbin's Station
Robertsville
Rochester
Rocky Ridge
Shiloh
Solon
Spriugfield
Springhills
Talmadge
Teegarden
Texas
Thomastown
Westville
Wickliffe
Willshire
Windham
County.
Wayne
Summit —
Mahoning ..
Wood
Columbiana
Columbiana
Lorain
Ottawa
Richland --.
Cuyahoga...
Mahoning -.
Williams ...
Summit
Columbiana.
Henry
Summit
Columbiana
Lake
Van Wert --
Portage
Attended From.
Canal Fulton.
Akron.
Salem.
( 'us tar.
Duugannon.
(Vacant.)
Wellington.
Toussaint.
Shelby.
Warren,
Briar Hill.
Edgerton.
Akron.
Leetonia.
Providence.
Akron.
Alliance.
Euclid.
Landeck.
Warren.
TABLE IV.
Communities and Institutions.
a. Male Religious Communities.
Nov. 1888.
No.
Place.
Cleveland ...
GUandorf —
New Riegel..
Thompson ---
Toledo
Communities.
Franciscans.
Jesuits
Sanguinists.
Sanguinis ts.
Sanguinists.
Jesuits
/. 7-
1867
1880
1848
1844
1845
1869
Superiors.
Rev. T. Arentz.
Rev. H. Knappmeyer.
Rev. F. Nigseh.
Rev. B. Russ.
Rev. F. X. Griessmayer.
Rev. A. Sigg.
217
TABLE IV— Continued.
b. Female Religious Communities.
November, 1888.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
is
Place.
( 'li'\ eland- -
< tlandorf --
\. Bedford
New ftiegel
Thompson -
Tiffin
Toledo-
COMMl Ml [ES.
Qrsnline Sisters
Ladies ol Sacred Heart of Mary ..
Sisters of Charity -
Sisters of Good Shepherd
Little Sisters of Poor
Sisters ofSt. Joseph —
Sisters of Notre Dame ,
Poor( 'hires
Franciscan Sisters -
Sangninist Sisters
Sisters of Humility B. V. M -
Sangninist Sisters
Sangninist Sisters
Qrsnline Sisters - ---
Franciscan Sisters
Qrsnline Sisters —
Sistersof Charity (Grey Nuns) —
Little Sisters "!' Poor -•
*• —
77
W3
1850
is;, |
1851
1869
L870
1872
1874
1877
L884
1848
1864
L844
L845
L863
I si ,7
is:, |
is;,;,
1885
Superioress.
Mother St. Mary.
Madame Le Masson.
.Mother M. Alexis.
Mother \l. Baptist.
Mother Noel de St. Louis.
Mot her M. George.
Mother M. Chrysostoma.
Mother M. Veronica.
Sister Leonarda.
Sister Virginia.
Mother M. Odile.
Sister Adeltrud.
Sister Rufina.
Mother M. [gnatius.
Mother M. Frances.
Mother M. A-loysius.
Sister Fernand.
Mother M. Louisa.
No
c. Educational Institutions.
November, 1888.
Place.
Cleveland —
Nottingham
Tiffin
N 1MB.
8t Min-y*- II logical Seminary
-i . Ignatius' < Sollege
I rsnline loademj — --
Not re I >n Aeademj
I rauline Academy -
-i. Joseph's Seminar] for Boys
I rauline Academy
natius' Seminary for Boyi
Toledo I rauline loadem]
A -
- -
- -
IMS
1886
Is7l
lsT7
1888
1864
Si pi mors.
Rev. \. \. Moes, D D.
Ke\ . II. K aappmej er, 8. J.
Mother St. Mai \ .
Sister M. Modesta I. -
Mother M. I.oui-. I. -
Mother \l. Ascension, I
Mother M. [gnatius.
Mother M. [gnatius.
Mother M. Uoj rius.
Looal Superior.
2l8
d. Charitable Institutions.
Sept, 1887.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Name.
Cleveland
Name.
Charity Hospital
m -/.
W 3
Louisville -
N. Bedford-
Tiffin
Toledo
St. Alexis' Hospital-
Lying-in Hospital and
Foundling Asylum
Home for the Aged
Poor
House of Good Shep-
herd
St. .Mary'.- Orphan Asy-
lum for Girls
St. Vincent's Orphan
Asylum for Boys ---
St. Joseph's Orphan
Asylum for Girls
Protectory for Girls. --
St. Louis Orphan Asy-
lum for Boys---
St. Mary's Orphanage.
St. Mary's Hospital ---
St. Francis Orphan As'lm
& Home for the Aged
St. Vincent's Orphan
Asylum
St. Vincent's Hospital.
Home for the Aged
Poor
1865
1884
1873
ls70
1869
1851
1851
1862
1S84
1884
1864
1864
1867
1855
1876
1885
In Charge of
Sisters of Charity
FraneiscanSisters
Sisters of Charity
Superior.
Sister M. Thomas (L. S.*)
Sister Leonarda.
Sister M. Aloysius (L. S.)
Little Sisters of Mother M. Noel de St.
the Poor-
Sisters of Good
Shepherd
Ladies of Sacred
Heart of Mary-
Sisters of Charity
Ladies of Sacred
Heart of Mary.
Sisters of Notre
Dame
Sisters of Charity
Sisters of Humil-
ity, B. V. M..-
Sisters of Humil-
ity, B. V.M.—
FraneiscanSisters
Sisters of Charity
Louis.
Mother M. Baptist.
Madame Le Masson.
Mother M. Alexis.
Miss Hogan (L. S.)
Sister M. Modesta.
Sister M. Amadeus (L. S.)
Mother M. Odile.
«« It
Rev. J. L. Bihn.
Sister Fernand (L. S.)
Little Sisters of slster Louiga<
the Poor
* Local Superior.
Summary.
Churches with resident pastors 147
Mission churches 78
Total number of churches.- 225
Stations (without churches) 69
Seminary -- 1
Educational Institutes for boys 3
Educational Institutes for girls 5
Seen la r priests -- 172
Regular priests— - 32
Total number of priests 204
Male Religious Communities - 6
Female Religious Communities 18
Charitable Institutions--- K
Parochial Schools. -- 129
Catholic Progress
i\
Northern Oljio and tlje Diocese of Cleveland,
1817. September, 1887.
The subjoined tabulated statement shows the years
when missions, congregations with resident pastors, institu-
tions, as also stations since developed into congregations,
were established. It gives a summarized exhibit of the won-
derful growth and spread of the Church in Northern Ohio and
in the diocese of Cleveland. Steadily, year by year, churches,
and religious, charitable and educational institutions have been
increasing in number ami strength, till the diocese of Cleve-
land, covering the whole of Northern Ohio, now ranks with
tin- largest and best established dioceses in the United States.
The mustard seed of religion, planted by the Dominican
Father, Rev. E. Fenwick, near Dungannon in 1817, h. is grown
to a large and vigorous tree under whose shadow rest two
hundred and twenty-five churches and many institutions,
spreading their benign influence in behalf of religion, educa-
tion and charity. The tabulated statement was compiled
from various sources and i-> as accurate- a- pains-taking care
could make it. Plac< are given alphabetically for each year,
and as known at present. Where names of places or churches
have been changed in course of time, tin- names under which
thc_\- were formerly known an- given in parenthesis. Date
after name of place signifies tin- year when the first church
2 2 o CA THOLIC PR O GRESS IN
was built, and hence prior to date given, such place was
attended as a station, with divine service in private houses,
public halls, or other temporary place of worship. Where no
date follows place, a church was built simultaneously with
organization of mission or congregation:
1817. Dungannon (St. Paul's Settlement, Hanover), 1820.
1818.
1819.
1820. Marshallville (Bristol), 1849.
1821.
1822. Consecration of the Rt. Rev. Edward Fenwick as first
Bishop of Cincinnati.
1823. Canton, St. John's.
1824.
1825. Canal Fulton (Lawrence, Fulton), 183 1.
1826. Louisville (Beechland), 1834; Wooster, 1849; Youngs-
town, St. Columba's, 1853. Rev - T. H. Martin, O.
P., pays the first visit to Cleveland Catholics.
1827 Doylestown (Chippewa), 1837.
1828.
1829. Peru (German Settlement near Norwalk), 1834.
1830- McCutchenville, 1837 [church destroyed by fire in
187 1 and not rebuilt].
1831. Randolph; Tiffin; St. Mary's, 1832.
1832. Navarre (Bethlehem), 1833. Bishop Fenwick died of
cholera at Wooster.
1833. Avon, 1844; New Riegel (Wolf's Creek); Shelby
Settlement, 1836. Rt. Rev. J. B. Purcell con-
secrated second Bishop of Cincinnati.
1834. East Liverpool, 1841 ; Fort Jennings, 1840; Glandorf;
Liberty, 1841 ; Sandusky, Holy Angels', 1842 ;
Thompson, 1839; Wellsville, 1867.
NORTHERN OHIO. 221
1835. Akron (Cascade), St. Vincent de Paul's, 1844; Bucyrus,
1862; Cleveland, St. Mary's on Flats, [commenced
1838, dedicated 1840, closed 1879, and taken down
September, 1888]; La Porte [church removed to
Grafton, 1865].
1836.
1837. Marshallvillc (Bristol), 1865. Toledo (Manhattan,
Vistula), St. Francis de Sales' 1842; Rev. E.
Thienpont the first priest to visit the Catholics
of Toledo, 1837.
1838. Providence, 1845; Maumee (Maumee City, South
Toledo), 1 841.
1839. Massillon, St. Mary's, 1844.
181-0. Abbeyville, 1842 [closed 1859]; Grafton (Rawsonville),
1865; Liverpool. 1842; Norwalk, St. Peter's.
1841. Cuyahoga Falls, (1886); Defiance, St. John's, 1844;
Fremont (Lower Sandusky), St. Ann's, 1844; La
Prairie; Napoleon, 1856; New Washington, 1846;
Ravenna, 1862; Woodville, 1862.
1542. Elyria, 1854; French Creek, 1844; Marblehead, 1868;
St. Stephen's Settlement (Bloom); Sheffield;
Summitville, 1852; Toussaint, 1861; Vermillion,
[862.
1543. New Bavaria (Poplar Ridge), 1S45; Port Clinton, i860.
1844. Delphos; Findlay, 1856; Mansfield, [848; NewRiegel,
Sanguinist Convent; South Thompson, 1859.
is IT). Canton. St. Peter's; Harrisburg; New Berlin; Oak
Harbor, [872; Painesville, [850; Thompson, San-
guinist Convent; Tiffin, St. Joseph's.
1846. Archbold, [850; Bismarck (Sherman ; Delaware
Bend, [848; Hicksville, [880; Junction, [860;
Lima, [852; Six Mile Woods, [848; Toledo,
Notre Dame Sisters ol Cincinnati open a Convent
.md select school [closed in [848].
222 CATHOLIC PROGRESS IN THE
1847. DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND ERECTED.
Right Rev. Amadeus Rappe consecrated first
Bishop of Cleveland; Cleveland, St. Mary's Church
on the Flats made the Cathedral church; Fostoria
(Rome), 185 1. Priests in Diocese, 21; churches,
42; stations, 28; religious communities, 3.
1848. Cleveland— present Cathedral commenced; St. Mary's
Theological Seminary opened near Bond street,
[transferred in 1850 to frame building "spring cot-
tage," on Lake street, site of present seminary
grounds; enlarged in 1853 by addition of brick
building, and in 1856 by a frame building; north
wing and middle portion of present building erect-
ed in 1859; south wing in 1881]. Glandorf, San-
guinist Convent; Rockport, St. Patrick's, 1853.
1849. Wellington, 1858.
1850. Cleveland, Ursuline Convent and Academy; Otto-
ville (Section Ten), 1861; Warren, 1864.
1851. Cleveland— St. Mary's Orphan Asylum for Girls; Con-
vent of Ladies of Sacred Heart of Mary; St. Vin-
cent's Asylum for Boys; Convent of Sisters of
Charity. Independence.
1852. Alliance, i860; Cleveland, Cathedral consecrated in
November; St. Mary's Corners, 1868.
1853. Ashland, 1863; Cleveland— St. Peter's, 1857; Clyde,
1862; Massillon, St. Joseph's, 1854; Mineral Ridge,
1872; New London, 1872; Niles, 1864; Salem,
1 881; Sandusky, St. Mary's; Wakeman, 1872.
1854. Cleveland— West Side (Ohio City), St. Mary's of the
Assumption, 1865; St. Patrick's; St. John's Col-
lege, [closed 1859]. Crawfordsville (St. Joseph's,
West Salem), 1859; Gabon, St. Joseph's, 1855;
Green Spring, 1872; Hudson, i860; Olmsted,
1858; Toledo— St. Joseph's; St. Mary's, 1856;
Ursuline Convent and Academy.
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 223
1855. Cleveland, St. Joseph's; Sylvania, 1872; Toledo, St.
Vincent's Orphan Asylum.
1856. Berea, St. Mary's; Berwick (Frenchtown;) Bluffton,
[865; Cleveland, Immaculate Conception; Genoa,
[874; Leetonia, (St. Patrick's since 1881; St. Bar-
bara's 1868-81); Norwalk, St. Mary's, 1858.
1857. Cleveland, St. Bridget's; Conneaut, 1864; Fremont,
St. Joseph's, 1858 ; Royalton, 1864; Strasburg;
Upper Sandusky.
1858. Ashtabula, i860; Big Springs, 1859; Custar, 1866;
Jefferson, 1869; Millersville (Greensburg) ; Spen-
cerville, 1876.
1859. Bellevue; French Settlement, 1864; Cleveland, St.
John's College, closed.
1860. Cleveland— St. Augustine's; St. Mary's College and
Preparatory Seminary opened on Lake street.
Convoy, 1864; Euclid, (86i; Medina, 1864; New
Cleveland, 1861; Front's Station; Rockport, St.
Marys; Willoughby, 1869.
1S(>1. Akron, St. Bernard's, 1862; Crestline; Kalida; Kelley's
Island; Monroeville, [862; North Ridge; Perrys-
burg; Stryker.
1862. Cleveland (Newburgh), Holy Rosary (since [881,
Holy Name]; St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum for
Girls, Kent, [868; Toledo, St. Patrick's, 1S63.
18(>:J. Madison, [869; Milan, [865; St. Patrick's Settlement,
1864; Tiffin, Ursuline Convent and Academy.
ls<H Antwerp, [870; Florence; Hubbard, [867; Mantua;
[871; New Bedford, Convent of Sisters of Humil-
ity of Mary; North Amherst, [869.
1865. Bryan, [875; Cleveland St. Malachy's [869; Charity
Hospital. ton Clarksville), [868; Kirby;
Shelby, [866; Wauseon, [8
L866. Mud Creek; Salineville, 1873; Toledo, St. Peter's,
[873; Wrst Brookfield, [867.
224 CA THOLIC PR O GRESS IN THE
1867. Cleveland — St. Wenceslas'; Franciscan Monastery.
Landeck; Louisville, St. Louis' College [closed
1873]; Mentor, 1868; Reed; Rootstown; Tiffin, St.
Francis' Hospital and Orphan Asylum; Toledo,
Immaculate Conception, 1868; Van Wert, 1870.
1868. Carey, 1872; Norwalk, St. Paul's; Ottawa, 1872.
1869. Bowling Green, 1881; Briar Hill, [870; Cleveland— St.
Stephen's ; Good Shepherd Convent. Galion, St.
Patrick's; Youngstown, St. Joseph's.
1870. Bishop Rappe resigned the Episcopal See of Cleve-
land. Cleveland — Little Sisters of the Poor [Home
for the Aged Poor]; St. Mary's of the Annuncia-
tion. Elmore, 1873; Roachton, 1872; Struthers,
1872; Vienna, 1874.
1871. Cleveland — St. Columbkill's [discontinued as a con-
gregation in 1872]; Holy Family [St. Edward's
since 1886]. Loudonville; Sandusky, Sts. Peter
and Paul's; Toledo — St. Hedwig's ; St. Louis'.
Vienna, 1872.
1872. Cleveland, Convent, of Sisters of St. Joseph; Lowell-
ville, 1884; Parma, 1873; Plymouth. Rt. Rev. R.
Gilmour consecrated as second Bishop of Cleveland.
1873. Berea, St. Adalbert's; Brighton, 1875; Cleveland— St.
Stanislas', 1881; House of Maternity and Foundling
Asylum. Defiance, Our Lady of Perpetual Help;
Peninsula, 1882; Toledo, Good Shepherd's.
1874. Cleveland — St.- Procop's; Notre Dame Convent and
Academy. Leipsic, 1876; Louisville, Academy for
Girls and for Deaf Mutes [discontinued in 1883;
building formerly used for a college, then for an
academy; is used as an Asylum for Orphan Boys
since 1884]; Weston; Youngstown, Ursuline
Convent.
1875. Bettsville, 1876; Cecil, 1879; Deshler; North Ridge-
ville.
1876. Chicago Junction, 1879; Toledo, St. Vincent's Hospital.
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1877. Cleveland, Poor Clares' Convent; Collinwood, 1878;
Nottingham, Ursuline Convent and Academy; Put-
in-Hay. Bishop Rappe died at St. Albans, Vt.
1878. Lorain (Black River), 1879.
1879. Cleveland, Franciscan College [closed 188 1]; Honey
Creek.
1880. Cleveland— St. Colman's; Holy Trinity. East Pales-
tine.
1881. Sterling (Russell).
1882. Attica; Payne, 1883; Toledo, St. Anthony's; Youngs-
town, Immaculate Conception.
1883. Big Ditch, 1884; Cleveland -- St. Adalbert's; St.
Michael's; Our Lady of Lourdes. Toledo, Sacred
Heart; Tremblayville.
1884. Cleveland— St. Alexis' Hospital; St. Mary's Protectory
for Girls. Louisville, St. Louis' Asylum for Orphan
Boys.
1885. Toledo, Little Sisters of the Poor.
1886. Cleveland, Jesuit College; Holgate; Nottingham, St.
Joseph's Seminary for Small Boys; Wadsworth.
1887. Cleveland— St. Anthony's; St. Francis'. Akron, St.
Marx's; Hamler; Miller's City; New Lisbon; North
Creek; Republic.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
OF EARLY CATHOLICITY AND THE FIRST CATHO-
LIC CHURCH IN CLEVELAND.
In 1793, Augustus Spafford, under the direction of Moses
Cleaveland, the General Superintendent of the Connecticut
Land Company, began the survey of a portion of the present
city of Cleveland. The Hon. Harvey Rice, in his inter-
esting work, Pioneers of the Western Reserve, referring to
this survey says: "Moses, Cleaveland, with the eye of a
prophet, foresaw that a great commercial city was here des-
tined to spring into existence at no distant day, and accord-
ingly directed its survey to be made into town-lots of so much
of the land as was included within the angle formed by the
lake and easterly side of the river, and as far southeasterly as
seemed requisite for the location of the predicted city. When
the survey was completed — October 1, 1796 — he felt the
importance of selecting a suitable name for the new city, but
was perplexed in coming to a satisfactory decision, and hence
requested his associates to favor him with their suggestions.
They at once baptized the infant city and gave it the name of
Cleaveland, in honor of their superior in authority. Moses was
taken by surprise, blushed, and gracefully acknowledged the
compliment. The letter 'a,' in the first syllable of his name,
was subsequently dropped out by a resident editor of the
town, because he could not include it in the headline of his
newspaper for want of sufficient space. The public adopted
the editor's orthography, which has ever since been retained."
July, 1800, Cleveland became -a part of Trumbull county,
which at that time comprised the entire Western Reserve
lands, owned and controlled by the above-mentioned com-
pany, through whose influence, also, this part of Ohio was
*Pp. 47 and IS.
If
f jDt.JVLa.ry's Church, on„Flats" Cleveland. Qkio.
EARL Y CA TH0L1CITY IN CLE VELAND. 227
settled by people from Connecticut and other New England
States. They brought with them an intense hatred against
Catholics and their Church, which to this day has been per-
petuated in their descendants, though gradually in less
marked degree.
July 4th, 1825, ground was broken for the Ohio canal,
beginnings in Cleveland. The ceremony was attended with
much eclat, as it was the beginning of a new era for the town
which at that time had a population of about five hundred.
This number was doubled within a year, because of the canal
now in course of construction. With this increase of popu-
lation in 1826 came the first Catholics— Irish laborers — seek-
ing and finding employment on the canal, which was rapidly
pushed to completion. It was during this year also that the
first priest came to Cleveland, the Dominican Father, Rev.
Thomas Martin, then residing in Perry county, whence he
attended a number of missions in Columbiana and Stark
counties. He had heard that quite a colony of Catholics
were employed on the canal, building between Cleveland and
Akron, and hence made it his business to visit them and
attend to their spiritual wants. The Very Rev. Stephen T.
Badin, the proto-priest of the United States, did the same a
few time-. There is no record of any other priest having
come to Cleveland till the advent of
Tin: ki \ . John Dillon,
who was sent here by Bishop Purcell in the early part of 1S35,
a- the first resident pastor, lie, as his predecessors, said
Mass in private house-,, as there was no other place to be
had then. However, shortly after his arrival lie succeeded in
uring a large room, 30x40 feet, known as Shakspeare Hall.
It was in the upper story of the Meru in building, located at
the foot of Superior street, near the present Atwater block.
This hall he fitted up as .1 temporary place of worship, as best
he could with the limited means at his disposal, and in it said
Mas-, for a short time.
Anion- the regular attendants at the Catholic service held
in this hall were several Protestant gentlemen. They were
2 28 EARL Y CA THOLICITY
attracted by the eloquence of Father Dillon, for whom they
conceived a great regard and admiration because of his talent
and amiability. One of these gentlemen was the Hon.
Harvey Rice, who is now (1888), upwards of eighty years of age
and one of Cleveland's most distinguished citizens. He settled
in Cleveland in 1824, two years before a Catholic priest or lay-
man had come. He is, therefore, a living witness to the won-
derful growth of Catholicity in Cleveland, and to him the writer
is greatly indebted for much of the information here given.
Of Father Dillon he says, that he was a cultivated and schol-
arly gentleman, polished in manner and an eloquent preacher;
that his zeal was limited only by his physical ability, and
that he was truly a father to his spiritual children
When Father Dillon came to Cleveland, he found the
Catholics very few in numbers and very poor as to worldly
possessions. Added to this he also unfortunately found much
intemperance, and very little regard for the sacredness of the
Sunday. Carousals and free fights were of common occur-
rence, but he set manfully to work to correct these evils
and to elevate the moral and social condition of his poor and
despised charge.
The next place in which Father Dillon held public service
in Cleveland was in a one-story frame cottage, on the west
side of Erie street near Prospect. The building is still
standing on the old site. In it there were several rooms,
the largest serving as a "church," the others as the pastoral
residence. A few months later Father Dillon secured Farm-
mers' Hall, in Mechanics Block, at the corner of Prospect
and Ontario streets, and transformed it into a temporary
church. He continued, however, to reside in the house above
mentioned, till his death.
Father Dillon had tired of halls as makeshifts for a church.
Besides, the growing number of Catholics made such incon-
veniently small for their accommodation. But his people
were too poor to build a church. He therefore sought help
elsewhere and obtained it from kind and generous Protestants.
He also went, among other places, to New York city, where
IN CIEVEIAND, OHIO. 229
his eloquent appeals for assistance resulted in his returning
with about one thousand dollars for the proposed church.
But shortly after his return to Cleveland he fell a victim to
bilious fever, and died October 16, 1836, at the age of twenty-
nine years — a little more than two years after his ordination
to the priesthood. His death was a severe blow to his little
flock, and was lamented by those not of the Faith. The
Cleveland Advertiser, a secular paper, in its issue of October
20, 1836, said of him: "The death of Father Dillon will be
deeply felt by his bereaved and afflicted church. He was one
of the first of our clergy in point of talent and piety, and
though he labored in obscurity, yet he labored faithfully and
well." His remains were interred in the Erie street ceme-
tery, but a short distance from the place in which he had
resided and died. Eleven months the Catholics of Cleveland
were without a resident pastor. Rev. H. D. Juncker came
occasionally from Canton, where he was stationed between
1836 and 1837. September, 1837,
Tin-: Rev. Patrick O'Dwyer,
a recent arrival from Quebec, was sent as good Father Dil-
lon's successor. His pastoral residence was a small frame
cottage, located on the present site of the Catholic Universe
office, corner of Superior and Muirson streets. During his
pastorate he said Mass in the third story of Fanners' Block,
already mentioned.
' October 24, 1S37, Messrs. James S. Chirk, Richard Hilliard
and Edmund Clarke, conveyed by land contract to the Rt.
Rev. John Baptist Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati, "in trust for
the Roman ( latholic Society of < >ur Lady of the Lake, of said
Cleveland, the following piece or parcel of land, to- wit : Lots
numbered 218 and ji<» [corner Columbus and Girard streets],
in the plat of ( 'lowland centre," subject to tin- folloM ing con-
ditions : "Provided always and these presents are on the
express condition, that the said society shall within and dur-
ing the space "f loin- months from tin- date of this agreement,
erect, build, finish and complete outwardly a respectable ami
suitable frame house or church building for public worship,
23 o EARL Y CA THOLICLTY
and commence regularly holding their meetings therein; to
have and to hold the above premises with the appurtenances
thereof so long as the same shall be occupied as aforesaid,
and so much longer as said church shall own and occupy
regularly a respectable lot and house for public worship upon
the plat of Cleveland centre." A deed was executed by the
above named gentlemen on November 21, 1842, covering the
land contract.
Father O'Dwyer at once set to work to increase the build-
ing fund already secured by the lamented Father Dillon, and
to begin the much needed and long looked for church. In a few
months the building was erected, but could not be com-
pleted for lack of means. Meanwhile also, owing to dissensions
in the congregation, Father O'Dwyer left Cleveland about
June, 1839. The church stood unfinished for months till
Bishop Purcell, coming to Cleveland during September of
same year, and remaining for three weeks, had it so far
pushed towards completion that Mass was said in it for the
first time in October, 1839. During his stay in Cleveland at
this time the Bishop also prepared a class of children for first
communion, which was administered to them in the new
church by Father Henni, who had come from Cincinnati to
assist the Bishop.
Although the Catholics of Cleveland now had a church
they were without a resident pastor from the time Father
O'Dwyer left. On Sundays they assembled in their church,
by this time furnished with temporary altars and pews, and
there recited the Rosary in common, one or other of the
laity reading from the Goffinc the epistle and gospel of the
day with their explanation.
Meanwhile, through the exertions of the laity, the church
was plastered and properly provided with the necessary out-
fit, and all were anxiously awaiting its dedication and the
appointment of a shepherd for the shepherdless flock.
The former expectation was realized on Sunday, June 7th,
1840, when the solemn and impressive dedicatory ceremonies
were performed by the Rt. Rev. Doctor de Forbin-Janson,
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Bishop of Toule-Nancy, France, then on a visit to the United
States. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Purcell assisted at the cere-
mony and preached an eloquent and appropriate discourse on
the occasion. The church was crowded by the joyous Cath-
olics and interested Protestants of the town. The building,
81 by 53 feet, was constructed of frame, had four well-wrought
doric columns and was neatly plastered and pewed. * It was
also furnished with an altar, considered neat and tasty at the
time. The cost of the building, exclusive of furniture, was
about $3,000.
The church was dedicated to "Our Lady of the Lake," but
by popular usage the name was soon changed to St. Mary's on
the " Flats," that part of the city being then and even now so
called. The church served as a House of God for all the
Catholics of Cleveland till 1852, and as the first cathedral of
Bishop Rappe from October, [847, till November, 1852, when
the present cathedral was opened for divine service. October,
[ S40.
Tin: Rev. Peter McLaughlin
was appointed Father O'Dwyer's successor. He received a
most cordial welcome from the Catholics of Cleveland, who
had been without a resident pastor for nearly a year, depend-
ing solely on occasional visits of priests from Cincinnati and
Dayton. The pastorate of Cleveland's Catholics was Father
McLaughlin's first appointment, he having been ordained by
Bishop Purcell only a few weeks previous. He was a man of
much energy and an eloquent preacher. Being also conver-
sant to some extent with the German language he satisfied
the wants of his "mixed" congregation, quite a number of
which had come from Germany. Under his direction the new
church was entirely finished, a choir was organized and a reed
organ secured.
With a sharp, keen eye i«» tin- future growth of Catholicity
in Cleveland, and with a view t" locating a church in the
upper and better portion of the city, and more conveniently
situated for his congregation, Father McLaughlin purcha
from Thomas May lour lots, fronting Superior and Erie stn
• Catholic Telegraph, June 20, 1840.
232 EARLY CATHOLICITY
the site of the present cathedral. The lots were secured by
land contract, dated January 22, 1845; the purchase price was
$4,000. The lots were bought on Father McLaughlin's
responsibility, transferred to and assumed by Bishop Purcell,
October 15, 1845. Father McLaughlin was much blamed by
some of his faultfinding parishioners for buying church lots
" in the country." Erie street was at that time the east
boundary of the built-up portion of the city. Needless to say
who was the wiser — he or his critics!
The purchase of these lots was the beginning of an unkind
feeling towards Father McLaughlin on the part of a few Cath-
olics; it grew in strength and and violence. Finding that he
could no longer profitably serve their spiritual interests he
asked his Bishop to relieve him from the pastorate of St.
Mary's. His request was granted, and to the great grief of
the better portion of his congregation, and to the sorrow of
all the Protestant citizens of Cleveland who learnt to respect
him for his ability and honesty of purpose, he left in Febru-
ary, 1846, after nearly six years of faithful and disinterested
work among his people. A few days before his departure the
Rev. Maurice Howard
arrived as his successor. Besides attending to St. Mary's
congregation, Cleveland, Father Howard also had charge of
missions in Lake, Lorain and Geauga counties which had been
attended by Father McLaughlin. He had as his assistant for
some months the Rev. Michael A. Byrne, who had also shared
Father McLaughlin's labors a short time. During his pas-
torate the diocese of Cleveland was erected, and
The Rt. Rev. Amadeus Rappe
consecrated bishop thereof, October 10, 1847. Bishop Rappe
saw the pressing need of better and more ample church facil-
ities for the rapidly increasing number of Catholics of his
episcopal city, the church on the Flats having become much
too small to accommodate them. Besides, the Germans
were clamoring for sermons in their native tongue. The
good Bishop secured the aid of the Sanguinists Fathers from
Thompson, Seneca county, the Revs. Matthias Kreusch and
IN CLEVELAND, OHLO. 233
Jacob Ringele, to minister to the Germans, who now received
separate services in old St. Mary's.
October 23, 1848, the Bishop purchased from Thomas May,
five lots adjoining those secured some years previous by Father
McLaughlin, paying for them the sum of $1250. On one of
these lots, immediately east of the present cathedral and on
the site of the episcopal residence, he had a temporary frame
structure erected, known as the church of the Nativ-
ity. Mass was celebrated in it for the first time on Christ-
mass, 1848. The building served as a "chapel of ease" to
St. Mary's on the Flats, till the completion of the present
cathedral, in November, 1852. On week days the sanctuary of
this chapel was closed from view by folding doors, and the
nave was fitted for a school — the first parochial school in the
city and diocese of Cleveland. An attempt to have a Catholic
select school in Cleveland had been made about 1837, but
soon failed for lack of an efficient teacher.
January, 1848, the Rev. Louis de Goesbriand succeeded
Father Howard in the pastorate of St. Mary's, and was also
appointed the Vicar General of Bishop Rappe, retaining the
latter position till his consecration as Bishop of Burlington,
October, 1853. Father de Goesbriand was assisted during
the time of his pastorate of Cleveland's first and only congre-
gation by Rev. James Conlan, and occasionally by the above
mentioned Sanguinist Fathers. The Bishop, when at home,
always gave his assistance and had the " lion's share " of the
pastoral work, going every morning from his residence,
(located for a few months near the Ilaymarket, and
from 1848 on Bond street) to his cathedral on the
Flats to say Mass, and on Saturday afternoons and
eves of feastdays to hear confessions. It is related
of him that on one occasion, the day before a great
feast of the Church, he went to the confessional imme-
diately after Mass and rein. lined for thirteen hours, taking
but a small collation towards evening. His connection with
the parish work seemed to be rather that of a pastor or curate
than that of the Bishop of the diocese. He cathechised,
234 EARLY CATHOLICITY
preached, assisted at marriages, baptised and performed the
burial services. He did this so constantly that the good
people took it as a matter of course, and often would ask his
services in preference to the priests attending the church.
From October, 1847, till November 7, 1852,
St. Mary's Church on the Flats,
as yet the only Catholic church in Cleveland, served as the
first cathedral of the diocese. On last mentioned date the pres-
ent cathedral, corner of Superior and Erie streets, was finished
and consecrated. St. Mary's was then assigned to the Ger-
mans who were placed under the pastoral care of the above
mentioned Sanguinist Fathers and Rev. N. Roupp, till the
advent of the Rev. John H. Luhr, February, 1853. He was
appointed their first resident pastor. As the Catholic Ger-
mans lived too widely separated to make St. Mary's conven-
iently located for all, Father Luhr's proposition, to have those
living east of the river organize as a distinct congregation,
was approved by Bishop Rappe who authorized them to pur-
chase a site for church purposes at the corner of Superior and
Dodge streets. This was the beginning of St. Peter's congre-
gation. The Germans living west of the river were formed in
November, 1854, as a congregation under the title of St.
Mary's of the Assumption, and were given the use of the
church on the Flats, till the dedication of their present church,
corner Carroll and Jersey streets, in 1865. Revs. J. J. Kramer,
F. X. Obermueller, and J. Hamene had successively charge of
St. Mary's congregation, till last mentioned year. From 1865
to 1879 old St. Mary's was the cradle of the following congre-
gations: St. Malachy's, 1865; St, Wenceslas', (Bohemian)
1867; Annunciation, (French) 1870. The Catholic Poles of
Cleveland were the last to occupy the venerable proto-church
of Cleveland, viz: from 1872 to 1879, when they organized as
St. Stanislas' congregation. From 1879 till 1886 the church
practically abandoned, as the Catholics residing in its neigh-
borhood were not sufficient in number to warrant the organ-
ization or maintenance of a congregation.
On the Feast of Epiphany, 1886, Bishop Gilmour directed
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Mgr. Boff, V. G., to celebrate High Mass in it, to prevent, if
possible, the church lots from reverting to the heirs of the
original grantors, because of the conditional clause in the
deed of transfer; this the more, since suit for recovery of
title had been threatened. It was a typical winter's day, with
plenty of snow and ice covering the interior of the building,
open for long to wind and weather. Two years previous a
ruthless storm had blown down its much decayed spire, and
the cold blasts had full sway in the church through broken
roof and almost paneless windows. The forlorn looking
edifice was packed to overflowing with an interested audience,
composed largely of the old Catholic settlers of Cleveland,
who had worshiped within its sacred walls in earlier years,
when they were in the prime of life and the church attractive
in appearance. Now the old Mother church of Cleveland
looked tattered and torn, while her daughters, decked in
splendor, were carrying aloft in every part of the city, the
Sign of Redemption on graceful spire or lofty tower.
After Mass a general desire was expressed to have the
church repaired and put in as good condition as it was when
first built — thus to be preserved as a relic for generations of
Catholics of Cleveland. An opportunity was offered to put
into execution this laudable sentiment, by contributing the
money necessary for the proposed expenditure, estimated
at about $2,000. A sum less than $100 was contributed,
though the list was long open to the Catholic public of Cleve-
land. Hence this sentiment was dismissed as based on talk,
and tin- tooth of time was allowed to still further gnaw at the
venerable church. Meanwhile the heirs of the original grant-
ors of the lots, on which the church had so long stood, sued
for reversal of title to said lots, owing t<» non-fulfillment pf
condition, mentioned in the AccA of transfer. They based
their suit on this fact, that now and for some years past the
church had not been used and that there was no Catholic
church in use iii the pari of the city known formerly as
Cleveland Centre. The suit was heard in the Court of Com-
mon Pleas at its session in the spring of [888. A compro-
2 5 6 EARLY CA THOL I CITY IN CL E VELAND.
mise decree was issued ordering the sale of the lots, the pro-
ceeds to be divided equally between the diocese of Cleveland
and the heirs of the original grantors. To clear the lots pre-
paratory to their sale Bishop Gilmour had the church torn
down in September, 1888.
For fifty years old St. Mary's had witnessed Catholicity's
wonderful growth in Cleveland. When begun in 1838 there
were less than 500 Catholics in Cleveland; in 1888 there were
at a fair estimate no less than 60,000. Then there was no
church edifice; now twenty-five Catholic churches grace the
city, and many of them fit for cathedrals. Then there was
neither religious, charitable, nor educational institution; now
each of the city churches has a parochial school; a seminary
supplies the diocese with priests; a college and two academies
afford higher education to our Catholic youth; hospitals nurse
the sick, asylums shelter the orphan, wayward, aged, and
poor; and devoted religious have charge of institutions of
learning and of the homes provided for the wards of our
Lord.
And who will recount the many happy recollections cen-
tered around the church on the Flats— now no more! Many
a joyful scene was witnessed within its sacred inclosure;
many a sin-laden heart lightened; many a tear of sorrow and
sadness dried by the consoling words of confessor or preacher.
In it marriage solemnities were performed, baptismal waters
poured, and the last sad rites of burial performed for thous-
ands of Cleveland's Catholics. Though St. Mary's on the
Flats is of the past, its sacred memories will remain enshrined
in the hearts of the Catholic pioneers of Cleveland and their
immediate descendants, for many a year to come — till the last
of them shall have passed from mortality to immortality.
[Old] St. Francis de Sales' Church, Toledo, Ohio.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
OF EARLY CATHOLICITY AND THE FIRST CATHO-
LIC CHURCH IN TOLEDO, OHIO.
The site of the present flourishing city of Toledo covers
that of a stockade fort, erected about 1800, near what is now
Summit street, and known in the history of Ohio, as Fort
Industry. Toledo was first settled in 1832 and incorporated
in [836. During the latter year the Wabash and Erie
Canal was located, and Toledo made its northerly ter-
minus. In 1837 the proposed canal was let by the state
authorities. The contractors made every effort to push its
construction to an early completion and to this end secured
a large force of laborers. * Many of these laborers were Irish,
who were also the first Catholics to come to Toledo. As
soon as Bishop Purcell heard that Catholic laborers were
engaged on the Wabash canal he directed the Rev. E. Thien-
pout, then (1837) stationed at Dayton, to visit them and
attend to their spiritual wants. He was the first priest to
visit Toledo. Father Collins of Cincinnati was the next,
commissioned in like manner, in [838. Both he and
father Thienpont visited all the Catholic laborers along
the canal from Toledo to the Indiana state line, making
the journey on horseback. However, owing to the great dis-
tance they ha'l to go to reach their temporary charge, their
visits were not regular. Heme Bishop Purcell made other
arrangements, more satisfactory all around, by appointing the
Revs. J. I'. Machebeuf and Joseph McNamee, both stationed
at Tiffin, to take pastoral charge of this part of his vast dio-
foledo ami the missions along the Wabash canal.
I|..\v. . Ohio lli-i. full. ■oin 11- pp,
23 8 EARLY CATHOLICITY
This was done by Father Machebeuf for two months, Novem-
ber and December, 1839, and by Father McNamee from
December, 1839 to July, 1841.
They said Mass in the shanties of the laborers along
the canal or in the cabins of the few Canadians residing
in and near the town of Toledo. In a communication to the
Colorado Catholic, September 22, 1888, Bishop Machebeuf
describes his first visit to Toledo in November, 1839, as follows:
" Only a few Catholics were in Toledo at this time. I said
Mass in the frame shanty of a poor Canadian. These people
having some Catholic acquaintances a short distance up the
[Maumee] river, notified them of the opportunity to hear
Mass; and all of them attended. There being no suitable
house wherein to hold divine service, I rented a room over a
drue store, constructed an altar with some boxes, which I
covered with calico. This was the first church of good Father
Rappe, when he was sent [to Toledo] two years later."
In 1841 Bishop Purcell paid his second episcopal visit to
Toledo. In a letter to the Catholic Telegraph of Cincin-
nati, published August 21, of that year, he writes of Toledo
as follows:
"This place is in all probability destined to be one of the
most populous commercial cities in the Northwest. It is,
with Maumee and Manhattan in its neighborhood, destined
to be the depot of the railroads and canals, especially the
Wabash and Erie canal, intersected by the Miami canal and
the great Southern railroad now in active progress all along
the southern shore of Lake Erie to Buffalo. It is likewise the
only proper point for the termination of the projected rail-
road from Chicago, to unite with the railroad to New York,
and will thereby enjoy the advantages of much, if not all, the
trade circuitously carried on between Chicago and Buffalo,
by way of the lakes, an interrupted and frequently an unsafe
channel of communication. A railroad, 31 miles in length,
from Adrian, Michigan, is now completed to Toledo. It is
contemplated to extend this road to the southern parts of
Michigan, thus forming a continuous line of communication
IN TOIEDO, OHIO. 239
between New York and Michigan and Illinois, and the far
west generally, by Toledo.
"With such prospects it is not surprising that many of our
Catholic brethren from Ireland and Germany should have
settled here in the vicinity of the old Catholic Canadian
French, who have hitherto attended church at the " Bay
Settlement," and at Monroe, Michigan.
" Before the visit of the Bishop of Cincinnati to Rome it was
not quite certain whether the tract (formerly claimed by
Michigan, but which was finally adjudged by Congress to
Ohio), belonged to his spiritual jurisdiction, or to that of the
Bishop of Detroit. But this matter having been decided by
the Propaganda in favor of Cincinnati, Rev. Mr. McNamce
and Rev. Mr. Machebcuf are the only clergymen who are
recognized as pastors, or who have any ordinary jurisdiction
in this part of the diocese.
"Church [in Toledo] is at present held in a large room
rented for the purpose ; but arrangements have been made
either for the purchase of a church, under execution for the
sum of $2,800, to be paid in installments, or the erection of
a new one on either of the two lots offered by agents of pro-
prietors of much of the soil.
"The Bishop and Very Rev. Mr. Henni preached here fre-
quently — the former before very attentive and intelligent
audiences in the court house. After one of his sermons a few
Protestant gentlemen present came forward and signed their
names for between three and four hundred dollars to enable
their Catholic brethren to purchase or build a church. The
Catholics themselves had subscribed $400 in the forenoon of
the same day.
" There are several Indian families in the neighborhood vt ho
live anion- the French, but who have not as yet joined the
Church. * * Seven persons were confirmed and a large num-
ber partook ofthe 1 [oly ( lommunion. The election ofa church
will give a new impulse to the growth and prosperity ol this
new city, which has been rather stationary since our former
visit, four years ago. Manhattan, about two miles from
2 4 o EARL Y CA THOLICITY
Toledo, nearer the mouth of the Maumee, contains many
families of Catholics, who, in part, attend church at Toledo,
but the Bishop could not find time to visit them. * * *"
The Rev. Amadeus Rappe was appointed first pastor
of Toledo, where he resided from about September, 1841,
till his consecration as Bishop of Cleveland, October,
1847. Shortly after his arrival at Toledo he was urged
by the laity either to build a church (a subscription of $1400
having been raised for that purpose) or to purchase the
church mentioned above by Bishop Purcell. It was finally •
agreed to purchase the church — a Presbyterian (frame) meet-
ing-house, located on Superior street, its present site. The
purchase was made about December, 1842. After a few alter-
ations the building was converted into a Catholic church — the
first in Toledo — and dedicated to St. Francis de Sales. The day
of its dedication was one of joy for the Catholics of Toledo, now
no longer obliged to worship in cabins, shanties or halls.
The church had a basement which Father Rappe had fitted
up as a residence for himself, with room enough left for a
school to be established eventually.
During Father Rappe's pastorate, in 1845, Toledo was
made the terminus of a second canal, (known as the Miami
and Erie canal) and was thus connected with Cincinnati. Its
construction helped to increase largely the number of Catholic
laborers who had been attracted by the employment offered
them in the construction of the Wabash and Erie canal.
After the completion of these two important enterprises
many of the employes settled in and near Toledo, and
engaged in various avocations. Between 1838 and 1846
Toledo gained an unenviable reputation because of the insid-
uous and destructive Maumee Fever, which raged with vio-
lence, especially in 1838 and 1839, and greatly impeded the
the work on the canal.
In 1841 the Wabash and Erie canal was still in course of
construction. "The Maumee Valley was full of Catholic
laborers, and was also literally a land which devoured its
inhabitants. The Maumee fever spared no one, and slowly
and surely undermined the strongest constitution. Toledo
IN TOLEDO, OHIO. 241
and its environs were full of malaria. At times it was next
to impossible to meet a health)- person. Added to this there
were many cases of erysipelas, and in 1847 hundreds of ship-
fever stricken emigrants landed at the Toledo docks to die a
few hours after their arrival among strangers."" Hence the
growth of Toledo was greatly checked, as people had no de-
sire to settle where sickness of a malignant type stared them
in the face. But with the proper drainage and grading in the
city, and the opening up of the surrounding country, Toledo
has long since lost its reputation as an unhealthy place.
When Father Rappe was elevated to the episcopacy, Octo-
ber, 1847, Rev. Louis de Goesbriand, his faithful co-laborer
since January, 1846, was appointed pastor of St. Francis de
Sales', Toledo. Four months later he was called to Cleve-
land and appointed Vicar General.
Rev. Philip Foley was then sent to Toledo, where he
resided from February, 1848, till November, 1854. He had as
his assistant in 1848, the Rev. James Moran. In 1849 St.
Francis' church was enlarged, to accommodate the Catholic
Germans, to whom separate services were given, viz.: by the
Rev. Sebastian Sanner. assistant to Rev. Father Foley,
[849-51; and by the Rev. Philip Flum, pastor of Maumee,
from 1852, till 1854. January, 1854, Rev. Charles Fvrard was
appointed fust resident pastor of the Catholic Germans, who
continued to have separate service in St. Francis' church till
the completion of their own (St. Mary's), October, 1856.
November, 1854, Father Foley was succeeded by the Very
Rev. A. Campion, who had charge of St. Francis 1 church till
May, [856. During Father Campion s pastorate (December,
1X54) the Crsulines of Cleveland established an Academy at
1 'Actio, to succeed tin- oin- founded under direction of Father
Rappe in 1846, by tin- Sisters of tin- Notre Dame, Cincinnati,
hut whirl) was closed in 184.X, for want of support. In 1855
tin- Grey "Nuns of Montreal opined an Asylum for orphan
boj s and girls.
The Rev. Robert A. Sidley was appointed Father Campi-
on's successor in July, 1850, and had charge of St. Francis'
'Bishop de Uoesbriand'a " Etemini nse" in OatHi ■ ->. Deo. 27, 18SS
242 EARLY CATHOLICITY IN TOLEDO.
congregation till April, 1859, when the Rev. Felix M. Boff
was appointed pastor. He remained in charge till October,
1872, when he was called to Cleveland and assigned the pas-
torate of the cathedral.
From 1 854 till 1 87 1 , the following priests were assistants at St.
Francis de Sales' Church, Toledo: Revs. James Monahan, 1854,
to April 1, 1855; VV. O'Connor, July, 1855 to July, 1858; John
Ouinn, to December, i860; Thomas F. Halley, to July, 1861;
Thomas P. Thorpe, to May, 1862; Edward Hannin under whose
direction St. Patrick's congregation was founded in December,
1 862 ; and J. B. Couillard, from October, 1 869 to February, 1 87 1 .
So great was the growth of Catholicity that the formation
of St. Patrick's did not seem to lessen the worshipers at St.
Francis'. The old fever-breeding canal disappeared from the
midst of the city; new streets were opened and old ones
improved.
With these changes came new settlers, and hence, during
the pastorate of Father Boff, it was found necessary to build a
temple larger and more substantial than the proto-church of
Toledo. Work was begun in 1 862, and in 1 870 the present hand-
some gothic structure, fronting on Cherry street, was ready for
dedication. It was a day of rejoicing for pastor and people when
Mass was celebrated for the first time in this imposing edifice.
It was also the close of a chapter in the history of the more
sacred use of Toledo's first church in which took place scenes
similar to those described in the preceding sketch of Cleve-
land's first House of Sacrifice. But the old and venerable struc-
ture still stands as a silent witness to Toledo's phenomenal
Catholic growth and progress.* Her beautiful offspring now
welcomes the Catholics of St. Francis de Sales' parish; she in
turn welcomes their children. For nearly thirty years the walls
of the sacred edifice resounded with the word of God and the
chant of sacred music; now they re-echo the daily recitations
and merry play of the parish school children. Toledo's first
Catholic church having well served its purpose, will no doubt
soon be sacrificed on the altar of time and disappear forever
as the first land mark of Toledo's history of Catholicity.
* Sec List of Churches &c. p. 210.
REV. EDMUND BURKE. 243
REV. EDMUND BURKE IN NORTH-WESTERN
OHIO; 1795-6.
Letter from John Gilmary Shea, LL. D.
[The writer is indebted to the kindness of Mr. John Gilmary Shea, LL. D.,
the erudite and painstaking historian of the Church in the United States,
for the following very interesting letter. — G. F. H.]
Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 15, 1887.
Rev. DEAR FATHER: — I have just ascertained something
which was a surprise to me, and may perhaps be new to you.
It fills a gap between the retirement of the Jesuits from their
Sandusky mission and the coming of Father Fenwick to Ohio.
A priest, and a man of mark in his day, who became in
time a bishop, and Vicar apostolic of Nova Scotia, was for a
time, in 1795-6, a missionary in Northern Ohio. This was
the Rev. Edmund Burke, a native of Ireland, and evidently a
priest of the diocese of Dublin, before he came to Canada.
He was the last priest of the diocese of Quebec, and the first
English speaking priest in Ohio.
The Rev. Edmund Burke was born in Ireland about 1743.
He came to Canada May 16, 1787, according to the Abbe
Tanguay, who adds that he was for some years parish priest
at Saint Pierre and Saint Laurent, on Isle Orleans, from 1791
to [794- from his letters he was evidently, in 1794, professor
apparently of mathematics, in the Seminary of Quebec.
Hut he longed for priestly work, and seeing that nothing had
been done to continue the work of the Jesuit Fathers among
the Indians of the West, after the suppression of the Order,
and the retirement of Father Dujaunai, who struggled on
alone unaided and hampered for some years, he conceivedthe
project of a great Indian mission in the West, ami wrote to
Archbishop Troy, of Dublin, to induce him to apply to the
Sa< red C01 ition of the Propaganda. Hie Prefect, Card-
inal Antonelli, wrote to Bishop Hubert, of Quebec, in regard
to the matter, and thai prelate appointed Rev. Edmund
Burke his vicar-general for Upper Canada, with very ample
244 REV. EDMUND BURKE.
powers, soliciting his attention especially to the French mis-
sion on Raisin river, now Monroe, Michigan. He set out
from Quebec, September 15, 1795, encouraged by the British
authorities in Canada, who were now anxious to avail them-
selves of the influence of Catholic priests over the western
Indians. He reached Detroit, and was at Raisin river where
he dedicated the church to St. Anthony of Padua. But on
the 2d of February, 1796, he wrote from the "Miamis" to
Archbishop Troy. He says:
"I wrote from Quebec, if I rightly remember, the day
before departure for this country; am now distant about five
hundred leagues from it, on the western side of Lake Erie,
within a few miles of the Miami fort, lately built by the
British government. * ~ k * I'm here in the midst of
Indians, all heathens. This day a grand council was held in
my house by the Ottawas, Chippewas and Pottowatomis.
These people receive a certain quantity of Indian corn from
the government, and I have been appointed to distribute it.
That gives me a consequence among them which I hope will
be useful, as soon as I can speak their language, which is not
very difficult.
"This (is) the last and most distant parish inhabited by
Catholics on this earth; in it is neither law, justice nor sub-
jection. You never meet a man, either Indian or Canadian,
without his gun in his hand and his knife at his breast. My
house is on the banks of a river which falls into the lake, full
of fish and fowl of all sorts; the finest climate in the world,
and the most fertile lands. * * * Next summer I go
on three hundred leagues towards Mackina, or Lake Supe-
rior, where there are some Christian Indians, to see if I can
collect them."
He solicited the erection of a Prefecture of the Indian
Territory of the West, independent of Quebec, Baltimore and
Louisiana, but this was not carried out. This letter, I think,
enables us to fix, pretty nearly, the spot where he was. The
fort was that erected by the English on the Maumee*, and
*Fort Mei^s. near the present site of Perrysburg, ami opposite the present town of Mau-
niee, Lucas county, Ohio. — H.
REV. EDMUND BURKE. 245
near which Wayne defeated the Miamis and their confeder-
ates. There were probably some Catholics among the soldiers
in the fort, and his letter shows he had Canadians. His
house, where he must have said Mass, was three miles from
the fort, and evidently surrounded by the Indian camps. He
wrote from Detroit in May, but in August, 1796, in a letter
from Quebec to Archbishop Troy, says that he received
his letter of November 30, 1795, at the Miamis in February —
that is, of course, February, 1796. His stay, or visits to Ohio,
therefore, extended at least from February, 1795, to February,
1796, and possibly a little longer.
He seems, after some practical experience, to have aban-
doned his plans of great Indian missions. In 1797 he was at
Fort Niagara. In 1803 he was sent by the Bishop of Quebec
to Halifax, as its first settled pastor. There he erected the
Glebe House, which I believe is still the residence of the
Archbishop, and he made the plans and laid the foundation of
St. Marx's Cathedral. He visited Rome in 1816, and the next
year (July 4, 18 17,) was appointed, by Pius VII, Bishop of
Sion and Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia. He died at Hali-
fax, December 1, 1820, according to Archbishop Hannan's
sketch, in his seventy-eighth year.
This gives, I think, Reverend dear friend, another Ohio
priest, short as was his stay, and one too conspicuous to be
overlooked. I find allusion to his presence in the West, in
sume letters of Bishop Carroll, and a wandering Dominican
Father, Le Deu, and it would seem that when the English
finally retired from the posts which they had held in contra-
vention of the treaty of [783, Rrv. Mr. Burke wrote to Bishop
Carroll, and may have thought of coming to the diocese of
Baltimore.
I should be most ungrateful if I did not mention that
Bishop Maes, of Covington, who has written a sketch of the
Church at Monroe, first told me of Bishop Burke's having
beer al Raisin river; then I found him in the Register at
< >uebec. * :;: * Yours most sincerely,
l< >II\ GILMARY SHEA.
REV. (.. V. Hun k.
Catholic Miscellanea
-OF —
prtherij Ohio and the Diocese of Cleveland.
For preservation in chronological order of early historical
data in connection with the churches, &c, in Northern Ohio
and diocese of Cleveland, the result of a careful search of old
files of the Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph and other papers in
which these data were published, is here presented. It is
hoped they will prove of interest to the reader, as they will
also no doubt be of value to the future historian of the diocese.
Omissions supplied, corrections, changed names of places and
churches, &c, will be found in brackets.
NORTHERN OHIO.
CORRESPONDENCE, DESCRIPTIVE OF BISHOP FENWICK'S
EPISCOPAL VISIT TO NORTHERN OHIO
IN 1827.
From U. S. Catholic Miscellany. Charleston, S. C. , June 30, 1827.
CANTON, Stark County, June 1, 1827.
* * The missionary Fathers, Revs. N. D. Young and
J. I. Million, traveled through Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson
and Columbiana counties to Canton, Stark county. Here
they were received by the Rt. Rev. Bishop [he had preceded
them from Zanesville to visit the pastor of Canton, Very Rev.
John A. Hill, then seriously ill] who was anxiously awaiting
their arrival to commence the Jubilee in St. John's Church.
si . Bernard's Parochial School, Akron, O.
CA THOLIC MISCELLANEA . 247
The church is neat, and beautifully situated on an elevation
overlooking the village. We spent eight days here,
as usual, the people attending twice a day with zeal and
piety. " >: " * Our two missionaries then proceeded to St.
Paul's, in Columbiana county [now St. Philip Ned's, Dun-
gannon]. The building is of brick, not yet finished.
At the solicitation of some citizens Rev. M. preached to a very
numerous and respectable audience in the court house of that
place. Considerable prejudice was removed by the discourse.
From U. S. Catholic Miscellany, September 15, 1827.
CORRESPONDENCE.
St. John's [Canton], Ohio, 29th August, 1827.
From Canton Revs. N. D. Young and
J. I. Mullon proceeded to a congregation in Wayne county,
[near the present village of Doylestown], consisting of
about 15 families. There, according to appointment, they
were met by those pious families in one of their houses, the
most convenient, for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of
religion. Previous to the celebration of the sacred mysteries,
one of the missionaries gave a long and satisfactory explana-
tion of the nature of the Holy Sacrifice. He also
entered upon the explanation of the different vestments used
in the celebration of Mass. The Holy Sacrifice having been
offered a Ion- and impressive discourse was delivered on the
unity of the Church, and concluded by calling the attention
ol tin- assembly to the circumstance of the last ami general
judgment. The missioner invited those present
to make their objections to anything he had asserted, ami
said, so far from giving him offense, it would be a sourer ■ >!
satisfaction to him in having their objections thus publicly
made that he might then have an opportunity of clearing them
up before In- 1 « ft tin- place. < )ur delay anion- these good
people was short, having been so Ion- from our stations, ami
having i" visit some other places, urged us t-> leave them
24 8 CATHOLIC MISCELLANEA.
sooner than in other circumstances we could have desired.
* - In this settlement a church is now on hand, and we
hope will be in readiness for service against the next visit of
their worthy pastor [V. Rev. J. A. Hill, of Canton].
WOOSTER, Ohio, September, 1827.
From this settlement [Dungannon] the missionaries went
to Wooster, the county town of Wayne county, where, at the
request of some of its most respectable citizens, one of them
[Rev. Father Mullon] preached in the court house to an
audience, chiefly composed of Protestants of the different
sects, among whom was the Presbyterian preacher of that
place. * * In the vicinity of the place several very
respectable Catholic families reside, the most of whom were
converts from Presbyterianism. The first priest who visited
this part of the state was our present zealous Bishop. About
ten years ago he made his first visit to this sequestered part,
from Kentucky, where he then resided. Hearing that a Cath-
olic gentleman resided in Wooster, who wished to have the
consolations of religion, Doctor Fenwick, whose zeal for, the
salvation of souls was never dormant since he entered into the
sacred ministry, hastened to this part of the state for the pur-
pose, though distant nearly one hundred miles out of his
usual route; the fatigues of the journey, the many privations
he had to endure, were no obstacles to him. On his arrival
he found, as he was informed, only one Catholic in the town,
a native of Ireland, who by his industry and correct deport-
ment had become independent, and was at the time engaged
in mercantile business. Before Doctor Fenwick left this gen-
tleman's house he had the consolation to receive into the
communion of the Church his whole family.
From U. S. Catholic Miscellany, February 28, 1828.
CANTON, February, 1828.
Thirty Catholic families arrived from Lorraine, France,
at Canton, Stark county. The chief motive that induced
these industrious and respectable emigrants to locate them-
CA THOL IC MISCELLANEA . 2 49
selves in this vicinity was the convenience of having a Cath-
olic church at Canton. They and several congregations,
though far asunder, arc attended at present by the Very Rev.
John A. Hill, V. G.
FROM BISHOP FENWICK'S REPORT OF HIS EPISCOPAL VISIT
TO NORTHERN OHIO.
From Catholic Telegraph, October 29, 1S31.
* - After a short stay at St. Joseph's [Michigan], the
Bishop proceeded to Detroit, and thence to Canton, a flour-
ishing town in Stark county, Ohio. Here he found the con-
gregation much increased under the pastoral care of Rev. Mr.
Henni. Three new churches were commenced within twenty
miles of Canton, a fourth near Norwalk [Peru], in Huron
county, and a fifth [St. Mary's] in Tiffin, a new and flourishing
county seat in Seneca. * *
CANTON, OHIO.
From Catholic Telegraph, October 29, 183 1.
We learn from a communication to the Bishop of Cincin-
nati, that the Rev. Mr. Henni, pastor of the Catholic church
[St. John's] in Canton, has within the last two years received
21 adult persons into the Church, besides many children who
followed their parents; that he administered the Sacrament
of Baptism to 269. This truly zealous and indefatigable mis-
sionary has been compensated for his toils and hardships, in
witnessing the rapid and astonishing increase of his flock.
-:■:-
OBITUARY 01 TIN". RT. REV. EDWARD FENWICK, FIRM' BISHOP
ui ( |\< i\\ \ 1 I. DIED A I WOOSTER, OHIO,
SEPTEMBER J'"», 1S32.
71 Catholic Telegraph, October 6, 1S32.
■ Our venerated and beloved Bishop has gone to reap the
reward of his labors and trials, leaving us the memory of his
worth, the example of his virtues, and the odor of his sanctity.
lb- i> deadl Edward Fenwick is no more.
250 CATHOLIC MISCELLANEA.
Where is he whose approving smile was ever ready to
cheer us; whose sympathetic heart shared our griefs, and the
counsels of whose wisdom was a lamp to our footsteps?
Where is he whom we were accustomed to behold at the altar
of his God; in the habitations of want and wretchedness; by
the bedside of disease and pain; or in the rude cabin of the
simple native of the forest; on the errand of mercy and the
work of benediction? Alas! those benignant features are
stiffened in the rigidity of death; that heart beats no more to
human hope, or joy, or feeling; that light is extinguished;
and the dank, cold clods of the valley are heaped above that
majestic and venerated form.
In the poignancy of the present affliction our only solace
is in the consoling hope that his removal is only to an
entrance on the happiness of the beatific vision of his God, in
those abodes towards which his longing desires were ever
directed, and where all his treasures were.
This occasion, and our own feelings, will neither justify
nor permit us now and here to dwell, at length, on his char-
acter and virtues — they are themes which hereafter through
our pilgrimage we shall recall with delight and gratefully per-
pend. They will only allow us at this time to record the
manner of his decease.
He was on his return homeward from Canton, Stark
county, after a long and laborious visitation of the remoter
parts of his extensive diocese, during which his heart was
consoled for the disease which weakened his constitution and
the fatigue that prostrated his strength, at beholding the
fruits of his enlightened charity and zeal. The prevailing
epidemic (cholera) arrested his course and terminated his
mortal career, at Wooster, in the county of Wayne. *
We add the following letter, addressed by Rev. M. Henni
to Rev. J. I. Mullon, editor of the Catholic TelcgrapJi :
Wooster, Sept. 27, 1832.
My Dear Friend. — P. has already advised you of the
alarming illness of our good Bishop. A task of most heart-
rending character remains to me, to announce to you the
CA THOLIC MISCELLANEA . 251
event. He is no more ! He died yesterday, (Wednesday),
at twelve o'clock, and was immediately interred. I witnessed
only the mound which covers his remains. Requiescat in
Pace Your most affectionate,
M. HENNI.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH, TIFFIN, OHIO.
Catholic Telegraph, May 11, 1833.
The new church at Tiffin, Seneca county, in this state, was
opened for divine service on Easter Sunday, on which occa-
sion High Mass was sung, and an oppropriate sermon
preached by the pastor, the Rev. Edmund Quinn. A few
years since there was but one Catholic family in that section
of the state, now giving promise of becoming the fairest and
most flourishing portion of the diocese.
Through the piety and zeal of the apostolic missionary,
who labors in this promising field, a neat and commodious
church has been erected, and thus the fertile country around
the Sandusky is rendered eligible to Catholic emigrants, who
have been hitherto deterred from locating themselves there
by the impossibility of enjoying the consolation derivable
from a compliance with the duties of their religion, at too
at a distance from a church or a resident priest.
REPORT OF BISHOP PURCELL'S VISIT TO NORTHERN OHIO
IN [834.— DUNGANNON, COLUMBIANA COUNTY.
[Extractor letter from Bishop Parcel!, dated Hanover, Columbiana county, Ohio.
June 16th, 18341-
Catholic Telegraph, June 27, 1S34.
* * After a late Mass on Monday, 9th of June, the
Bfehop left the house of Mr. Gallagher, * and
visited the family of Mr. Jefifers, where he had the satis-
faction to see ten interesting converts; thence he pro-
ceeded, accompanied by Mr. Deloug, who numbers not fewer
than seventy relatives, converted like himself, to tin- ( ath-
olic faith ,.»n tin- road to St. raid's church, [now St. Phil-
25 2 CA THOLIC MISCELLANEA .
lip's, Dungannon,] in Columbiana county, where he arrived
on Saturday, 14th inst., having visited several Catholic
residences in the intervening towns. Rev. Mr. Henni, of
Canton, had arrived the day previous at St. Paul's and com-
menced preparing the attending members of the congregation
for the holy sacraments. The interests of this church had
been for some time grievously neglected and the ecclesiastical
property attached to it misapplied. The exertions of the
present pious clergymen and the measures taken during the
episcopal visitation, will, it is hoped, efficiently arrest the two-
fold evil. The Church of St. Paul is a substantial brick edifice,
recently much enlarged, but still inadequate to the increasing
numbers of the congregation. It is attended by the Catholics
of New Lisbon, Hanover, and a thickly settled territory of ten or
twelve miles round. The Catholics worshiping at the church
are variously estimated at from eight hundred to one thousand
souls. They have no resident pastor. There were only six
reputed sufficiently well instructed to be admitted to confirma-
tion, and it was truly distressing to observe that many had
been suffered to reach their twentieth year without having
been imbued with the first elements of a religious education, or
received any other sacrament than baptism.
ST. JOHN'S, CANTON, STARK CO.; VERY REV. JOHN A. HILL;
LOUISVILLE, CANAL FULTON, DOYLESTOWN,
WOOSTER, ETC.
Bishop Purcell to Catholic Telegraph, July iS, 1834.
Mansfield, Richland Co., July 3, 1834.
Our first station, after having left St. Paul's Church [near
Dungannon], was at Mr. Crevaisier's, in Hanover, where a
few persons, unable to attend church, received the Holy Com-
munion, and one child was baptised. Similar consolations
were afforded to the Catholics of Paris, fifteen miles distant,
in the house of Mr. James Cassily. Passing by Osnaburg in
the public stage, we had not time to visit several Catholic
families, chiefly Germans, inhabitants of that town and vicin-
CA THOL IC MISCELLANEA . 253
ity. Having rendered our accustomed and solemn homage
to the Adorable Sacrament on our arrival in the church of
Canton [St. John's], the seat of Stark county, and knelt in the
cemetery by the remains of the once animated temples of the
Holy Ghost, destined to rise more splendid from their present
ruins, we became unconsciously absorbed in reflection at the
humble grave of the Rev. Mr. Hill. How many associations,
pleasing and melancholy to the soul, did not that sad memo-
rial awaken! What consistent testimony did not its peaceful
occupant render to the truth! What a contrast between his
and the conversion of certain modern proselytes! Willingly
did he descend from exalted station, relinquish country, debar
himself of the pleasures of a society which he was so emi-
nently qualified to grace and adorn, and sever the dearest ties,
to worship at the shrine of that mysterious Catholic religion,
always blackened by calumny, but ever bright with holiness,
always assaulted by error, but never overcome, and which is now
going forth through the New World, as it has gone through the
old, "conquering and to conquer.' The following epitaph, a
tribute of classic as well as sacerdotal piety to the memory and
virtues of the deceased ornament of the American priesthood,
is inscribed on a plain white slab placed against the south side
of the church. It is, we understand, the composition of the
Rev. Mr. Henni, associate pastor of the Canton congregation:
D. O. M.
Reverendus Sacerdos Dominus
JOHANNES AUGUSTINUS HILL.
Relictis centuris castris,
Minervae induit anna
Adscriptis DOMINIC] choro
1'atris premit vestigia
Patri ignotis in Sylvis:
l'ins mitisque animo
Cams et ore facumlus
( )|»iit iii : . Non. Sept. MDCCCXXVIII.
Pulveri eheul fave pulvis
V ivn < 1 11 111 silet turba.
254 CA THOLIC MISCELLANEA .
On Sunday Rev. V. Raymacher [Dominican] sang Mass,
and the Bishop preached in the morning, and again addressed
a large audience in the afternoon. The Tuesday following,
Feast of St. John Baptist, patron of the church, the sacra-
ment of confirmation was administered to 105 persons, all of
whom received the divine Eucharist, on the same day. The
order observed during the dispensation of the sacred rite
was truly edifying. The progress of Catholicity in this sec-
tion of the state may be estimated from the fact that there
are at present upwards of 2000 communicants in part of the
district, attended by two clergymen, the only priests in Stark
county, where, ten years ago, there were scarcely thirty resi-
dent Catholic families. This extraordinary increase will
appear from the annexed statement, on whose correctness
full reliance can be placed:
Canton, 800 communicants; Beechland, [Louisville] 7
miles distant, 240; Paris, 120; Moreck, 15 miles to the east,
100; [Canal] Fulton, 130; Sugar Creek, 60; Randolph, in
Portage county, 18 miles north of Canton, 120; the remainder
are in Medina, Chippewa [Doylestown] and Tuscarawas,
where there is, unfortunately, no one to gather the harvest
into the barns of the Father of the family, but tenacious
Catholic faith alone preserves the love of our holy institu-
tions, cementing the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.
A few only of the congregations did we find time to visit.
Beechland [Louisville] is principally a French settlement.
Church is held in the house of Mr. Joseph Menegay, which
was formerly occupied as a place of meeting by a Baptist
minister and his congregation. Bricks to the amount of
120,000, for a new church, are now in the kiln, and a lot of
three-fourths of an acre, in an eligible position, near a recently
laid-off site for a new town, has been given by Mr. Lutzen-
heizer. The ground for a grave yard is the grant of Mr.
Bideau, and forty-nine acres of prime land, generously conse-
crated [?] by Messrs. James, Richard and Patrick Moffit, to
which five others have been added by the good Mr. Menegay,
are now recorded in the Bishop's name, as a provision for the
support of a pastor.
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In the [Canal] Fulton church, a log building fifty by thirty,
built on an acre lot presented by Mr. McCud, and not yet
dedicated, there were fourteen confirmed, of whom five were
converts. Messrs. Pattern, Bayle, McCaddon and Eddington
are among the most zealous of the little flock and names
which we record with much satisfaction.
In Sugar Creek church, [Marshallville?] Wayne county,
likewise a log edifice, small and inconveniently situated, there
were fourteen communicants and four confirmed on the 1st of
July. The Arnolds, of Allegheny county, Maryland, have
planted the mustard seed, and they now cherish its growth in
this lonely place. Among the baptized there was one convert.
WOOSTER.
Reaching Wooster late at night, we greatly regretted that
we could not sojourn, at least one day, with the excellent
Catholics near that town. The dreariness of the hour and the
stormy state of the weather were in perfect accord with the
feelings inspired by the sight of the room in which the late
Uishop died forlorn by every one but his God. Filled with
the most serious but salutary impressions of the precarious
tenure by which we hold to the present life, we left the town,
after a short and broken rest, and proceeded over a wretched
road, 33 miles, to Mansfield. There are two English and
several German Catholic families in this town, but many more
in the neighborhood. They are very irregularly attended.
Notwithstanding the briefness of the notice, there were 15
communicants and 4 confirmed in the house of Mr. William
Downey. Deprived, for want of time, of the pleasure of visit-
in'.; Chippewa, [near Doylestown] where Messrs. G. Whitman
and Peter Marshall, brother to the Rev. Francis Marshall of
Maryland, have lately conveyed eighty acres of good land to
tin- Bishop, towards the support of a priest; and unable, for
the same reason, to see the numerous Catholic families newly
settled near Bucyrus, Crawford county, of whose attachment
to their faith and praiseworthy exertions for the building of a
church we have heard much that edified, we Kit Mansfield on
the jd of Jul)-, hoping to reach Paris by Truxville the same
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day. In this we were disappointed; and after a costly, dan-
gerous and unsuccessful effort to cross the flooded head-
waters of the Mohican [Wyandot?], were compelled, with
well drenched clothes and broken carriage, to return and
think of the patience and joy of the Apostle in greater labors
and disasters, while we enjoyed the fireside af our kind host.
To-morrow, God willing, we shall renew the effort to reach
Norwalk by Sunday, and, we hope, with better success. * *
Catholic Telegraph, August 1, 1S34.
EPISCOPAL VISITATION.— NORTHERN OHIO.
LETTER FROM BISHOP PURCELL.
Dayton, 23d July, 1834.
We shall here conclude our notes of the episcopal visita-
tion. Reports, which, we trust, we shall find to have been
exaggerated, having reached us, of the reappearance of chol-
era, under alarming circumstances, at Cincinnati, induce the
Bishop to defer visiting the remaining Catholic stations on
his route, and repair promptly to his see, in order to unite
with his reverend and, he fears, over-burdened fellow-laborers,
in rendering to that beloved portion of his flock, the spiritual
consolation and relief of which it may be in need.
From Mansfield to Paris there are many scattered Catho-
lics; we had time to visit none but the numerous and edifying
family of Mrs. Trux, residing near the last mentioned, new
and rapidly growing town. The number of professors of
" the faith once delivered to the saints," increased as we
approached
NORWALK,
seat of Huron county. Three miles from the town is a
well built frame church under the pastoral care of the Rev.
Mr. Tschenhens, of the Holy Order of the Redeemer, foun-
ded by the lately canonized Alphonso de Liguori, an Italian
bishop. The church, which has been lately erected, was
CA THOLIC MISCELLANEA . 257
dedicated to the Almighty God, under the invocation of that
Holy Prelate and zealous patron of missions. Previously to
the ceremony of its benediction the Bishop addressed the
congregation (to whom the Rev. Mr. Henni, of Canton, sub-
sequently delivered an eloquent and impressive discourse in
the German language) and was obviously much impressed
with the necessity of the prayers he preferred to heaven
being granted, when he besought the Divine Disposer of
every good gift, to cherish and mature the mustard seed, thus
sown under the fostering care of the Redemptorists, and
thence to diffuse the blessings of the only true and living
faith over an extensive territory, where its influence has
hitherto been but little felt. Rev. Mr. Tschenhens is now
aided by two pious lay brothers, and is soon to be joined by a
zealous clergyman of his Order, from Michigan, and a consid-
erable reinforcement from Vienna, who are thought to be now
on their voyage to the distant and unknown settlement in
the West. After the dedication of the church, the cemetery
was blessed, and 19 were confirmed.
At the request of several of the citizens, the Bishop preached
in the court house at Norwalk. The day following he was
accompanied by Revs. Messrs. Henni and Tschenhens to
Lower Sandusky [Fremont] where the divine sacrifice was
offered at the residence of Madame Beaugrand. There are
not man)- Catholics settled in the town, but several families
have lately arrived in its vicinity. A lot for a church was
promised by esteemed friends to the holy cause of truth, and
pecuniary assistance will not, it is believed, be withheld when
the seasonable time for the commencement of the church shall
have arrived.
TIFFIN.
We were much disappointed at finding the church [St.
Mary's] of Tiffin still unfinished. It has not yet been dedi-
cated. I )u Sunday, 1 jth of July, there were 100 communi-
cants, and mi the following Tuesday 26 were confirmed.
Exclusive of the Germans, to whom Revs. Messrs. Henni
and Tschenhens frequently preached during their stay in the
258 CATHOLIC MISCELLANEA.
town, there is a large and fervent congregation from the
neighborhood of Emmittsburg, Mt. St. Mary's and Westmin-
ster, Frederick county, Md. They are the hope of religion and
will long continue, as we fondly and devoutly trust, to enhance
their Bishop's joy and pastor's crown in the remote and peace-
ful habitations they have chosen. Rev. Mr. Quinn, who has
hitherto attended this congregation, resides at the distance
of five [?] miles from Tiffin, and has had to minister to the
spiritual wants of the Catholics of a circumference of nearly
forty miles, the roads at any season of the year, but particu-
larly in the winter, being of the very worst description.
Mc CUTCHENVILLE.
In McCutchenville, 10 miles from Tiffin, a charming lot of
2§ acres has been ceded to the Bishop and his successors in
office by Mr. William Arnold, and a considerable sum has been
subscribed by Messrs. McLaughlin, Berton, Noel and other
Catholics and Protestants for the erection of a church. Two
other churches are spoken of and would indeed be necessary,
for German congregations, five miles in different directions
from Tiffin.
REPORT OF EPISCOPAL VISITATION MADE BY
BISHOP PURCELL.
Catholic Telegraph, September 4, 1835.
DUNGAXXOX. — NEW LISBOX.
St. Paul's [near Dungannon] was visited on the first Sun-
day of August. The Bishop found the congregation much
increased and anxious to secure the services of a resident
priest. This a favor which it was not in his power to grant.
However, on two Sundays of every month, until God is
pleased to send more numerous, pious and efficient laborers
into His vineyard, the spiritual wants of the congregation will
be supplied by the Rev. Mr. Conlan, from Steubenville. The
number of Catholics in the town of New Lisbon, six miles
from St. Paul's, has likewise been much augmented by the
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contractors, laborers and men of business attracted to the spot
since the commencement of the Sandy and Beaver canal.
The divine mysteries were celebrated in the house of a French
Catholic, and on Monday evening the Bishop preached in the
court house to a large and attentive audience. The Catholics
of New Lisbon are anxious for the erection of a church, but it
has been recommended to them to enlarge and finish the
building at St. Paul's, before they undertake to build another
so near it. In time, we trust, there will be a creditable
church in either place.
CLEVELAND.
The Catholic congregation of Cleveland has been very
recently organized. It consists of not more than three hun-
dred members. They are all poor in this world's wealth, but
rich in the faith and hope which ensure their professors
those treasures which rust cannot consume, nor earthly dis-
tinction affect, and which are forfeited by vice and wilful
error. A merchant of Cleveland, Mr. Clark, has presented a
lot, in Brooklyn, which is connected and almost identified
with Cleveland, by a bridge thrown over the Cuyahoga river.
On this lot [not used; first church was built on 'Flats" in
Cleveland centre.— H.] it is intended to erect a church during
the present season and from the friendly and liberal spirit
evinced by the Protestant citizens of the town and the spirited
exertions which the Catholics are resolved to make, we have
no doubt but that the voyager on Lake Erie will soon be
cheered, in his approach to this safe harbor, by the aspect of
the Sign of our Redemption. We were delighted to hear how
greatly the religious, moral and social condition of the Catho-
lics in the vicinity of Cleveland, 'who had previously enjoyed
no means of instruction, has been improved by the unremit-
ting exertions of their pastor, Rev. Mr. Dillon. May the
divine blessing continue to remove the obstacles which could
mar the projects, or impede the success of this interesting
little flock.
CUYAHOGA FALLS.
At this place, which is thirty miles from Cleveland, there
are a few Catholic-, hut many more dispersed through the
260 CATHOLIC MISCELLANEA.
country around. Many of the influential citizens, who belong
to no religion, but who are shocked at the disreputable acts
resorted to, for the disparagement of the Catholics among a
people who have little opportunity of judging of them but
from the caricatures exhibited by sectarians, have strongly
urged with promises largely to contribute to the building of
a Catholic church. [No church built at C. F. till 1884. — H.]
It will be impossible to accede to their request before the
completion of the church in Cleveland. Meantime, they shall
hear the word of Catholic truth announced at stated visits,
by Rev. Mr. Dillon.
RANDOLPH.
The first movement of German Catholic in a new settlement
is to build a church and school house of the cheapest and
most accessible materials. To improvements in the condition
of the country, and their own, they wisely adjourn the con-
struction of more costly and substantial edifices. Within one
mile of Randolph [Centre] in Portage county, there is a
Catholic German congregation who have raised a small, but
remarkably neat log chapel and school house, thereby evinc-
ing a laudable attention to the instruction of their children,
and a becoming zeal for the religion of their fathers. The
congregation consists of forty-five families, and of this little
community, it is said, in addition to other praise, that there
is not a solitary instance of habitual or occasional intemper-
ance to stain its early and humble history! On the 22d inst.
[August, 1835], Rev. Mr. Saenderl [Redemptorist], who
accompanied the Bishop, sang High Mass, in which the entire
congregation, young and old, joined in admirable accordance ;
there were fifty-three communicants and twelve confirmed.
Several Catholic families, not before heard of, attended from
a distance of ten or fifteen miles, or requested through those
who were able to come, that they may be visited by a priest.
Measures were promptly taken to afford them this conso-
lation. * *
CA THOLIC MISCELLANEA . 261
REPORT OF EPISCOPAL VISITATION BY
BISHOP PURCELL.
Catholic Telegraph, September 11, 1835.
LOUISVILLE, O.
Beechland [near Louisville], Stark county. — This congre-
gation has suffered from the want of pastoral attention for
several months. Still the members of the building committee
have not neglected the collection of materials for the erection
of a church in the newly located and fast progressing town of
Louisville. Eighty-one thousand brick, and much of the
gross timber for the construction of the church, are now on
the selected site, and the Bishop was cordially seconded in
his earnest desire for the completion of, at least, the shell of
the building, before the setting in of the winter. The
resources of the congregation are fully adequate to the sup-
port of a priest, and promises have been given, which it is
hoped the Divine Lord of the harvest will enable us to realize,
that a worthy laborer shall be speedily placed at their head,
to lead them onward in union, strength and piety. The holy
mysteries were celebrated in the large dwelling of Mr. Eck, a
Catholic lately arrived from Pennsylvania, and many persons
were admitted to holy communion and confirmation.
ST. JOHN'S, CANTON.
This healthy and popular town appears destined to enjoy
its share of the growing prosperity of the West. Its citizens
air now engaged in urging on to completion a cross-cut from
the < »hio and Erie, <>r Sandy and Beaver canal. The church
is far too small for the greatly increased numbers of the con-
gregation, and notwithstanding the contemplated formation
of several distinct missions in its neighborhood, it will be
necessary t<> erect a new church on, or near, the site of the old
one, to accommodate the Catholics and numerous enquirers
alter religious truth at present residing in the town. At the
requesl of many of the citizens the Bishop preached t<> an
unusually large assemblage in the court house on Sunday
262 CATHOLIC MISCELLANEA.
evening, August 23d. The Rev. gentleman of the Order of
St. Dominic, to whose arduous and untiring efforts for the
promotion of faith and morals, during many years, the dio-
cese of Ohio owes a large debt of gratitude, has lately sur-
rendered* the Canton congregation to the care of the Bishop.
This measure was exclusively owing to the impossibility, on
the part of the Order, of attending to this distant mission,
while the congregations of Zanesville, Somerset and Lancas-
ter require more than the time and pains which have been
bestowed on their spiritual instruction and improvement in
former years. Rev. Mr. Saenderl, Superior of the Redemptor-
ists, and Rev. Mr. O'Bairne have been entrusted by the Bishop
with the care of the congregation.
EPISCOPAL VISITATION— NORTHERN OHIO.
Bishop Puree II to Catholic Telegraph, September 15, 1S36
TIFFIN, ST. MARY'S.
Very Rev. S. T. Badin and Rev. H. D. Juncker having
reached Tiffin several days before the Bishop, prepared the
congregation for the reception of the Sacraments. There
were only 23 confirmed. The church is under the care of the
Redemptorists [stationed at Peru, Huron Co.] whose number,
we regret to say, has not been hitherto large enough to admit
of their devoting the necessary time to the instruction and
spiritual wants of the diocese. Four clergymen, at least,
would be required for Seneca county, in which are five [four?]
churches at the present time [Tiffin, Thompson, Wolf 's Creek
and McCutchenville] in progress of building. Numerous sects,
of whose very name the Bishop had never heard before, are
swarming through the villages in this and Crawford eounty.
The Tiffin and McCutchenville congregations are com-
prised of the very best materials; they have been lately much
augmented by emigrants from Maryland, Pennsylvania and
some parts of Europe. The Germans in their vicinity are
*The Dominicans reassunied charge of St. John's. Canton, about 1837, retaining it till
1S42.-H.
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peaceful, industrious and full of zeal for the diffusion of our
holy religion, for their own edification and the instruction of
their children. The Tiffin church, the shell of which, only,
has been so long built, will be completed and ready for dedi-
cation this fall. * *
FREMONT; LA PRAIRIE.
Lower Sandusky [Fremont] and the French congregation
of Muddy Creek [La Prairie], consisting of 20 or 30 families,
are still destitute of a church. From the well known liberal-
ity, respectability and intelligence of many of the inhabitants,
we have no doubt but means will soon be furnished to erect
in this interesting vicinity a new and neat little monument to
the Faith of ages. We shall look with confidence for its com-
pletion by the coming year. * *
CANTON, ST. JOHN'S.
Catholic Telegraph, December 23, 1836.
Rev. Dr. Hoffmann will visit the Catholics of Columbus at
the feast of Christmas. He will thence proceed direct to
Canton, where, we are happy to announce, will be his future
residence as pastor of the Catholic congregation. Cordially
do we congratulate our brethren at Canton on their acquisition
of so learned and zealous a spiritual guide as Dr. Hoffmann,
and we sincerely hope that his pious instructions and edifying
manners will soon make them forget their late destitution of
pastoral encouragement and succor. We trust some of the
prominent members of the congregation will, without delay,
prepare the presbytery for his reception.
I WT LIVERPOOL, OHIO.
Catholic Telegraphy May 30 and June 6, 1839.
Measures are in progress for the erection of a church in
this nourishing village [East Liverpool], A lot has
been secured and a subscription commenced. This is owing
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to the zeal of Rev. James Conlan, pastor of Steubenville,
who attends [this and] several neighboring missions.
Rev. Mr. Conlan is making an appeal to our Catholic breth-
ren in behalf of this infant congregation, to which we hope
there will be a liberal response.
DIOCESE OF [CINCINNATI] OHIO.
Bishop Purcell to Catholic Telegraph, February 15, 1840.
It is a subject of no small gratification to the Western
Catholics, to observe the sure and steady progress of the
Church throughout this extensive portion of our country.
About twenty-two years ago there was but one building in
this state on which the Sacred Cross was raised, to cheer the
heart of the emigrant as he journeyed to some " promised
land " in search of home and happiness. Our religion was
then associated with a thousand evils in the minds of the
inhabitants; truth had a mountain before it, towering to the
clouds, which it had to move from the path before it could
make further progress on its holy errand. The laborers,,
however, were not disheartened — " courage mounteth with
occasion;" — and they commenced to toil in the good cause,
calmly but resolutely, conscious that their duty was being
fulfilled, and trusting in the Lord for a successful result.
Already have many of their expectations ben realized. * *
We have reason for congratulation, and as we justly enter-
tain a preference for the immediate scene of our labors, we
can often see through the parting gloom of the present many
bright and cheering vistas of future glory for our diocese. In
six years the number of clergy has increased from nineteen to
thirty-four. In the almanac for this year Ohio has credit for
two charitable institutions, but we have now five in operation.
It is also stated therein, that we have 24 churches in Ohio,
now the number is 32, and before the ensuing almanac is
ready for the press, we hope to have still better news to
impart to those who love to see the Church flourishing and
prosperous, no matter where it may be planted. * *
CA THOLIC MISCELLANEA . 265
DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH OF "OUR LADY OF THE LAKE,"
[ST. MARY'S ON THE "FLATS"], CLEVELAND, O.,
JUNE 7, 184O.
Catholic Telegraphy June 20, [840.
Rt. Rev. Dr. de Forbin-Janson, Bishop of Nancy and
Toul, France, and Bishop Purcell of Cincinnati, left Buffalo
on the steamboat Constitution at 8 P. M. on Friday, 5th of
June for Cleveland. At Fairport, 30 miles from the last men-
tioned place, they were overtaken by a violent storm, during"
which the vessel, which was very heavily laden, labored a
great deal and made but little headway, so that they did not
reach their destination for many hours after the usual time
employed in making- the trip. They were both, as were
nearly all their fellow-travelers, gloriously sea-sick and soaked
with surf from the swollen waters, and the good Bishop of
Nancy was moreover at one moment in imminent danger of
serious injury from the falling of a high and heavy pile of
cases of merchandise in a sudden lurch of the ship. Finally
the}- disembarked in safety, at 5 A. M., on Sunday morning,
4 luspice Maria.
The Bishop of the diocese was agreeably surprised to find
that all the work which he had directed to be done at the
new church by Mr. Golden, the architect, had been not only
faithfully performed, but that the altar and the plastering,
etc., had likewise been very neatly executed. lie accord-
ingly resolved not to lose so favorable an occasion of dedi-
cating it. The zealous Bishop of Nancy, who seems to have
never known what it is to be weary in well doing, kindly
consented to dedicate tin- church, which he did according to
the Roman ritual, and in full pontificals, after which he
celebrated Nigh Mass, which was wonderfully well sung in
plain chant by the choir. * * * Bishop Purcell preached
to a very intelligent and attentive auditory, before and alter
the ceremony.
Tlie church measures 81 by 53 feet, having four well
wrought Doric columns in front, a light but substantial gal-
lery, or organ loft, handsome ceiling, etc., and conveniently
266 CATHOLIC MISCELLANEA.
situated on Columbus street, between the two [?] congre-
gations of Cleveland and Ohio City [?]. * * * [Church
was taken down September, 1888. — H.]*
EPISCOPAL VISITATION.— NORTHERN OHIO.
Bishop Purcell to Catholic Telegraph, July 4. 1S40.
Liverpool, Medina Co.
After his departure from Cleveland [June 8], the Bishop
visited two Catholic families near Strongville [Cuyahoga Co.]
who had not been favored with the presence of a priest for
several years. * * * He was there met by a deputa-
tion of German Catholics, of Liverpool, Medina county, by
whom he was attended to the residence of Mr. Lawling, in
which service is generally held for the neighboring Catholic
inhabitants. The next morning a large number of the faith-
ful, living on the east and west banks of Rocky river, assem-
bled on the occasion, in virtue of a previous notice sent there
from Cleveland. These formed in procession and jiroceeded,
chanting the Miserere, to the graveyard, where the Bishop,
in mitre and crosier, blessed the graves of a few persons thus
solitarily buried, and gave an instruction to the bystanders on
the nature of the ceremony and the circumstances under
which one or two of their brethren, who were there interred,
had died. Rev. Mr. O'Dwyer then offered the holy sacrifice,
and the Bishop preached on the worth of the soul. Many
well-inclined Protestants were present. It was thought expe-
dient to recommend the construction of two churches, one at
each side of the river, which is often too much swollen to
admit of being safely forded. Materials have been prepared
for these purposes, and we hope to learn soon that the
churches have been built. [In 1842 a log church (St. Mary's)
was built east of Rocky river, in the hamlet of Abbeyville,
later replaced by a brick structure, but long since abandoned.
In the same year a log church was also erected west of same
•See Historical Sketch, p. 226.
CATHOLIC MISCELLANEA. 267
river, one mile from Liverpool Centre. This was replaced in
1 86 1 by the present brick edifice, known as St. Martin's,
Liverpool, Medina Co. — H.]
DOYLESTOWX.
About noon the Bishop left [Liverpool] for Chippewa
[near Doylestown] in Wayne county, accompanied by five of
the congregation on horseback. After straying a
few miles from the right road, the party reached, before sun-
down, the residence "of Rev. Mr. Schorb, pastor of the congre-
gation. Next day the Bishop visited Mr. Marshall and Mr.
Whitman, two zealous Maryland Catholics, who have given a
valuable tract of seventy-eight acres of land for the support
of a presbytery, and who are now engaged in redeeming a
pledge by them voluntarily and generously given to build a
church and a dwelling for a priest at their own expense. The
cost of the buildings cannot be under seven or eight hun-
dred dollars. Other members of the congregation rival their
charity in supplying the church with suitable vestments, and
in no other part of the diocese has the Bishop witnessed
more zeal, humility and fervor than in this sequestered and
delightful spot. Surely the divine mercies are for such a
people. The number of communicants has been more than
doubled since the arrival of the pastor, being now eighty-five.
In [Canal] Fulton, on the canal, nine miles distant, there
are eighty-four communicants; in Liverpool, eighty-one; in
Randolph, fifty; in Akron, twenty (not including the English-
speaking portion, which is considerable); in Wooster, Ash-
land[?] and Shelby [Settlement], the communicants amount
to one hundred and nineteen. All the places are attended
[from Chippewa] by Rev. Mr. Schorb, to whom the Bishop
promised an assistant, for whose support ample means will be
furnished at the glebe-house. The church [at Chippewa],
though yet unfinished, is still used for divine service. It was
filled on Corpus Christi, when the Bishop and the reverend
pastor alternately officiated; the former preached on the great
mystery of tin- divine love in tin- Adorable Eucharist, and
after having praised the zeal and piety of this line little flock,
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exhorted all to perseverance and renewed effort to obtain all
that is yet wanting for the instruction of the youth of the con-
gregation and the decency and dignity of the worship of
God. * *
CANTON, ST. JOHN'S.
On Thursday afternoon [June u], the Bishop reached
Canton in company with Rev. Mr. Schorb. He there wit-
nessed and heard, with inexpressible pleasure, the good done
by the indefatigable Rev. Mr. Juncker, and had reason to
bless the Almighty's goodness that a constitution, naturally
delicate, had not sunken under an accumulation of arduous
duties. The new pews, the decent altar, the handsome ante-
pendium, speak the man of God, prepared for every good
w T ork. He had, up to this date, eighteen hundred and forty-
three communicants, [of these there were] in Canton, five
hundred and forty-eight; Massillon, seventy-four; Bethle-
hem [Navarre], seventy-five; Norwalk [Peru], three hundred;
Tiffin and German Settlement [New Riegel], five hundred ;
Sandusky City, twenty-four; Thompson's Settlement [Thomp-
son], eighty-five; Cleveland, twenty-four.
These are not all the Easter communicants in the several
places named, but all that Rev. Mr. Juncker was enabled to
instruct and otherwise prepare for the reception of the holy
sacraments. He was assisted by his Reverend and worthy
confrere, Mr. Wuertz, in Bethlehem, Norwalk, Tiffin, and the
adjacent stations.
Extracts from letter of Bishop Purcell, published in the Catholic Telegraph, July
18, 1840.
East Liverpool, June 25, 1840.
The town of East Liverpool, Columbiana county, which
was laid out nearly thirty years ago, but which began to be
improved only a few years past, is one of the healthiest and
most agreeably situated on the Ohio river. Mr.
James Blakely [of East Liverpool, and a convert] with a
liberality which we have pleasure in recording, and which we
trust will find many imitators in the congregations of the
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diocese, gave four hundred dollars [for the church just built],
and in connection with four other gentlemen, viz.: Messrs.
Mitchell, Mausley, Cooke and Smith, presented three town
lots for the sacred building. The first two of these four gen-
tlemen have also paid $100 each towards the erection of the
church. Mr. John Blakely, a convert like his brother men-
tioned above, has offered one hundred dollars. Mr. Kerrins,
architect of St. Paul's church. Pittsburgh, who resides here,
has also given a hundred dollars for a new altar; and his wife,
who is a convert, has done and contributed much, in company
with the family of another estimable convert, Mr. Bayley,
together with Mrs. Blakely, and others, to decorate the
sanctuary, if not to build up the very walls of our little Sion.
Mr. John J. Murphy has also been a liberal benefactor, and
incurred responsibilities towards forwarding the good work.
Messrs. Buchheit and Diettrich, German Catholics, the former
being the first Catholic who settled here, largely participated
in the merit of the forementioned. Many other names might
be added, but they do not occur to us at present. The
pious pastor, Rev. Mr. [James] Conlan, lodges at the hospit-
able resilience of Mr. Fortune. * * And it is not for
ostentation, or any intention of flattering a fondness for even
amiable fame, which is very far, we believe, from the minds
of all those who have engaged in this pious undertaking, that
we have written the foregoing, but only to do as we see clone
in other places where lists of the benevolent are kept and
occasionally published, for the double purpose of acknowl-
edgment and emulation in well doing.
The church is of brick, substantially built, with stone
foundation, and water course's, 70x40 ft. in dimensions, and
has already cost three thousand dollars. The resources of
tin- committee, and indeed of the congregation, are nearly
exhausted, and though the Bishop has come to their assist-
ance as generously as his means and the numberless demands
made on him will allow, they are compelled by the hard times
to leave the work unfinished for the present.
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PASTORAL APPOINTMENTS.
Catholic Telegraph, October 10, 1840.
Rev. Peter McLaughlin has been appointed pastor of the
congregation of "Our Lady of the Lake," Cleveland, and of
the various stations hitherto attended by Rev. Mr. O'Dwyer
in Cuyahoga and the adjoining counties.
Rev. Mr. Louis de Goesbriand succeeds Rev. Mr. Wuertz
(removed to Canton in the absence of Rev. Mr. Juncker, who
has obtained leave from the Bishop to make a short visit to
Europe,) as pastor of St. Louis' Church [Louisville], in Stark
county.
EPISCOPAL VISITATION.— NORTHERN OHIO.
Bishop Purcellto Catholic Telegraph, December 12, 1S40.
McCUTCHENVILLE.
The church of McCutchenville might have been dedicated,
as the Bishop and Very Rev. Mr. Henni, on their way from
Marion to Crawfordsville had to pass by Tymochtee, which
is only a few miles from it, but they were not aware, when
they heard that the church was handsomely finished, that
they should have to approach so near to that part of Seneca
[Wyandot] county during the visitation. This duty devolves
on the reverend pastors of Tiffin according to the request
made by the Bishop to the Rev. Mr. Machebeuf.
FINDLAY.
In Fort Findlay, Hancock county, they [Bishop Purcell
and Father Henni,] were agreeably surprised to find more
Catholics than they believed to reside there. Church was
held at Mr. Engelmann's, a friendly Protestant, married to a
Catholic lady from near Emmittsburg, and some children
were baptized. [Mr. E. later became a convert. — H.]
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GLANDORF.
With much difficulty we [Bishop Purcell and. Very Rev.
Father Henni] procured a wagon at Findlay to transport us
some thirty miles over a very bad road, to Ottawa. We
were benighted before we reached the village, but as the rain,
which had fallen during- the day in torrents, had fortunately
ceased, we procured a guide and lantern and ventured to ford
the Blanchard river on horseback, that we may [?] reach Glan-
dorf, the settlement of the Rev. Mr. Horstmann, before
Sunday morning. We accomplished this task in little more
than an hour, and were cordially welcomed by this learned
professor, devoted pastor and fervent solitary. Rev. Mr.
Horstmann is a native of Prussia. He purchased a section of
land in this part of Ohio [Putnam county], in 1834. A few of
his compatriots followed him, and a Catholic settlement was
commenced. Its increase may be estimated by the following
data: In [835 there were 2 baptisms; in 1836, 20; in 1837,
23; in 1838, 29; in 1839 only 28, and in 1840, to the 30th of
October, t,^. There were this year 590 communicants, 122
families, 36 confirmed, and 5 deaths in the settlement.
The church, in point of material and style, is well suited
to the forest scene around. The pulpit, from which the spir-
itual Zaccheus not only sees Christ in his law, but also shows
him to a faithful people, is formed from the hollow trunk of a
sycamore. The dome of the sacred edifice, now canopied
only by the firmament, consists, in summer at least, of the
arched branches, grapevine, and, for aught we know to the
contrary, the ante-deluvian oak.
Near the church, and similarly constructed, stands the
school house. The priest was for eighteen months the school
master, and it is worthy of record that the common school
fund furnished a fair contingent of his salary. We are happy
to say that this is not the only instance of such rare justice to
the Catholic population of Ohio. In Minster and Wapako-
neta we shall have occasion to notice the same honesty and
fairness, in giving our people a portion of the education
money. :: ' ;: '
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From Ottawa [Glandorf ?] we started for the Catholic sta-
tion at Fort Jennings, but the state of the creeks did not
admit of our going farther in that direction than Kalida, and
during this short journey we had to roll away the fallen tim-
ber and make frequent use of the axe to cut down saplings
that interrupted our path.
Our next resting place was Lima, in Allen county. Here
we could not learn that there were any Catholics. * *
Catholic Telegraph, fitly 10, 1841.
[EAST] LIVERPOOL, OHIO.
To the Catholic Congregations of Ohio:
With the previously obtained consent of the venerable
Bishop of the diocese, the undersigned were appointed to
address you, our fellow Catholics, in relation to the difficulties
and embarrassments of the Catholic congregation of this
place, and to appeal to your liberality and generosity to assist
us, in order to enable us to remove the same.
Our church was commenced in the spring of 1837, under
the most favorable auspices; being encouraged by the prom-
ising state of the times, and the prospect of a considerable
increase of our numbers, from a public work then under con-
tract, we were induced to lay out our church on a larger scale
than would have been advisable had such a change been con-
templated as took place shortly after that period. The build-
ing having progressed, however, to that extent that rendered
any alteration impossible, we had no alternative left but
to abandon the work entirely and lose what had already
been expended, or make another effort to finish the build-
ing on the plan already begun. The latter course was
determined on, and by the most extraordinary exertions,
considering our numbers, we have succeeded in raising a
beautiful and substantial edifice (40x70 feet, of brick), one
that will be an ornament to our town and a credit to our
faith. It is in an unfinished state, it is true, but notwith-
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standing, it will and does answer for public worship, until a
change in the times will enable us to complete it. To effect
what has been done we have expended $3,000, and unfortu-
nately we have a debt of $1,000, for the payment of which
the hammer of the sheriff is now battering at the door. It is
to prevent so deplorable a consequence that this appeal is
made. Was it for the purpose of building, or raking means
to build a church (aware as we are that most if not all the
congregations of this diocese have their own difficulties to
contend with), we could not expect, nor would we ask at your
hands, your assistance; the matter would be local in its
nature, and if our circumstances would not permit us to enter
into it, we would wait till they were so. But now the case is
different; it is not to build a church, but to save one, which is
already under roof; and these circumstances render its char-
acter a general one, affecting- every Catholic in the diocese,
and in which all must feel a deep interest. A church, on
which has been expended upwards of $3,000, is about to be
sacrificed for a small remaining debt. This of itself should
be an important consideration. But still this would be noth-
ing when compared with the disgrace which must be conse-
quent on such an event, a consequence which we confidently
feel you will readily assist us to avert. A small pittance
from each individual who will be called on would raise the
Mini required. We do hope our appeal will not be in vain.
We know that it will not. We feel that an appeal made to
us under similar circumstances would cause us to contribute a
portion which, if equally contributed through the dioce
would much more than raise the amount required in this case.
Tin- different congregations of the diocese will be waited
on by our pastor, Rev. James Conlan [attending E. I., from
Steubenville,] in a few weeks. We hope none will send him
away without contributing something.
Ji 'ii\ J. Murphy,
J( >S] \ll 1; \<.l IV,
J( mix S. Blakely.
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EPISCOPAL VISITATION.— NORTHERN OHIO.
Bishop Puree 11 to Catholic Telegraph, July 17, 1841.
PERU; ST. PETER'S, NORWALK, ETC.
A clergyman [Rev. Joseph Freygang] from
another diocese [Detroit], who had been recently admitted,
with much difficult)', into Ohio had placed him-
self at the head of a party [which under his direction left
Peru and organized St. Peter's, Norwalk, contrary to the
Bishop's positive prohibition] and thus proved the occasion
of much disturbance of the peace and edification, for which
this congregation [St. Alphonsus', Peru,] had, with very few
exceptions, been at all times remarkable. The
Bishop experienced great satisfaction at meeting here the
former pastor [Rev. F. X. Tschenhens], who had returned
[from Pittsburgh] to resume the care of his beloved flock.
This zealous priest had been diligently employed for several
days in preparing the candidates for confirmation, of whom
about twenty-five or thirty received that sacrament [June 20].
The Bishop preached at High Mass on the necessity of obedi-
ence to the spiritual authority which Christ has established in
His church for the maintenance of good government, happi-
ness and order, and the prevention of the guilt and wretched-
ness inseparable from schism. The church was
crowded with a Catholic audience, most of whom were effected
even to tears, and all united in addressing the most fervent
prayers to heaven for the restoration of the alienated affec-
tions of those who had hitherto been of one mind with them
in exhibiting the good and pleasant scene of brethren dwell-
ing together in unity. " After High Mass the
Bishop preached in a little grove, near the church, on the
sacrament of penance; and the following evening, at the
request of the sheriff and a large number of the principal citi-
zens of Norwalk, he preached in the court house. On Tuesday
evening [June 22,] the Bishop preached in the school house
at New Haven, twelve miles from Norwalk, and on the next
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day held "station" at the house of Mr. James Patton, where
there were some communicants, and three persons were con-
firmed. We thence proceeded to
THE CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART [SHELBY
SETTLEMENT].
In this church, attended by about 100 families of German
and Irish Catholics, we were kept pretty constantly busy
in giving instructions and administering the sacraments.
On the evening of the second day, the Bishop preached by
request in the Methodist meeting-house at Shelby, four miles
from the church. After the sermon the Bishop, accompanied
by Rev. Mr. Tschenhens, left Shelby for Bucyrus, 14 miles
distant [June 24th]. Very Rev. Mr. Henni, who had arrived
at Norwalk from Columbus, where he had officiated the pre-
ceding Sunday, returned [from Shelby Settlement] to Nor-
walk, with the intention of reaching Tiffin for the next Sun-
day. There are but two or three Catholic families in Bucyrus,
although there are many at various distances in the country
around. These we could not visit, and therefore we took a
stage to Scipio, or Republic, a new and for the present thriv-
ing village, bein^ the termination of the finished portion of
the Mad River and Lake Erie railroad, commencing at San-
dusky City, 26 miles distant. This distance is traveled in the
cars, propelled by a locomotive at the rate of about 12 miles
an hour.
TIFFIN, ST. MARY'S.
The church at Tiffin, which was visited on Sunday, June
27th. is so small that not mere than one-third part of the
Congregation can find place in it. The neatness
of tin- church and tin- piety of the congregation never fail.
* * Rev. .Mr. McXamee, ordained at Cincinnati, has
charge of this interesting flock. He is, through the mere) ol
God, another happy instance of the devotedness and success
with which the alumni of the diocese commence to labor in
sowing in tears and garnering in joy the spiritual harvest.
i; tsides Tiffin, the congregations of Mc< lutchenville [ceased to
exist since [870] and the German Settlement in Big Spring
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township [New Riegel], Attica [St. Stephen's], Maumee, Per-
rysburg [?], Toledo, Defiance, etc., * are attended
from Tiffin and Norwalk.
MCCUTCHENVILLE, WYANDOT COUNTY.
The church of McCutchenville, a neat, frame edifice, want-
ing but a fraction of the dimensions of the church at Tiffin,
was dedicated to God [June 26], under the title of The Visi-
tation. In few places of this, or, as it is believed, of any other
diocese, has more been done by a few families than has been
accomplished [here] towards the building and decoration of a
church.
NEW RIEGEL, SENECA COUNTY.
The church of the German Settlement [then called Wolfs
Creek, now New Riegel,] six miles from McCutchenville, is
called St. Boniface. It is frequented by 120 families, chiefly
Germans — all whose children, planted like young olives on
each side of an avenue of trees leading to the church, received
on their knees the blessing of the Bishop as he approached
the church. Very Rev. Mr. Henni consoled the congregation
by one of his eloquent and fervent sermons, after which 16
persons were confirmed. The Easter communicants in all the
Tiffin range this year were 662; baptisms from 1st of July,
1840 to 1st of July, 1841, 310; confirmed at Tiffin, 65; mar-
riages, 11; interments, 25.
SANDUSKY.
Rev. Mr. Machebeuf is stationed at Sandusky, on the lake,
county seat of the new county of Erie. Church is held in a
large hall kindly loaned for this purpose by the proprietor,
Judge Mills, an old and tried friend of Catholics, though not
himself a Catholic. Five years ago this benevolent man
offered the Bishop three lots and a handsome subscription
towards a church. The want of a priest, which, thank God,
no longer exists, only debarred the acceptance of this liberal
offer and the execution of the long cherished prospect. In
this city and immediate vicinity there have been 110 commu-
nicants, this Easter; 20 baptisms since 1st of January, 20
CA THOLIC MISCELLANEA. 2 7 7
confirmed, 3 marriages, 3 first communions. After preaching
in meeting rooms and in the court house, on Tuesday in the
afternoon [June 29,] the Bishop, attended by the Very Rev.
Mr. Henni and Rev. Mr. Machebeuf, held a meeting of the con-
gregation, at which he stated that besides the three lots, the
sum of $530 in cash was offered by the family of Mr. Mills.
The subscriptions of the congregation, very many of whom
have not yet been called upon, raised this amount to upwards
of $1,600. An estimate hastily drawn up by Mr. Robert
Cassidy,-' stone mason, showed that the walls of a church,
60x46, with basement of 8 ft., and height from principal floor,
of due proportions, would require 730 perch of stone. The
work can be done here with certainty, for $1.50 per perch, all
material, &c, furnished. A building committee to aid the
pastor, who must frequently be absent from home, was ap-
pointed by the Bishop, and all other preliminary arrange-
ments made, so that the foundations could be blessed and
cornerstone placed with one solemnity. The zeal, prudence
and piety of the pastor, and the excellent spirit of the flock
lead us to hope with confidence that their new church will be
covered in before bad weather. The church will be styled
"Holy Angels."
KPISCOPAL VISITATION.— NORTHERN OHIO.
Bishop Purcell to Catholic Telegraph, luly 31, 1S41.
SANDUSKY; FREMONT; MAUMEE, AC.
Before leaving Sandusky the Bishop established there a
Total Abstinence Society. It was at the earnest
request of the Rev. Mr. Machebeuf, their devoted pastor
that this effort was made, and the success was such as to
leave a strong -round lor hope that tin- example of Cleveland
will be here followed. * *
( >ur way [from Sandusky City] to Lower Sandusky
[Fremont] lay through tin- woods profusely adorned with
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beautiful wild roses, interspersed with rich clusters of the
orange lily. We missed the road, but arrived in good time
at our destination. Here, as in Sandusky City, church is
kept in a large room, originally built for a store; but a com-
mencement has been made towards the erection of a church
on an eligible lot presented for this purpose by Charles Brush,
Esq., of Columbus; and an old and faithful friend of the
Catholic congregation, Rudolph Dickinson, Esq., at whose
hospitable residence the clergy have always found a welcome,
has, besides other help, offered all the brick that may be
required for the building, The Bishop and Rev. Mr. Henni
preached here several times, the former in the court house,
where he always finds a large and courteous auditory. In
this little congregation, which has greatly improved since it
has received more pastoral care than it was possible to bestow
on it while there was only one priest for this and the Tiffin
missions, 21 were confirmed; and there have been since first
January, of this year, 19 baptisms, 102 Easter communions,
16 first communions, 3 marriages and 2 interments. * *
At the French settlement [La Prairie], 9 miles from Lower
Sandusky, there was a neat little rural chapel dedicated to
St. Philomena. We could not help thinking of the early
missionaries, as we approached this sequestered spot in a
boat, and again darted by it at our departure, stretched in a
light canoe. There is another French settlement [Toussaint]
on the Toussaint river, 16 miles from Lower Sandusky, which
we had not time to visit. Besides these there are several
other stations, such as Marblehead, Port Clinton, &c, which
receive as much pastoral care as the extent of the mission
will allow. * *
MAUMEE.
From Lower Sandusky to Perrysburg, united by a bridge
there over the Maumee river, below Fort Meigs to Maumee
City, the road lies through the Black Swamp, 31 miles in
length. The road is one of the best McAdamized in the
Union. There were fewer signs of temporal pros-
perity around Perrysburg [Maumee] since we visited there
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four years ago than we had anticipated. It is, however, too soon
yet to see the beneficial results of the great public works, canals,
railroads and turnpikes that terminate or intersect here. * *
The members of the congregation [at Maumee] had, as is
everywhere the case, greatly increased; and one of the hand-
somest churches in the state, owing to the zeal of Rev. Mr.
McNamec, the proverbial generosity of the Irish Catholics on
the public works, and the kindness of a few citizens of other
denominations, belongs to them. It was built in part for the
Episcopalians, who for some reason or other, have never occu-
pied it. This church is frame, 65x35 feet, of proportionate
height, surmounted by tower and steeple. It will be
dedicated to God, under the patronage of St. Joseph. We
remained here four days, and though we are three in number,
viz.: Rev. Messrs. Machebeuf, McNamee and the Bishop, we
were constantly employed. We had preaching three or four
times a day. On Sunday there was no service in cany of the
other churches, many of whose people came to ours, as they
did during the week, and several among them heard with
astonishment what undeniable testimony the Scripture exhib-
its to sustain those peculiar tenets of our Holy Faith, with
which the prejudices of their education had hitherto taught
them to consider utterly incompatible.
The Methodist clergyman in charge invited the Bishop to
preach a temperance address in his church, but he politely
declined, remarking that the Catholic church was large
enough, he thought, for any audience that could be collected,
'and he preferred to see Catholics frequent no church but their
own, on any occasion. Indeed, he had stated, in detail, the
previous Sunday, many peremptory reasons why, on the sub-
ject of temperance, as well as any others. Catholics should
to hear no preacher who could not offer them a sufficient
guarantee tli.it he was not likely to rush into the wildest
extremes of fanaticism and error. The church was thronged
at the temperance address.
There were twenty-five confirmed. Three or four priest-,
would have more than enough to do in this part of the dio-
A.nd yet the harvesl is rotting for want of laborers!
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EPISCOPAL VISITATION.
Bishop Piuxell to Catholic Telegraph, December II, 1841.
CANTON — ST. JOHN'S.
" :: " We reached Canton at sundown, on Saturday, 6th
November. Rarely have we been more consoled than we
were at this visitation, seeing and hearing of the peace which
reigns throughout this congregation, and of the assiduity of
its members in approaching the holy sacraments, under the
pastoral care of Rev. Matthias Wuerz. One hundred and
twenty were confirmed, and the faithful, after sermons in
English and German [in the latter language by Very Rev. Fr.
Henni, who accompanied Bishop Purcell on his visitation], were
exhorted to build at least one church more for the use of the
German Catholics, the present being a great deal too small
for either portion of the congregation.
LOUISVILLE.
The following Thursday, one hundred and forty
persons received the same sacrament [confirmation] at St.
Louis' Church, Louisville, Stark county, where Rev. Mr. de
Goesbriand is stationed among a flock composed chiefly of
French emigrants. It would be impossible, we
think, to witness more solemnity and decorum than we here
observed in the reception of the sacraments, or in the assist-
ance at the Divine Sacrifice. * *
RANDOLPH.
On Friday morning we attended at St. Martin's [St. Jos-
eph's], near Randolph [Centre], where a beautiful frame church
was consumed [?] three years ago, withits furniture, by some
base incendiary, whom the spirit of the first schismatic is
suspected, we fear but too truly, to have instigated to the
sacrilegious deed. Very Rev. Mr. Henni preached a most
affecting sermon on the occasion, and all the congregation,
with only one or at most two exceptions, knelt down with
abundance of tears to ask pardon from God and the grace of
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repentance for the perpetrators of so deadly a crime. From
this place Rev. Mr. Henni went to Hanover, Columbiana county,
at the request of the German [?] congregation of St. Paul's [then
near Dungannon.]
AKRON.
" " :: " The Bishop proceeded [alone] to Akron, where he
said Mass in the house of a German, Mr. Meyer, and with
some Irish Catholics and other friends endeavored to provide
for the erection of a church for the Catholics of this rapidly
growing town, and Cuyahoga Falls, three miles north.
CHIPPEWA [DOYLESTOWN].
* We were at St. Francis Xavier's Church (Rev. Mr.
Schorb's) on the following Sunday [November 14th]. The
church was then dedicated and thirty-eight persons were con-
firmed. We know not if a larger assembly was ever before
congregated in so small a spa< The building should have
been three or four times as large to afford room for all who
crowded to the ceremony, and yet the most perfect order was
observed during the holy sacrifice and the instruction.
* *
WOOSTER.
( )n Tuesday evening [Nov. 16], the Bishop preached to a
crowded audience in the court house at Wooster, standing as
it were, according to his own observation, on the grave of his
venerated predecessor, whose heroic sacrifices and sublime
devotion in the work of an apostle would, he hoped, obtain
more than human efficacy for his feeble words. Next morn-
ing, after church at Mr. Christian Juncker's, he preached,
again by request; in the- court house, on the Catholic doctrine
of rransubstantiation. We noticed four preachers of different
sects taking notes of his sermon.
We heard with exceeding regret of several in this neigh-
borhood who had joined "other religions," because there was
none of their own to go I It is confidently hoped
that with the generously promised aid of a few Catholics we
shall soon have a church in Wooster, where nearly all the
sects have anticipated us in the erection of "meeting houses."
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After arrangements to this effect the Bishop left in a little
carriage, placed, for a week, at his disposal by its proprietor,
Mr. John Carroll, a sound-hearted Irish Catholic, and arrived
same day at Mt. Eaton. * " :f
CANAL FULTON ; CANTON ; MASSILLON ; NAVARRE.
Next morning [Nov. 19] we reached the church
near Fulton [between Canal Fulton and Lawrence] before
the congregation was assembled. Here the Bishop preached.
At early candle-light, same evening, the Bishop
preached in the Methodist meeting-house at [Canal] Fulton,
and again, in the same place, the following day, after Mass, at
which there were many communicants — at Mr. Jesse Patton's.
In the evening [November 21] he preached to a very crowded
assembly in the court-house at Canton, and proceeded same
night to Massillon, where he held service at Mr. Finnegan's,
and preached in a large public hall to a respectable and very
attentive audience. There should be a church in this place,
and we trust there soon will be one worthy of our faith and
of the prosperity of this very thriving town. * *
The church of St. Clement at Bethlehem [Navarre] was
our next point of labor and rest. We shall not
exhaust the patience of our readers, already, perhaps, too
heavily taxed, by this lengthy communication, by giving
utterance to the numerous reflections on the rapid growth,
the present urgent necessities and future prospects of the
Church in this diocese, which the present visitation has sug-
gested. One thing is certain, it would require the constant
attention of two bishops and a hundred priests, as humble,
disinterested, patient, healthy, prudent, painstaking, pious
and learned as men can be in this world of trial, to preserve
the faithful, convert the erring, reclaim the sinful, found
schools and build churches necessary over such an extensive
spiritual territory. From the depths of our own sense of our
insufficiency for the arduous task, we can only implore the
Almighty God to send laborers into His vineyard!
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Catholic Telegraph, February 26, 1842.
REV. MR. RAPPE.
This devoted brother and fellow-laborer sends us [Bishop
Purcell] edifying tidings from the north-west of the diocese,
under the head of "Toledo, 14th February." He writes as
follows: "I have just returned from the state line where I
found much work and great consolation. I commence, it
seems to mc, to be a missionary. I like exceedingly the
poverty, the simplicity and the faith of our Irish Catholics.
Poor men! Many of them have not been to confession for a
long while, and now above all, those who have joined the
temperance society are very zealous to approach this sacra-
ment and the Divine Eucharist. I should have two lives to
consecrate to such men. They want above everything instruc-
tion in their moral duties and the sacraments. But what con-
soling faith! Last Sunday I celebrated two Masses on the
reservoir [in Paulding county], where there are about 600
men, and in the afternoon I was called to the sick. I was
followed along the road by a young man who had longed for
the occasion of speaking to mc. But as the most notable of
the place made a circle around me, my good young man was
prevented by humility from making his way to me. But on
my return from the sick he stopped me as I was about jump-
ing over a ditch, and modestly said to me: 'Sir, I wish to
receive the Blessed Sacrament.' 'Very well, my friend, I
am going to hear confessions to-morrow; I hope you will
have that happiness.' 'But,' he replied, 'it is to-day I wish
to do so.' 'My friend,' I added, 'you have dined; you can
not communicate now.' 'No, sir, I have neither breakfasted
nor dined, because I hoped to receive my Lord to-day.'
Blei ied are the poor in spirit lor surely theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.
"I wish to have one hundred medals and two hundred
cards, for besides the two hundred persons that I have
received into the temperance society, many o\ tin- others had
taken the pledge in other states, so th.it they are tin- majority.
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Though I had never been a great friend of the temperance
society, I could not refuse to take the pledge myself on see-
ing the frightful ravages of intemperance among our poor
people.
"All the people are very anxious to see the commencing
of the foundation of our new church, [in Toledo] but I answer
them that I wish first of all to see a great change in their
morals; in a word, I wish to put all the whisky bottles and
glasses in the bottom of the foundation. Death himself has
come to help me in my work, for eighteen or twenty per-
sons have died, Catholics and Protestants, since Christmas,
the most part of intemperate habits, so that those who drank
to preserve health are now confounded. *
"My prospects for building a church are encouraging.
Fourteen hundred dollars have been subscribed in Toledo,
and I reckon upon four hundred more from the public works.
Pray that I may have light and grace to know and do the
will of God in all things." * *
Extracts from letter sent by Rev. P. J. Machebeuf to the Catholic Telegraph.
Sandusky City, June 6, 1842.
The walls of our new church, the Holy Angels',
are entirely finished. They are of cut stone. The most part
of the timber for the roof and steeples has been got out, and
next week I will give the contract for framing the roof, etc.
While I am writing, masons are beginning to build my house,
next to the church, of the stone that was left. It will also be
all of stone. The people are all very desirous to give me a
few days' work, or materials. Mr. Miles [a Protestant], who
has done so much already, has been so kind as to give us two
acres, not far from the church, for a graveyard. The
great majority of the congregation, and even the pastor him-
self, though a Frenchman, now belong to the army of teeto-
talers; thanks be to God for it. I was not at first a
friend of total abstinence, but seeing that the prevailing vice,
as well as obstacles to all good in this neighborhood, was
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intemperance, I joined the society, and St. Pat-
rick's day was celebrated with great solemnity. The
society in this city and neighborhood numbers one hundred
and sixty-two members, of whom I had the pleasure of seeing
one hundred and fifty make their Easter duty.
FREMONT.
We have done nothing so far in Lower Sandusky [Fre-
mont], this season, towards building the new church. If the
zeal of a few were imitated by all, the church would soon be
raised, and the debts already contracted on the room, tem-
porarily used for the purpose, soon liquidated.
Catholic Telegraphy September 3, 1842.
MASSILLON, ST. MARY'S.
We are happy to announce that our friends at Massillon
* have commenced the good work of erecting a church.
The corner-stone was placed on the 20th ult., and a sermon was
preached on the occasion by Rev. Matthias Wuertz, pastor of
St. John's, Canton. Rev. Mr. de Goesbriand assisted at the edi-
fying ceremony.
• — »■ — •
( 'atholic Telegraph.
TOLEDO, DECEMBER, 1.S42.
The Rev. Mr. Rappe has purchased the Presbyterian
meeting house in Toledo [St. Krancis de Sales'], in this state.
It is a large' building, in a handsome part of the town, and
after a few alterations, will be used as a ("atholic church.
Religion has nol a more zealous missionary in the West than
the reverend gentlemen, through whose exertions the congre-
gations in Toledo and other towns in the neighborhood have
been I M;. mi/.ed.
DIOCES1 01 CINC1 NNATI.
Catholu Telegraph.
December, [842. I he Catholic Almanac for [843 has
been received It is as usual full of interesting statis-
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tics. The progressive increase in the diocese of Cin-
cinnati will be gratifying to those who take an immediate
interest in that portion of the vineyard of Christ. This dio-
cese, which comprises the state of Ohio, was created in the
year 1822, and the Rt. Rev. Edward Fen wick appointed its
first Bishop. During the administration of the venerable pre-
late several churches were erected. In the year 1833, when
the present Bishop [Purcell] was consecrated, the number of
churches in Ohio was sixteen. They were nearly ail frame or
log buildings and very small, corresponding with the poverty
of the Catholic population then scattered throughout the state.
The number of priests did not exceed ten or twelve. There
are now (1842) forty-five churches in the diocese, some of
them equal to any in the United States for solidity, size and
beauty.
• — -^n- — •
CLEVELAND.
Catholic Telegraph, Jan uarv 28, 1843.
The zealous pastor [Rev. P. McLaughlin] of this city and
its neighboring missions, is laboring successfully in the good
cause of Jesus Christ. * The marriages during the past
year have been eighteen, the baptisms one hundred and eight,
deaths, nine. Only two adults of the congregation have died
during two years and three months in Cleveland.
REV. P. J. MACHEBEUF.
Catholic Telegraph, January 28, 1843.
We regret to hear that the Rev. Mr. Machebeuf, the pastor
of Lower [?] Sandusky [Sandusky City], was shipwrecked on
Lake Ontario, whilst on his way to Quebec. The crew and
passengers saved their lives with difficulty and landed on an
island. They applied for shelter at a farm-house where all
were kindly received until the owner discovered that a "popish
priest " was among his guests. Our reverend friend, after
much solicitation, was graciously permitted to sleep 011 the
floor. Such Christian charity deserves to be remembered!
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REV. AMADEUS RAPPE.
Catholic Telegraph. September 23, 1843.
The Catholics in the northwestern part of the diocese are
increasing rapidly under the spiritual guidance of their excel-
lent pastor, the Rev. Mr. Rappe. We learn that two new
churches are to be erected, one at Defiance and another in
Providence, and that the services of one or two additional
clergymen will be required.
REPORT OF REV. AMADEUS RAPPE'S MISSIONS.
Extracts from a letter written by Rev. A. Rappe to Bishop Purcell.
Catholic Telegraph, February 13, 1S45.
DEFIANCE. — * * "I went to Defiance the 15th Jan-
uary, [1845] and was very much gratified when I perceived a
small frame church erected by the care and sacrifices of a few
Catholic families of that place. I hope to celebrate the Holy
Mass in it before Easter. I am pleased to tell you that every-
thing has been conducted so well that it will be out of debt
when finished. It is not a splendid building, but I hope the
Almighty God will have more regard for the good and pious
hearts, which built up an humble temple for his glory, with
much exertion, than for a monument erected by pride, or
without any hard sacrifice. *
"The example of Defiance has produced a good effect on
our Catholic friends of Providence, already animated with a
zeal for putting up a handsome church for the benefit of their
souls. They feel now a new courage to go on. The stone
for the foundation is prepared. We have received a gift of
40,000 brick and 5,000 feet of lumber; an acre of ground for
the church and school house, ami two acres for a graveyard.
* The work will go on in the spring. The church will
be 30x50 feet.
FREMONT, January, [845. -" The Catholics of Lower San-
dusky [Fremont] have opened a subscription to finish the
new church. Our generous friend, Mr. Dickinson, has given
$50 towards it, and Mr. Rawson $
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SANDUSKY, January, 1845. — "I passed a few days at San-
dusky City, where I found the congregation increasing * *
and my good friend, Rev. Mr. Machebeuf, will have occasion
to build an addition to his new church after his return. * *
REVS. PEUDEPRAT, RAPPE AND DE GOESBRIAXD.
Noticing the publication of the Catholic Almanac for 1846,
the Telegraph says (December 11, 1845): "Rev. Mr. Peude-
prat has succeeded Rev. Mr. de Goesbriand as pastor of St.
Louis' congregation, [Louisville], Stark county and Rev. Mr.
de Goesbriand and Rev. Mr. Rappe are united in the care of
the congregations of Toledo, Maumee, Defiance, Providence,
Napoleon and Lower Sandusky [Fremont].
SANDUSKY; HOLY ANGELS'.
Extracts from a letter of Rev. Mr. Machebeuf, Sandusky City, published in the
Catholic Telegraph, February 12, 1846.
"Our beautiful little church has been finished since the
first Sunday of Advent ; and the steeple and spire were com-
pleted and the bell hung in time for Christmas. I have never
seen our people in better spirits. When I was telling them a
few weeks before Xmas that I expected to find a man of good
will who would volunteer to go to Toledo for the bell, one of
them, by an excess of good will, forgot he was in church, and
cried out immediately: 'Say, Priest, I'll go to-morrow:' and
he kept his word. As the congregation is increasing daily I
have engaged to say Mass in Sandusky every Sunday. * *
" I had the pleasure of seeing Rev. Mr. de Goesbriand on
his way to Toledo, and as the ice was good on the bay and
the lake shore, we went to "give church" at the Canadian
Settlement [Toussaint], on the Toussaint river, and then pro-
ceeded together to Toledo, all the way on the ice. But I
must say, en passant, that we enjoyed somewhat of the com-
fort our friends, the Baptists, must feel, when, in the heart of
winter, they are dipped ; for, owing to a little forgetfulness of
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•of the track by our guide, we broke in — about fifteen miles
from Toledo. Rut the water in that spot was, fortunately,
not more than five feet deep, and had it not been that the
vestments and books of my reverend friend were partially
injured, everything would have turned out in fun. We made
land as soon as we could, and having kindled a fire on the
edge of a large prairie, we dried our clothes * * and
continued our route to Toledo, where our merry and amiable
common friend [Rev. A. Rappe] made us forget our mis-
ap.
TOLEDO.
Catholic Telegraph, February 12, 1846.
We learn from Rev. Mr. Rappe that with the aid of his
devoted associate, Rev. Mr. de Goesbriand, twenty-five chil-
dren were prepared to make their first communion at Toledo
on the feast of the Epiphany.
The youths of Maumee and La Prairie will be ready to
take their place at the Divine Banquet towards the end of
Lent. The temperance cause, under the zealous superintend-
ence of these two reverend friends, is well sustained and is
doing much good at Toledo.
TOLEDO; SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME [OF CINCINNATI].
Catholic Telegraph, April 30, 1
The sisters and scholars are blessed with excellent health,
and tin school, under such able management, continues to
advance in its successful claims to public patronage and
esteem. We can not sufficiently admire the heroism with
which these Sisters, with the humble but confident hope of
being useful to religion and society, disregarded tin- fears ol
the "Maumee" fever, from which, through tin- divine blessing
on such devotedness as theirs, they have experienced that
there was nothing to far. * * The Sisters <«t Notre Dame
will not lie forgotten in future years when the earliest and
mosl efficient pioneers are commemorated.
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BISHOP PURCELL'S EPISCOPAL VISITS.
SANDUSKY ; FREMONT, ETC.
Catholic Telegraph, June 18, 1846.
CONFIRMATION. — This sacrament was administered by the
Rt. Rev. Bishop of the diocese to 55 persons in the church of
the Holy Angels, Sandusky City, [Trinity Sunday, June 7].
Amongst the number were several converts whose entrance
into the true fold created quite a sensation in the denomina-
tions they had left. The church was blessed on the occasion
by the Bishop, assisted by Rev. Messrs. Machebeuf and
Byrne. In the chapel of St. Philomena, on the Sandusky
river, [La Prairie] there were 36 persons confirmed on Mon-
day, 8th of June, and 45 at Lower Sandusky [St. Ann's, Fre-
mont] where a new church was dedicated [June 8th].
CLEVELAND; TOLEDO; PERU; NORWALK; NEW RIEGEL;
TIFFIN, ETC.
Catholic Telegraph, fuly 2, 1846
On the feast of Pentecost [May 31] 102 persons were con-
firmed in St. Mary's Church, Cleveland, and 16 in the church
of St. John of the Cross, near Laporte, on the following
Tuesday. Forty-one persons were confirmed in the church
of St. Francis, at Toledo, on the 14th of June * * and
41 in the church of St. Alphonso [Peru] near Norwalk, on
the festival of Corpus Christi [June nth]. There was a very
large and edifying procession in the majestic woods near this
church in the forenoon, and in the afternoon the large and
beautiful church of St. Peter's, Norwalk, was dedicated.
Sixty-five persons were confirmed at St. Boniface's, Wolfs
Creek [New Riegel], where there was also a solemn proces-
sion on the Sunday within the octave [of Corpus Christi].
The "old [log] church," so called, though built but a few
years ago, has to be taken down, and a new one, larger and
to meet the wants of the fast increasing congregation, to be
erected in its place.
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There were 60 persons confirmed [June 21] in St. Mary's
Church, Tiffin, to which an addition [frame] twice the size of
the original [brick] building, and in better style of finish, has
been recently made.
The Roman Catholic Germans have also built at Tiffin a
new, large and beautiful church of brick, which was dedicated
to God on the same day [June 21,] in honor of St. Joseph.
These two congregations walked in procession through the
town to assist at the dedication. The High Mass was sung
by the Rev. Matthias Kreusch, [C. PP. S.] and the sermon in
German was preached by the Rev. Francis de Sales Hrunner,
[Provincial of the Sanguinists]. * * The church of St.
Bernard, New Washington, is under roof.
BISHOP PURCELL'S EPISCOPAL VISITS.
DUNGANNON, &C.
Catholic Telegraphy July 16, 1846.
Episcopal Visitation. Tuesday, [July 7th,]
the Bishop [Purcell] confirmed forty-six at St. Paul's, Colum-
biana county. The corner-stone of a new church [St. Philip
Neri's, Dungannon] one mile from the old one, which is now
too small, will be laid on the 15th of August, and also of
another [at Summitville?], so much have the Catholics in that
vicinity increased under the pastoral care of the Rev. [James]
( Ionian.
WOOSTER.
Catholic Telegraph, August 26, 1847.
The comer-Stone <>f a new Catholic church was laid on
last Friday [August 20], in Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio, by
tli<- Rt. Rev. Bishop Purcell, assisted by the pastor, Rev.
Philip Foley, and Rev. Messrs. J. II. Luhr and C. Daly. The
church is t<> be sixty-five by thirty-eight feet.
It will be built of brick, with a solid stone foundation, and
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situated on a lot of two and one-half acres on the ed^e of
town. A portion of the grounds is to be used as a cemetery.
At the close of the ceremony the Bishop addressed an
attentive audience in English, and Rev. Mr. Luhr in German.
The pastor and flock are entitled to much credit for their gen-
erous exertions to build their church in the thriving town of
Wooster, where the number of Catholics is still small, but
with the best prospects of increase, both from immigration,
conversion, or reversion of many who have forgotten their
baptism in the Church, or their having sprung from Catholic
parentage.
AKRON, ST. VINCENT'S.
Catholic Telegraphy September 9, 1S47.
We are pleased to learn that Rev. Mr. Daly has built a
considerable addition to the church of St. Vincent de Paul, of
Akron, and that the spirited Catholics of Doylestown, Wayne
county, and its vicinity, have resolved to build a new and
beautiful church at the last mentioned place, one mile from
the site of the church of St. Xavier [at Chippewa], now too
small for the congregation.
EPISCOPAL VISITATION BY BISHOP PURCELL.
Catholic Telegraph, September 9, 1847,
MASSILLON. — The new church at Massillon [St. Mary's],
a solid stone building, 78x40 feet, was dedicated on the 22d
of August. * *
CANAL FULTON, August, 1847. — The church of Canal
Fulton, a handsome frame, 64x37, was dedicated
to Almighty God, in honor of the holy Apostles, Philip and
James, on the 24th of the same month [August]. These two
churches are under the pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Foley. We
are indebted to Judge Griswold, of Canton, agent for the pro-
CA THOLIC MISCELLANEA . 293
prietor in New York, for the gift of three lots in [Canal] Ful-
ton, on which the church is eligibly situated.
CANTON. — St. Peter's Church, Canton, was dedicated on
the 29th of August. It is of brick, 98x45, a cheap, solid and
beautiful building. *
NEW BERLIN. — The church of New Berlin * and
that of Harrisburgh are under roof. There have
been nine churches built in as many years, within a radius of
fourteen miles from Canton.
YOUNGSTOWN. — On the 1st of September [1847] church
was held in the house of Mr. James Moore, in Youngstown,
Mahoning county. We were gratified at the large
increase of Catholics near Youngstown, and the size and site,
the best in town, given us for a church by the Hon. David
Tod.
Akron. — Mr. James V. Conlan, a student of the diocesan
seminary, received tonsure and minor orders in St. Vincent's
Church, Akron, on the 2nd of September, Sub-deaconship on
the $i\, the holy order of Deacon on the 4th, and on Sunday,
the 5th, he will be ordained priest.
DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND.
Catholit Telegraph, October 14, 1S47.
I 1 >NS1 1 1: V IK »\' OF BISHOP RAPPE.
This ceremony [of consecration] took place on last Sun-
day (( K tnlier 10] in the cathedral of Cincinnati. An immense
congregation was present, filling every part of the ample
edifice-, and preserving throughout the solemn exercises tin-
greatest order and attention. The Rt. Rev, Dr. Purcell \\.i-
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the consecrating prelate, assisted by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Whelan,
Bishop of Richmond. * *
BISHOP RAPPE.
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Rappe left town yesterday on his way to
Cleveland. The separation of clergymen, heretofore labor-
ing under one bishop, was not without some manifestation of
feeling. There has been always such strong attachment
between us, and so much friendship in our intercourse with
each other, such joy when we met and such regret at parting,
that we were not surprised at the emotion with which hands
were shaken, when those of the new diocese took farewell of
their brethren who remained attached to the diocese of Cin-
cinnati. Henceforth there will be a holy rivalry in working
for God. If we can carry into effect only half the good reso-
lutions and promises and pledges which we made at parting,
the way the old faith will prosper in Ohio will astonish the
"Evangelical Alliance!"
BISHOP RAPPE.
Cleveland Daily Herald, March 16, 1S48.
* * The Catholic population of our city and immediate
vicinity now numbers about 4,000, and the wants of the people
require a much larger and more central place of worship than
St. Mary's Church [on the Flats]. An effort will be made to
build a cathedral the present year, and for this purpose the
well known liberality of our citizens will be appealed to. * *
A site for the location of the cathedral at the head of Superior,
and the corner of Erie and Meadow streets, has been pur-
chased, and we have seen a drawing of the proposed edifice,
which will add very much to the good taste and inviting
appearance of our beautiful young city.
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REPORT OK BISHOP RAPPE'S EPISCOPAL VISITS TO AKRON,
RANDOLPH, NAVARRE, WOOSTER, DOYLESTOWN, &C.
Catholic Telegraph, August g, 1849.
On the 1st of July, Rt. Rev. Bishop Rappe administered
the sacrament of confirmation to ten persons in St. Vincent
de Paul's, Akron. Summit county, Ohio.
On the 3d he confirmed forty-seven at Randolph,
Portage county, and dedicated the new church.
He visited Bethlehem [Navarre], Stark county, on the
4th. Here the people have secured the material for a new-
church, 65x40 feet, to be built of brick.
On the 6th of Jul)' the Bishop visited Wooster, Wayne
county, where there is a beautiful new church under roof. It
was here the first Bishop of Cincinnati, [Rt. Rev. E. Fenwick]
"laid down his life for his sheep," having fallen a victim to
the cholera in 1 S 3 2 , while engaged in the visitation of his
extensive diocese. * *
On the 8th the Bishop laid the corner stone of a new
church at Doylestown. * *
On the 9th twenty-eight persons were confirmed in Bristol
[Marshallville], Wayne count)-. Here also, a new church is
in process of erection.
The Bishop purchased a church [Protestant frame meeting
house,] in Mansfield, where there is a very good prospect for
a large congregation.
BISHOP RAPPE'S FIRST VISIT TO EUROPE.
Catholic Telegraph, August^ 1S49.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Rappe will sail for Europe, on busi-
ness connected with the interests of religion in his new and
flourishing diocese, early in September. We cordially wish
the good prelate .1 prosperous voyage and .1 safe return. The
new cathedral of Cleveland is now in process ol erection.
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BISHOP RAPPE ON INTEMPERANCE.
March 27, 185 1, Bishop Rappe published a pastoral on the
vice of intemperance. Commencing' on it, the Catholic Tele-
graph, of April 5, 1 83 1 , says: "We publish to-day a pastoral
of the Rt. Reverend, the Bishop of Cleveland, on a topic
which is now creating much excitement. The Bishop, as is
well known, is indefatigable in his effort to banish intemper-
ance, and uncompromising in his hostility to the means by
which it is perpetuated in the community.
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CLEVELAND.
Under date of August 5, 1855, the Cincinnati Telegraph
is informed that " St. John's College, an institution which
commenced its first session last year deserves particular
notice. It has lately undergone several changes and
improvements. It is now presided over by Rev. Louis Molon,
formerly of Massillon, and has a new faculty whose know-
ledge and experience as professors in some of the best Euro-
pean establishments guarantee results. It will open this
year, the first week of September."
BISHOP RAPPE. — ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, CLEVELAND.
Cincinnati Telegraph, December 6, 1851.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop of Cleveland preached in the cathe-
dral of this city last Sunday. Being now engaged in the
erection of a cathedral, he has appealed to the Catholics of
Cincinnati to aid him in completing the work. For this pur-
pose a collection will be made at the cathedral on Sunday,,
and also at the church of St. Francis Xavier. * *
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CONSECRATION OF ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, CLEVELAND.
Cleveland Herald, November 8, 1852.
* * The consecration services were witnessed Sun-
1
day forenoon [November 7th] by a very large audience.
Owing to the rough weather on the lake the Hi shops of Bos-
ton, Buffalo and Detroit were not present. The cathedral
was consecrated by the Most Rev. Archbishop Purcell of
Cincinnati. The Rt. Rev. M. J. Spalding, Bishop
of Louisville, delivered a brief and appropriate discourse, and
High Mass was celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Rappe, of
Cleveland; in the afternoon Vespers, and a sermon in German,
by the Rev. Mr. Ruhr, of Canton.
In the evening Archbishop Purcell delivered an able and
eloquent discourse on the progress of the Catholic Church,
particularly in the United States and in the West. He
referred to the time when the Babe of Bethlehem had not
even a stable wherein to lay His head in a village now grown
to be the beautiful forest City; to the first meetings of a
feeble band of Catholics in Shakespeare Hall. He made
mention of the donation, by liberal citizens, of the site- for St.
Marx'-, Church, and of the progress of that church to the
Splendid sanctuary this day consecrated. The eloquent pre-
late paid a warm tribute to the self-sacrificing labors of Bishop
Rappe; to his devotion in leaving his pleasant home in sunny
France on a mission of mercy among the sons of toil on the
then sickly Maumee; spoke of his sharing the humblest cabin
with the poorest of his flock, and of the high reward which
has attended his faithful ministration. :: "
I l \ I I N PASTORAL LETTER <>l Mil RT. REV. BISHOP RAP!
Publishedin Cincinnati 4, February 2, I
To the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Cleveland:
Beloved Children i\ Christ: We have just termin-
ated the seventh visitation of our new diocese, .\nd it is with
feeliners of deep ■latitude to the God of Mercy that we have
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witnessed the rapid progress which the faith is making yearly.
The number of our zealous clergy, of the faithful, the churches,
the schools, and religious institutions has increased to the
rate of one in three, in the short period of eight years; and,
what is more consoling, is, to see the spirit of piety and zeal
prevailing in every congregation, and an invariable calmness
and fortitude manifested by our beloved children in this late
time of systematic persecution against the Church of God.
But we should be unjust in not acknowledging that, after
God, this holy growth of religion and Christian virtue has
been highly forwarded and developed by the zeal, self-denial,
prudence and piety of our brethren in the holy ministry.
You have fought a good fight, worthy co-operators, and you
already enjoy the fruits of your hard labors. But, in order to
secure and increase more and more this consoling improve-
ment in your beloved flocks, continue indefatigable in the
care of the youth. Look upon the first communion of your
little ones as the groundwork of a holy life. I would exhort
you earnestly to set apart five or six weeks, immediately
before admitting them to the Holy Table, in order to assemble
them twice a day, and, in a familiar and pious manner, explain
to them the Christian doctrine, enlighten their minds with a
knowledge of the fundamental truths of religion, and lead
their innocent hearts to the practice of piety and devotion.
Do your best to induce the priests in your vicinity to give a
few days' spiritual retreat to them before their general confes-
sion and first communion. " Suffer little children to come
unto me." By doing so, dearly beloved friends, (and many
of you have experienced it) you will create a new generation
to replace the old one, which has so nobly and so constantly
kept the faith and made the most generous sacrifices for the
Catholic church in this country. I need not insist, beloved
parents, on the necessity of your seconding the efforts and
zeal of your beloved pastors. You will send your children to
religious instruction at the time appointed by your clergy;
you will edify them at home by your pious example ; you will
draw from Heaven by your fervent prayers the graces neces-
CA THOL IC MISCELLANEA . 299
sary to secure to them the immense blessings of a good first
communion. On that happy day Jesus will hasten to come
unto them, to abide with them. "He that eateth my flesh
and drinketh my blood abideth in me and I in him." He will
transform their innocent hearts into delightful temples of
piety and zeal. They will live by Jesus and the life of Jesus;
but alas! should they receive unworthily, for want of prepara-
tion and a sincere confession, then they would eat and drink
their own judgment and condemnation. In that case the
Bread of Life is changed into a fatal poison which produces
in the soul a deadly languor, a disgust of the things of God,
a kind of despair, and not unfrequently a total shipwreck of
faith and salvation. Such being the awful consequences of a
bail communion, would you consent, beloved parents, to neg-
lect anything in your power, to prevent it? O, no! you love
your children too dearly to expose their souls to such mis-
fortune and ruin. You love your Church too dearly to see
them, by your fault, become her disgrace and her enemies.
You have too great a zeal for your salvation to suffer your
own children to be your condemnation before the tribunal of
God. You know you are bound to secure as far as you can
the religious instruction of your family. "He who does not
care of his own household," says St. Paul, "hath denied the
Faith, and is worse than an infidel." We have full confidence,
then, that you will correspond with our exhortations and con-
sult your welfare in sending your children timet)' and punc-
tually to receive the instructions of their pastors.
fAMADEUS, Bishop of Cleveland.
ST. MARY'S SEMINARY, CLEVELAND.
The main building of St. Mary's Seminary, was begun in
tin- fill of [859. I" relation to the seminary. Bishop Rappe
published .1 pastoral letter, October 29, is;i), from which the
following i> taken:
"Considering our pecuniary difficulties we should have
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postponed the erection of our new seminary, but over-crowded
in the old building, and fearing for the health of the professors
and students, we have been compelled to begin the new
edifice this fall. Trusting in the help of a kind Providence
which so frequently has blessed our efforts; trusting also in
the generosity of the Catholics of our diocese, we hope to
have the work finished before next summer. * * '
OTTOVILLE; FINDLAY.
Catholic Teh-graph, October 13, 1S60.
The corner stone for a new church at Ottoville, Putnam
county, Ohio, was laid on the 9th of September [i860], by
Rev. Fr. Westerholt, pastor of Delphos,»0. The church is
to be 80 by 40 feet; from floor to ceiling 26 feet; height of
steeple about 100 feet; style of architecture, Gothic.
A new frame church was dedicated at Findlay, on the 2d
of October [i860], by the Very Rev. Father Luhr, V. G. The
pastor of this place is the Rev. FatherRoetzer.
FINDLAY, OHIO.
Letter to Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph, February fo, 1869.
"* Fin'dlay is a brisk little place of about 4,500
inhabitants, amongst whom * about two hundred
Catholics, mostly Germans, with the exception of about ten
Irish and French families. Eighteen or twenty years ago it
contained five or six Catholic families, attending Mass in a
small room of a private dwelling, the priest saying Mass on a
common table or stand. After a time [1856] Rev. Father
O'Sullivan, of Tiffin, built a small [frame] church here, about
20x40 feet in size. Later [1861] Rev. Fr. Roetzer built an
addition in front of it, and a school house in the rear, using
the old part for the priest's residence. However, it was to
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stand but a short time, for it was hardly paid for when it
caught fire from a defective flue in the school house and
burned to the ground. Another site was then obtained, and
another church was soon under way, under the supervision of
Rev. Father Dechant. But he was destined to see only the
foundation completed when lie was removed [1867] to another
parish, and Rev. Father Vattmann placed in his stead, [June,
1867]. Father Vattmann has the exterior of the church now
finished, with the exception of part of tower and the cornice.
We have a fine 1 ,Soo lb. bell; * * " the church is 90x45
feet in size, 26 feet from floor to ceiling. The chuch is built
of brick, and the tower built up 50 feet of brick, to be con-
tinued with frame work. We are much indebted to our non-
Catholic friends for their generous donation towards erecting
urcli. * K
RETREAT FOR THE SECULAR CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF
CLEVELAND.
[Last Official Communication publishsd by Bishop Rappe.]
Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph. July 28, 1869.
An ecclesiastical retreat will be opened in our seminary
of Cleveland, on the evening of the [6th of August, and will
close * > 11 the 23d of the same month. As our seminary has
not sufficient accommodation for all the priests of our diocese
we invite, first, tin- clergymen who did not enjoy the blessing
of the retreat last year. Should a few rooms remain free
they will be given to those who made their retreat last year.
Lei them apply as soon as possible.
The reverend clergy coming to the retreat are requested
to bring along cassock, beretta, etc.
t AMADEUS,
Bishop of ( )le\ eland.
3 o2 REMINISCENCES OF
REMINISCENCES OF BISHOP MACHEBEUF'S
MISSIONARY LABORS IN NORTHERN OHIO.
{Published by himself in the Catholic Universe, October l8, 1888.*]
In the fall of 1838 the young bishop of Cincinnati, the Rt.
Rev. J. B. Purcell, made his first visit to Rome, and from Paris
wrote to the Very Rev. Father Comfe, his former professor of
theology at St. Sulpice, and at this time superior of the semi-
nary of Mont-Ferrand, diocese of Clermont, to procure for him
some missionaries for his new diocese. Rev. J. B. Lamy and
myself having several times expressed our intention of going
to the foreign missions, were notified to be ready to go in the
spring with Bishop Purcell to Cincinnati. In the meantime
we succeeded in finding three more priests disposed to offer
their services to the zealous bishop. They were the Rev.
Father Gacon, who spent his missionary life at St. Martin,
Brown county, and died there as chaplain of the Ursuline
convent ; the Rev. William Cheymol, who succeeded him as
chaplain; and the Rev. Father Navarron, who established a
mission in Clermont county, and died as pastor of the parish
he had organized.
In company with Bishop Purcell, Bishop Flaget, of Bards-
town, Ky., Rev. John McGill, afterwards Bishop of Richmond,
three priests from some other diocese, and -two Sisters, in all
fifteen persons, we set sail from Havre May 9, 1839. After a
tedious voyage of forty-four days, we landed safely in New
York. Traveling by canal and stage coaches, we arrived in
Cincinnati August 22d following. Of all my compagnons de
voyage I am the only one left in this world; all the others
have gone to their reward.
After a few days' rest we all' received our appointments:
Father Lamy, as pastor of Danville, in Knox county, a large
settlement of Catholic Americans who had come from Mary-
land, and a few good German families. I was sent to Tiffin,
Seneca county, as assistant to Rev. Joseph M'Namee, a very
pious Irish priest, but very sickly. After the Redemptorist
;: See also Catholic Universe, January 31, 1889.
BISHOP MACHEBEUF. 303
Fathers of Peru, near Norwalk, had been called away from
Ohio (April, 1839), only one Father, the Rev. F. X. Tschen-
hens, had been left to attend all the missions of the north-west.
During the three months I spent in Tiffin, from August to
December, I visited the different missions, saying Mass and
commencing to speak some broken English, and even to hear
confessions. Father M'Namee, unable to undertake distant
missions, took pastoral charge of Tiffin and vicinity. In the
beginning of November, 1 839, I visited for the first time the
Irish laborers working on the National or macadamized road,
then being built through the " Black Swamp," from Fremont
(at that time known as Lower Sandusky) to Perrysburg, on
the Maumee river. I first visited Lower Sandusky, where I
received the kind hospitality of Mrs. Dickinson and of Mrs.
Rawson, very respectable French ladies, married to Protestant
gentlemen. In Lower Sandusky I learned that nine or ten
miles down the river a good number of Canadian farmers had
settled on Mud Creek (in French, Riviere an Nasc). I went
there immediately and found over thirty families, mostly from
Detroit and Monroe, Mich. In the few days I spent with them
I had the greatest consolation. All of them received the sac-
raments and showed the best disposition. I appointed some
pious Ladies to teach catechism on Sundays, and two or three
times during the week, to a large number of children. A good
widow lady gave a beautiful site on the bank of the river for
a church, or rather chapel. Before leaving these
■ d and pious people I promised to visit them every month,
and in order to facilitate my visits I bought on credit a Cana-
dian poll)-, borrowed a saddle, and after resting another day
at Lower Sandusky, commenced the tedious and Ion- journey
through tin- Black swamp to the Maumee river, traveling only
a few miles a day. The National road was graded and partly
macadamized, but very rough. I had gone only five or six
miles to the river when some good Irishmen, breaking the
-tone lor the road, recognized me as priest. They called un-
to a large log cabin to attend a sick man; but there was no
siik man! It was a pious fraud to keep me lor the next day,
which was Sunday. Whilst I was wanning myself my pony
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was taken to a stable, and the women were preparing another
cabin for me, making a good fire; it was in November, and the
weather was wet and cold. Well, I cheerfully resigned my-
self to spend the Sunday with these good people. Early the
next day I put up an altar and prepared everything for Mass.
I then said Mass and ventured to address
them a few words of broken English. After Mass I had four
or five children to baptize, and the generous men were so
thankful for having a chance to hear Mass in that wild country
and to have their children baptized that they gave me almost
enough money to pay for my pony. Promising to visit them
again on my return, I started the next day for Perrysburg.
At that time Perrysburg was a poor, little village, on the
east side of the Maumee river. There I found only one family,
poor Canadians, in a little cabin. How glad I was then that
I had been called on Saturday for that sick (?) man.
After Mass in the cabin of the Canadian I crossed the
bridgeless river with great difficulty and went to Maumee
" City " on the opposite side, where I found two or three Cath-
olics, said Mass for them, and then set foot for Toledo.
Toledo, to-day a beautiful large city, with eleven parishes)
Catholic schools, educational and charitable institutions, was
then [1839] a real mud Jiolc, on the banks of the Maumee river.
It comprised a few frame houses, some log cabins, swamps,
ponds of muddy water, and worse yet, a number of persons
sick with the Maumee fever. There were a very few Catholic
families, and five or six single men. I said Mass for eight or
ten persons in the frame shanty of a poor Canadian. As they
knew of a few families along the river and in the country, I
remained at Toledo a few days to give them a chance to hear
Mass and go to confession. But there being no suitable house
I spent some time looking for a room large enough. This I
found over a little drug-store. As Toledo was the town which
had the best prospects for future growth and permanency we
rented that room, called a " hall," and made up some kind
of an altar with dry-goods boxes. A few yards of colored
calico served as an antipendium. In my later visits I found a
few benches and two brass candlesticks. It was the first
BISHOP MACHEBEUF. 305
"church" of good Father Rappe, when in 1841 he was sent
there from Chillicothc, where he had spent some time to learn
English in the house of Major Anderson, a pious convert who
could speak French. It was in Mr. Anderson's house I met
Father Rappe for the first time.
After spending a few days in Toledo I went back to Mau-
mee and kept visiting the little towns along the banks of the
Maumee river, e. ^:, Providence and Napoleon. The most of
the Catholics in this section were Irishmen working on the
canal, chiefly near Napoleon. As the)' all lived in miserable
tents, crowded and filthy, I could not find any corner for me. I
engaged what was called the "parlor," at the village tavern, and
on my return at night from saying Mass in the mess-room, and
visiting a (cw sick, was glad to find a quiet room and a good fire.
But I must relate a little anecdote which I mentioned in a
meeting of the Catholic circles in Paris. It interested them
very much, and gave them an idea of the adventures of mis-
sionary life in America. One evening, when I returned as
usual to my room, after visiting the camps above and below
the town, I found a large number of wagons and horses hitched
to the fence, the house and hallway being crowded. 1 had to
go in by the back door, and was told by the landlord, that
Napoleon being the county seat, and his house the largest in
the town, and my room the most convenient place for holding
court, his honor, the judge, was occupying my chair, and the
lawyers and jurymen some rough benches and soap boxes —
in fact, that court was being held in my room. I had there-
fore to "o to an old log cabin which answered for a tlining and
sitting room, wlu-re I said my office and took supper. But as
I was tired, and the court still is session, I passed through the
crowd of nun into my room. I found my bed occupied by
three men setting crossways. I whispered to them that hav-
ing engaged that room, and slept a few nights in that bed, 1
had a right to it. They rather hesitated, but as 1 insisted
they got out; and as, fortunately, it had curtains, 1 closed
them carefully and, to the amusement of those who were near
by, I undressed, went to bed and slept a f<-w hours till court
was over, when the men, with their big boots and loud voices,
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aroused me from my sleep. The man who was tried, and who
had watched me, came to my bed and asked me how I got
along. I told him "very well," and asked him what the
decision of the court was. He informed me that he got
"clear." He then left, and for the rest of the night I had a
quiet and undisturbed sleep. The next day I continued my
visit, going as far as Independence, near the Indiana State
line, where I found a few Catholic families.
Well pleased with my first visit to the public works I
returned slowly to Tiffin, where I remained till the end of
December. During that month I heard that Bishop Purcell
was expected in some town south of Tiffin. I went to meet
him there. The good bishop received me very kindly and
kept me a few days to help him on the visitation. Before
returning he told me that as I was able to get along fairly well
in English he appointed me pastor of Sandusky. Here there
was neither church nor house, and only a few Catholic fami-
lies, whose acquaintance I had made whilst attending a sick
call there from Tiffin. * * * * *
I went to Sandusky to take pastoral charge of the place
on the first day of January, 1840. From Sandusky I con-
tinued for some time to visit Lower Sandusky [Fremont],
Maumee, Toledo, and all the missions of the north-west. I
do not remember exactly when good Father Rappe was sent
to Toledo as pastor. I think it was in 1 841. We used to
visit each other every few weeks. He did not say Mass very
long in the room I had rented. He had the good fortune of
buying (1842) very cheap, a pretty good-sized Methodist
church, all finished and having a good basement. In the
latter he had his residence for some time. The bell which
belonged to one of the societies was bought also. As there was
no town clock, it had been used also for the benefit of the public
to strike 6 A. M. 12 noon, and 6 in the evening, for which a com-
pensation was paid by the town. But after it had been bought
for the church the town refused to pay for it; adieu clock !
In 1843 there was no pastoral retreat in Cincinnati, and
good Father Rappe invited Father Lamy, of Mount Vernon,
Father De Goesbriand, of Louisville, Stark Co., and myself,
BISHOP MACHEBEUF. 307
to make a private retreat together. We all accepted his
invitation, remaining five days, and enjoying his hospitality,
and his zeal and piety as director of the retreat.
In the course of time Father Rappe was made bisbop of
Cleveland, afterwards Father Lamy, bishop of Santa Fe; later,
Father De Goesbriand became bishop of Burlington. Your
humble servant was the last to be made bishop.
In 1844 family affairs obliged me to go to France, and
Bishop Purcell requested me to procure him some more priests
and a community of Sisters for Brown county. As Father
Rappe had been for sometime chaplain of the large and mag-
nificent convent and academy of the Ursulines at Boulogne
sur-Mer, France, he gave me letters of introduction to the
Mother Superior of the community. From London I went
directly to Boulogne and succeeded in getting two English
nuns, both converts, and an Irish nun. In the south of France
I found eight more Ursulines, who went to Havre, where we
all met, ami with three priests formed a goodly party of our
own. Before going to France I had applied for an assist-
ant priest. As none was to be had, I was told to bring one
from France and keep him as an assistant. I succeeded in
procuring a schoolmate of mine, a very good and zealous
priest, the Rev. Peter Peudeprat; the other two were left at
Pittsburgh, at the request of Bishop Purcell. The priest I
brought for my missions was to be pastor of Lower Sandusky.
Well, I kept him with me in Sandusky till he could speak
some English. It happened at that time that Father Rappe
had also asked for an assistant, and was given Father De
Goesbriand, then (1846) pastor at Louisville, 0. Hut there
being no other priest to take his place, my assistant was sent
as pastor to Louisville, to succeed Father De Goesbriand.
With no assistant, and with the same number of missions, I
told Father Rappe that, as lie took away my assistant, he
should also take a part of my missions. He did so, and they
to.,k charge of tin- mission-, of the southwest, leaving t«> me
the e.i^t, and for some time, the visiting of the German settle-
ment oi Peru, near Norwalk, left without any priest. I visited
it one Sunday in each m< >nth.
3o8 REMINISCENCES OF
REMINISCENCES OF THE MISSIONARY LABORS
OF BISHOPS RAPPE AND De GOESBRIAND IN
NORTHERN OHIO.
[ Written by Bishop De Goesbriand and published in the Cat ho lie ( r niverse December
27, 1888.]
Rev. Father Rappe arrived at Cincinnati towards the end
of the year 1840, and was immediately sent to Chillicothe by
Bishop Pureed to learn English in the house of Mr. Marshall
Anderson. This excellent convert to our faith, between whom
and the priest there sprung up immediately the most sincere
friendship, was admirably qualified to teach English to our
uture missionary; but Father Rappe's memory was none of
the best. His ears could not well catch the sound of words
which he had never heard before, and he experienced serious
difficulty in learning, though he worked at it long and hard.
In 1 841 Toledo was a new place, where there were but few
Catholics. They had no church, no priest. At this time, also-
the State was building the Maumee canal west of Toledo, and
the Maumee Valley was full of Catholic laborers. The Mau-
mee Valley at this time was literally a land which devoured
its inhabitants. The Maumee fever spared no one; the dis-
ease slowly but surely undermined the strongest constitutions,
and there was not an old man to be seen then in all that
country. Another more dreadful disease reigned amongst the
canal men. They earned plenty of money and spent it in
drinking; and hence their temporal and spiritual condition
was really lamentable.
From 1 84 1, until the beginning of 1846, Father Rappe
attended alone to the spiritual wants of the Catholics living
along the Maumee canal and river from Toledo to Indiana,
and as far south as Section Ten, in Putnam count}-. His labors
and privations must have been extraordinary. The hatred he
bore the sin of intemperance owes its origin to the fact that
he saw it and its consequences in all its hicleousness, along
the Maumee Valley. He felt that the only way to save the
souls of these poor men from hell was to make them take the
pledge of total abstinence. He began the work with a will,
BISHOP DE GOESBRIAND. 309
and God alone knoWs how many families he saved from misery,
how many souls he reclaimed from sin, who are now in the
kingdom of heaven. Hence it is that in those days he was
blessed and welcomed as an angel of peace, and the fame of his
labors reached far and wide. During the four years that Father
Rappe was alone in Toledo he had purchased (1842) a Protest-
ant church in that place and another (1841) at Maumee City.
A small church had been erected at Proyidence and another was
being erected at Defiance. Before the beginning of 1S46 the
canal had been built and was in full operation. The bulk of the
canal builders had left, but some of them settled in the Maumee
Valley. At this time (1846) Father Rappe had obtained for
Toledo a branch of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre
Dame, whose Mother House was at Cincinnati. The}' had
originally come from Xamur, Belgium, in 1X40.
( me priest could not attend to all the work, and it was in
January, [846, that I came to Toledo by direction of the
Bishop of Cincinnati. The city, its environs and the whole
of the country as fir as Indiana were very sickly. At certain
seasons it was impossible to meet one healthy-looking person,
and frequently entire families were sick and unable to help
our another. Apart from the terrible fever, we were occa-
sionally visited by such epidemics as erysipelas, and towards
th. cm\ of [847 we saw the ship-fever-stricken immigrants
land on the docks to die amongst strangers after a (cw hours.
There were hardly any Catholic families settled on the south
side of the Maumee river from Toledo to Defiance. Mass was
now said regularly every Sunday at Toledo and frequently at
Maumee City. Such settlements as Six-Mile-Woods, Provi-
dence, Defiance, and Poplar Ridge [New Bavaria] were visited
on week days, and for some time we also had charge of Fre-
mont and LaPrairie. The roads were at times extremely bad,
and tin- mission \<r\ extensive, but as tin- Catholic population
was not very large in any settlement, the work would have
hem pK-asant enough, had it not been for tin- poverty and
sickness which prevailed everywhere.
The example of Father Rappe, however, was enough to
encourage .mil comforl any man. Me knew every family ami
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all the members thereof, and would bring it about in such a
way that every child would be instructed. He had received
a particular gift to teach catechism, and he would spend weeks
in succession in a settlement to prepare a few children for
their first communion. During this time of preparation he
would speak to them as many as eight hours every day, and,
strange to say, neither he nor the children seemed to be in
any way fatigued. As soon as he saw that any neglected
the Sunday Mass, or confession, he would go to their houses
and remonstrate with them. If he met a stranger who seemed
to be a Catholic he would stop him and put him through a
course of rather severe questions, if he saw that he did not
come to Mass. It was difficult to stand his rebukes, and more
difficult yet to resist his entreaties, for he begged of them to
have mercy on their own souls. A practice peculiar to Father
Rappe, when he visited settlements or public works, was to
explain the nature of the Sacraments before administering
them, and after they had been received, to make aloud an,
extemporaneous prayer, imploring the help of God that the
effect of the Sacrament might be full and permanent. On
such occasions, before saying Mass, he would give a short
explanation of it and suggest the dispositions requisite to hear
it, and at the end of Mass he would return thanks aloud for
the grace of receiving Communion, of hearing Mass, of hear-
ing the word of God, and would in his prayer draw the atten-
tion of his hearers to the most practical and salient points of
his sermon. The most difficult work had been done, and done
by Father Rappe alone, when I arrived at Toledo; but I could
well imagine what he did amongst the poor canal men when
there were crowds of them in the Maumee Valley.
The Rt. Rev. A. Rappe was consecrated October 10, 1847,
at Cincinnati, by Bishop Purcell, assisted by the Bishop of
Wheeling. He came immediately to Cleveland, where Rev. M.
Howard was pastor, and left me at Toledo with a young priest
whom he had received into the diocese. Rev. M. Howard,
having been stationed at Tiffin, I was called to Cleveland in
January, 1848, and appointed Vicar General. The only church
then in Cleveland was old St. Mary's, on the Flats.
BISHOP DE GOESBRIAND. 311
The congregation at that time was large already, and the
church much too small. Shortly after his arrival the Bishop
had a priest, speaking German, to attend to the spiritual wants
of the Catholic Germans, and two High Masses were sung
every Sunday in the old building. The Bishop resided first
in a hired house south of the Public Square, but moved to the
house or block of houses on Bond street, after he had bought
it, which was shortly after arriving in Cleveland.
To supply the wants of the growing population he soon
erected a frame building, 30x60, on the east part of the cathe-
dral lot. It was named the Church of the Nativity, and here,
part of the time, school was taught on week days, a movable
partition or folding door being put up to isolate the chancel.
There were only fourteen secular priests in the diocese of
Cleveland when it was dismembered from Cincinnati. In
those days Bishop Rappe used to preach missions in the
churches or settlements which he first visited.
The Cathedral was begun in October, 1848. The venerable
Administrator of Detroit, Mgr. LeFevre, was present and
preached an admirable sermon in the morning at St. Mary's
church, on the day of the blessing of the corner stone. We
had a procession from the old church, and the crowd, both of
Catholics and Protestants, was very great. In the fall of 1849
the Bishop started for Europe. I think it was not long before
this time that the venerable Father James Conlan came [Octo-
ber, 1849] to help the clergy of the cathedral.
The Bishop returned in August, 1850, bringing with him
four priests, five seminarists, and five or six I'rsuline Sisters.
The present Ursuline convent property on Euclid avenue had
been bought by his direction during his absence.
The brick work and rool of the cathedral were finished before
the w inter of 1K50. All the slates were imported from Wales,
,ind were put on with copper nails. The drawings for the finish-
ing of the interior w ere made by the now w ell-known architect,
P. C. Keily, who had just finished St. Patrick's church in New ark,
N. [., and was then beginning his career as an architect. The
cathedral was consecrated November 7, 185 2. The Right Rev.
Bishop Spalding, of Louisville, preached on the occasion.
3 i2 REMINISCENCES OF
Bishop Rappe had arrived in Cleveland at the time of the
great immigration from Ireland. Hence his greatest solici-
tude was to procure for his diocese a sufficient number of
priests. This was a very difficult matter. Up to that time
there had been but few Catholic schools established in the
country. We had no Catholic colleges or seminaries except
at very great distances, and among the young men from
Europe who offered themselves as candidates for the priest-
hood many had not the requisite qualifications. The Bishop
admitted, however, a few students to his own house, and
wished me to instruct them. This was the beginning, and a
very imperfect one, of the present flourishing seminary of
Cleveland. When Rev. A. Caron arrived in 1848 he was
given exclusive charge of the seminary, which continued to
improve. When the "Spring Cottage property" on Lake
street was purchased in 1850, the seminarists moved thither
with their venerable and able director.
Among the seminarists who were admitted I remember
two very saintly young men who died in the house of the
Bishop on Bond street. They were Constant Machen and W.
Guilfoyle.
For some years the clergy of the Cathedral used to visit
regularly once a month, on Sunday, the settlements of Laporte
and Painesville, and occasionally, on week days, the settle-
ments of Berea, Rockport and Independence. We had also
to visit the laborers on the ["C. C." and Lake Shore] railroads
when they were building them.
Among the benefactors of the diocese of Cleveland there
is one whose name I have forgotten. The person I refer to
[Miss C. Pance] was a lady from Paris who, knowing that
there were many orphans in Cleveland to be provided for,
volunteered to come, in 185 1, and consecrate her fortune to
the building of an orphan asylum. With her came two
devoted companions, one of whom, Miss Ferec, was well
known in Cleveland. The building on Harmon street was
erected at the expense of the benefactress I allude to, but
she died a few days before it was ready for the reception of
orphans. Her coming to Cleveland was very providential, at
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a time when so many immigrants were carried away by ship-
fever or cholera, leaving their children unprovided for.
There is another name which I desire to mention. It is
that of Miss C. Bissonette, of LaPrairie, who since became
Mother Ursula, the first superioress of the St. Vincent's orphan
asylum in Ohio City [now Monroe street, Cleveland], and who
died September 1 1, 1863. During the cholera which did so
much havoc in Sandusky City, many children of Catholics
had lost both their parents, and some poor widows were left
in the greatest distress. At my request this courageous young
girl, whose labors at LaPrairie toward the instruction of chil-
dren I knew, came at once to Sandusky City, at a time when
all who could had fled. We made her take possession of a
good house which had been deserted. Furniture was obtained
by entering a steamboat which lay deserted in the bay. There
this devoted soul managed to provide for the wants of orphans
and parents till the terrible scourge had passed away. Her
vocation to a religious life was undoubtedly the reward for her
generosity, in offering her life for the sake of the orphans. I
knew of few persons for whom nature and divine grace had
done so much as for the venerable Mother Ursula.
THE END.
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