Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

BI HOP-ELECT TO BE CONSECRATED DEC. -1 11 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 4, 1936 Ian Diesa.n§ To SOLEMN CEREMONIES TO BE HELD IN MISSOURI CATHEDRAL WITH ARCHBISHOP CANTWELL AS ONE OF CO-CONSECRATORS OF BISHOP OF S. D. Church Dignitaries from Far and Near To Be in Attendance; Installation at St. Jo- seph's Cathedral, Church and Reception to Follow in San Diego Upon Prelate's Arrival in New See City. Date for the consecration of the Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy as the first Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego has been set for Monday, December 21, at the Cathedral in St. Joseph, Mo., where he has served as rector and assistant for his whole priestly career of 22 years. Bishop-elect Buddy is expected to leave for San Diego about the middle of Janu- ary and will be received by the '-:lergy and laity of his newly created diocese at the Sol- emn Mass of Installation here at St. Joseph's Cathedral Date Is S'6t probably about the first of FebruarY:

Ceremony Plans Near Com letion At St. Joseph1 Mo. Benedictine atonk to Have Charge of Singing and :\Iu, ic HIERARCHY TO ATTE D Life Long Friends Plan Reception Honoring 'Bishop-Elect ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-Plans are being coillJ;)leted here for the Con- secration cf the Most Rev. Charles '.Ei'. Buddy, Bishop-elect of San Di- ego, which has been set for De- cember 21, the Feast of St. Tho- mas the Apostle. Many members of the Hif'rarchy have already indicated their in- tention to attend the solemn cere- monies. The Bcnedictme Monks of Conception Abbey have kindly accepted the invitation of the Bishop-elect to take charge of the singirnr and music for the Consc- crat.un Ma the newly created Axchdiocese of Los Angeles has informed Father Buddy that he will come to St. Joseph for the Consecration. Archbishop John J. Glennon of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and several other AJ:chbishops are ex- pected to attend the Consecration service here, which, from present indications, will also be attended by about thirty Bishops, several Abbots and hundreds of priests. The Consecration will be at the Cathedral, at the Altar where Fa- ther Buddy, twenty-two years ago, started his career as the youngest priest in the St. Joseph Diocese. Father Buddy returned last Fri- day from Washington, where he paid his respects to the Papal Delegate of the United States, the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Ci- cognani. He discussed plans for the San Diego Diocese with the Papal Delegate. Classmates to Attend A number of priests who were students with Father Buddy at the North American College at Rome are coming here from all parts of the United States for the service. The Consecration will be the first in St. Joseph since May 1, I 1928, when Bishop Francis Johan- nes was consecrated at the Cathe- dral. Father Buddy will not leave for San Diego until about rnid-Jan- 1:1ary. He will be installed as Bish- op of that diocese about Feb. l, at a Church ceremony. Reception Planned A large crowd met in St. Charles Hall Tuesday evening to make plans for a community re- ception for the bishop-elect. December 27 was selected as a tentative date for the reception. Joseph E. Col'by, chairman of the ' group, is arranging the event, I which will probably be held in the auditorium. Plans for raising a purse for the priest, who will leave here in mid-January, also were discussed at the meeting.

A delegation from San Diego will attend the solemn ceremonies in St. Joseph, headed by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John M. Hegarty, V.F., rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral here and the very Rev. William P. Kelly, O.S.A., principal and prior of St. Augustine school. His Excellency, Archbishop-elect John J. Cantwell of Los Angeles will be one of the consecrators at the cere- monies being arranged by Bishop Le Blond of St. Joseph. Other participants and witnesses to the consecration will include John J. Glennon of St. Louis, several other arch- bishops, about 30 bishops, abbots and hundreds of priests and members of the laity. A i·eception for the priests and a Jmplic 1·eception will be held in San Diego after the Installation Mass. Ar- rangements for the installation and receptions will be di- rected by Msgr. Hegarty, who will head· the committee to receive the new bishop. All Catholic organizations have expressed their eagerness to share in the prepara- tions and carrying out of arrangements for the reception.

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BISHOP-ELECT BUDDY He will be consecrated as Bishop in parish he has served for twenty-two years.