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Friday. March 19, 1937

IARCH, 18, 1937 Bishop Buddy's Diocese

BISHOP BUDDY IS CALLED EAST FOR FUNERAL Hi E.·cellency P re a ch e d Sermon at Funeral of BL hop Johannes Dea th of a dear friend , the Most Rev. Francis J ohannes, 63, Bishop of Leavenworth , Kansas, last Saturday, called San Diego's new Bishop, t h e Most Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, to his former home this week on a sad mission Bishop Buddy preached the ser- mon at the Solemn Requiem Mass in the Leavenworth Cathedral I Solemn High Mass of Re- quiem was celebrated in San Diego at Our Lady of Guada- lupe church Wednesday morn~ ing by the Augustinian Recol- lect Fa thers for the repose of the soul of Bishop Johannes. According t o Father Damian the bishop of Leavenworth was a benefactor of their order. having assisted them greatly in the establish- ment of their house in Kansas , City. Two hundred parishion- 1 ers were pr esent at Mass. Wednesday and is expected to re- turn to San Diego tomorrow eve- n in g. As priests in St. Joseph, Mo., the two bishops were neighbor- ing pastors before Bishop Johan- nes' elevation in 1928 to Bishop of Leavenworth. Bishop Johan- nes was born in Bavaria and came to this country with his parents at the age of eight. He was reared in St. Joseph and afterward be- came pastor in the Immaculate Conception parish in which h"' lived as a child. He spent all of his pries .hood. 34 years, in that parish. He was appointed coad- ju tor bishop of the Leavenworth diocese as assistant to Rev. John Ward until the latter's death in 1929. As head of the diocese, he furthered construction of the $350,000 Ward high school in Kansas City, Kan. In all of the 128 parishes in the dioce.-;e he es- tablished the society for the pro- pagation of the faith. In the larg- er parishes he established the So- ciety of St. Vincent de Paul. H 1 organized religious vacation-time schools and established a diocesan newspaper, the Leavenworth Mis- sionary, Bishop Johannes had been m for over a year with as,.hma an.:i heart trouble and for the last three months had been confinect to his bed in a Denver hospital. Gobeo, A. R ..

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and Ame 1ican Indians- a! ell as thousand• of re.!'idents from the Middle \\'est, is the new San Diego diocese of Bi11hop Charles F. Buddy, he said ast night In an interview in St, Joseph following the funeral sei-vices fot the Most R~,·. Francis Johannes, bishop of Leavenworth. Bishop Buddy stayed overnight at the home of his !lister, Mrs. Louis J. T)andurant, 424. South · Ninth street, and will leave tonight for San Di£go.

BI HOP BUDDY E LOGIZES PRELATE AT LEAVE1''WORTH. (Special to The Gezette.] LEAVENWORTH, Kan., March 17.-The funeral sermon for the Most Rev. Francis Johannes, bishop of the Leavenworth diocese, was de- livered by Bishop Charles F. Buddy I ot San Diego today, The California prelate and Bishop Johannes were priests in St. Joseph. "In His divine providence, God chose for Francis Johannes a home acquainted with poverty, suffering and privation, but where the light of faith burned brightly under the inspiration ot good and virtuous parents," said Bishop Buddy, ex- tolling the late Leavenworth bishop as the "shepherd and Father in Christ'' to priests of the Leaven- worth diocese. Three archbishops, fifteen bishop , a score of monsignors and 250 priests attended the rites, which were followed by interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery on the grounds of St. Mary's College here. The solemn pontifical requiem high mass was celebrated by Arch- bishop John J, Glennon of St. Louis, with Archbishops John G. Murray of St. Paul and J. A. Rummel of New Orleans assi!iting, The serv- ices In the Cathedral of the Im- maculate Conception were attended by 3,500 people. Bishop Buddy traced the educa- tion of the late Bishop Johannes in St. Joseph, St. Benedict's College at Atchison, and at St. Francis' Seminary in Milwaukee. "We priests of St. Joseph knew him best as the ideal priest," con- tinued Bishop Buddy, "We mar- veJed at the long hours he kept vigil in the confe.ssional. In each func- tion of his sacred office, whether at a marriage feagt or at the bed- side of the dying, his presence brought inspiration for the better thingg. "The eloquence of Bishop Johan- nes brought many soul to the truth. His advent to the diocese of Leavenworth was greeted by a loyal and enthusia•tic priesthood. It mattered not whence he came n or I how obscure 8ufficient that he was sent by Rome. "Like St. Paul, he was all things to all men, but the orphans, the poor, the halt and the lame will grieve most at his passing." In closing, Bishop Buddy said: "And so, dear Bishop Johannes, hero of my vouth, and inspiration of later yea;s, my devoted friend, farewell, In our own halting way we have tried to imitate the consol- ing messages by which in your day you lifted the hearts of thousands in affliction." __ .. ____

"The people of San Diego gave me a most cordial welcome," said the former St. Joseph priest, who last fall was elevated to the bishopric · • the pope. . "Understanding and sympa thet1c, th<' people and the newspapers of my diocese have given me 11plcnJid co-opC'ration. rc_alizing thnl. muc!'l l work vet remam~ for me tn thl' l'~labll~hing of the diocc:,c.'' Bishop Buddy has an opportunity to absorb folk lore of the earliest Americans, the I ndian~, for he has t our Indian parishes as well as seven Mexican parishes. This his- toric atmosphere-in the land of the first Spanish padres to Christianize the Western shore of America-has invigorated the prelq tc spiritually and physically, and he is in excel- lent health dC'~pitc much traveling about his diocesr, which contains 34.000 square miles. . La:;,t Sunday, Ri~hop Budcly dNlt- cated a new Mexican church at Uplands, Cal., and he is constanlly on the move throughout California, attending conferenc .., connected with his work. He recently went to San Francisco and Fresno on church business, and will return to St. Joseph April 14 for the blessing of the new abbot, Father Stephen, at Conception Abbey. Bishop Buddy has been asked to give the sermon e.t the blessing. His new home city, San Diego, with its parks, broad boulevards and sparkling water front, is a never-ending source of visual de- lights, said Bishop Buddy. He especially extolled the "educated people" of the community and its ednca tional facilities. A~ "~tranger from a strange land." he smi!ingly continued, he had a few mi~g•ving-~ when he ar- rn·ed in !'tan Dit•go, but h1~ fears v ere allayed l>y the "kindne,., , gen- erosity and exp1cs:J10n of faith'' ac- corded him. Communism, special enemy of the Catholic Church, is being vigorous- ly fought on the \Vest Coast, he added, and short shrift ls given to communistic tenets by Californians. B usiness is humming, and manu- facturing, especially in the aircraft line, is mak ing San Diego a happy, prosperous city these days, said Bishop Buddy. Bishop Buddy w!ll say a special . mass this morning at 8 o'clock at St. Joseph's Cathedral. l -

FATHER RUGGLE TO SUCCEED BISHOP IN ST. JOSEPH ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-The Rev. Leo J. Ruggle of St. Joseph has been appointed rector of St. Jo- reph's Cathedral by His Ex- cellency, the Most Rev. Bish-Op Charles H. Le Blond, filling the vacancy made by the elevation of the Most Rev. Charles Fran- ds Buddy to the bishopric of the Diocese of San Diego. Father Ruggle, a close friend of Bishop Buddy's, made the trip to San Diego with him, and was present for his instal- lation in the St. Joseph's Ca- thedral there. Like Bi~hop Buddy, Father Ruggle has spent his entire years as a priest in this city, having been assistant at St. Joseph's Cathedral during that time. He is a nephew of Right Rev. Abbott Philip Ruggle, O.S.B., the retired abbot of Conception Abbey.

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