Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

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To Rome in 1909.

' FATHER BUDDY IS APPOINTED BISHOP OF SAN DIEGO, CAL ~Consecration Rites to Be at Cathedral Where He Has Served Since 1915. %ADER OF POPE PIUS COMES AS SURPRISE i Forty- Nine - Year - Old Priest Has Been Prominent in Civic Affairs. In recognition of twenty-two yean; l of outstanding service as a priest, the Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy, rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral, I has been selected as bishop of the t newly created diocese of San Diego, Cal. The order of Pope Pius elevating Father Buddy to the bishopric was announced last night by the Na- tional Catholic Welfare Conference, and came as a complete surprise to the priest. Many Congratulations. Among the hundreds of congrat- ulatory m essa ges received by Fa- ther Buddy this morning was one from Archbishop ·cantwell of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, who will be his immediate superior at his new post. Prieflts at · the cathedral today commented on the fact that Father Buddy was praying in the cathedral when he receiveq news of his ap- pointment. He had been to a Com- munity Chest meeting in the city hall earlier in the evening, then had made calls on sick members of his 1 congregation. Returning home he entered the cathedral and was en- ' gaged In prayer when an assistant broke the news to him. Plans for the consecration of Fa- ther Buddy will not be completed until after the papal bulls are re- ceived here. It is likely that it will be Feb. l before he goes to his new post. Active in Several Fields. The forty-nine-year-old priest, ac- tive in civic, charitable and socio- logical work here and a member of the city board of health, will be

Father Buddy

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school at the Little Convent, lo- cated at Twelfth and Messanie streets. He later attended the Chris- tian Brothers High School here and then went to St. Benedict's College at Atchison, Kan., where he took two years of high school work. He attended St. Mary's College at St. :!ifary's, Kan., where he was pres- Bishop Maurice F. Burke sent him to Rome in 1909 to enroll as a student of the North American College after he had informed the bishop of his desire to become a priest. He continued his studies there for four years and received his doctor of philosophy degree from the Propaganda University of Rome. , He was orda!ned Sept. 19, 1914, in St. John's Lateran Cathedral in Rome. He spent another year studying in Rome and returned to. St. Joseph July 23, 1915. Organized Church for Negroes. Eight days after his return here he became assistant pastor of the Cathedral and chaplain of St. Jos- eph's Hospital. The late Bishop Burke in 1917 appointed him as chancellor and personal secretary and in 1922 Bishop Francis Gilfillan named him as directo11 of the dioc- esan branch of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In 1925 Father Buddy organized a church for Negroes and through his efforts established St. Augus- tine's Church at Twenty-first and Angelique streets. In Mach, 1926, the late Bishop Gil- fillan appointed him rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral and administra- tor of cemeteries. He later was named judge of the matrimonial court, diocesan consulter and vice- official of the diocese. Has Three Sisters. Father Buddy is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the East Hills Country Club, Order of Foresters and the alumni associations of the Christian Brothers' High School, St. Benedict's College, St. Mary's Col- lege and the North American Col- lege of Rome. ident of the junior class and ed- • itor of The Dial.

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The Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy Who hu been ,appointed bishop of a new dio- cese at San Diego, Cal. -consecrated at servic.es at St. Jos-r eph's Cathedral, where he has served since Aug. 1, 1915. Extensive improvements have been made at st. Joseph's Cathedral dur- ing the time Father Buddy has been rector. The church has been entirely redecorated and many new figtures have been installed. .\ In 1923 Father Buddy inaugurat- ed an information forum at which no names are taken, no questions asked and those attending are placed under no obligation. Last year 156 were converted to the Catholic faith through that forum. Since its beginning it has gained more than 1,000 converts for the church. I Open Relief Center. I Father Buddy as rector started the publishing of an annual bulletin for the Cathedral. The Cathedra:l bulletin gives the financial and spir- I itual standing of the church. Last year a total of 143,197 com- munions were given at the Cathe- dral, which has a membership of 2,711 as shown by a recent census. In 1931 Father Buddy opened St. Vincent's cafeteria on North Second street. Thousands of poor were fed and housed there during the three- year period before it was taken over by the federal government. The project of the priest was highly praised here and in many other parts of the United States and local authorities gave it credit for hold- ing crime to a low point_ during _sev- eral bleak winter~. Durmg April of 1933 a total of 96,000 meals were served at the cafeteria. A chapel was opened near the cafeteria for transient worshipers. Started School Clinics. It was Father Buddy who ar- ranged to take care of undernour- ished children of the Cathedral School and it was he who started the annual clinics - at that school. Sisters and nurses from St. Joseph's Hospital and doctors gave their services for those clinics. · The Cathedral Church of the dio- cese to which Father Buddy has been assigned _is at San D_iego. Im- 1 perial, Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino counties form the diocese. I Father Buddy, who, in addition to • his duties as rector, is the diocesan director of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Buddy. His mother, Annie Farrel Bud~y, . died last I March; his father died m 1927.

J\ather Buddy has three sisters, Mrs. Louis J. Dandurant, 424 South Ninth street~ Mrs. Daniel J. Red- mond, Long Island, New York; Sis- ter Mary Magdelene, superior of Sa- cred Heart Academy in Ogden, Utah, and a brother, Dr, Edward P. Buddy, St. Louis. John McGee is a cousin as are Dr. Thomas E. Horner, Atchison, Kan., and Dr. Thomas McGurk, St. Louis. P. P. Buddy is his uncle.

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