Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

Local foreca~t: Generally fair.

• • BISHOP BUDDY ENTHRONED AMID COLORFUL RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES Priest Makes Obedience To New Bishop CROWD JAMS

ST. JOSEPH'S FOR SERVICE Devout Hush Grips Follow• ers Listening To Words },. bright new· page was em- blazoned lJ1)on the history of the Roman Catholic Church in California today when the Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, D.D.. was installed as first bishop of the newly-created Diocese of Ban Diego before a rapt gathering ing Bishop Buddy's eleva- tion to spiri- tual leader- ship of a 11 Catholics in San Diego, Im p e r i a I, ldlr--r=~,l Riverside and San Bernardino counties was • deeply moving one. Participa- tion of Archbishop John J. Cant- well, D. D., archbishop of Los Angeles, of which the Diocese or San Diego becomes a Suffragan See, and the presence in the Ca- Additional pictures on Page 5. thedral of seven bishops and many other high dignitaries of Mother Church lent tremendous impress- iveness to the enthronement cere. mony. Throughout the two hours of colorful pageantry - from 10:30 a. m. to 12:30 p, m.-all the ele- ments creating an atmosphere or pomp, of which the church has gai~ed such cons1:1mmate mastery durmg the centuries, were blended with supreme artistry. Music, per- fume, colored lights, brilliant vest- ments and sonorous Latin phrases combined to create and sustain an air of solemnity and religious devoutness. Not a sound, not even a whisper broke the hush in which th; throng of worshipers followed every word and motion of the ritual that bas not altered since the first Catholic bishopg were sent out from Rome as supreme teachers of their faith 1900 years ago. Even in the street outside tht Turn to Pa&'.e 6, Col, 3. Of Archbishop By NED MORRIS which crowd- ed St. Joseph's Cathedral to the doors. The spec- tacle signaliz- ""'l:::::m:.:

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I l After Archbishop Cantwell had placed in Bishop Buddy's hand the crozier of St. Didacus, symbol of bis rank as spiritual leader and supreme tea~her in the Diocese of San Diego, and installed him upon the throne which is henceforth h" seat, the <:!,ergy~ of the Diocese made their obedience before him,