Show for J 71 BISHOP QUIGLEY OF 0 BUFFALO ELEVATED TO THE CHICAGO afi DIOCESE the congregation of the propaganda at rome has decided to propose to the pope the appointment of bishop james IS E quigley of buffalo N Y as arch bishop of chicago in succession to the late archbishop feehan YOUTHFUL FOR THE POSITION new appointee will be youngest of amer can archbishops youngest of american archbishops the right rev james edv ard quigley Qui feley takes tales to his new great charge an equipment commensurate with the task gifted with rare tact and judg ment an executive of tried ability a close student of the labor question and other economic questions bound up with it a linguist and a man of affairs he combines the qualities nee esary for the administration of the immense polyglot archdiocese of chi cago his nomination within a few months tor for the headship of the two great cath olic olle archdioceses of the country achl cago and new york is the best meas ure of his standing among churchmen he was named as one of the most worthy of the succession to the see made vacant by archbishop corrigan s death though his work as priest and bishop had been confined to the dio die cese of buffalo at the other end of the state and the consul tors of the diocese of chicago when death claimed the venerable archbishop feehan in eluded in the trio of ecclesiastics of their choice the vigorous young bishop of buffalo for neither of the two great posts was bishop quigley a voluntary can didace when men his name was mentioned in connect connection tion with them he announced in in all frankness that he would prefer to remain in buffalo where his boyhood and all the years of his ministry had been spent the new archbishop gave up lp the chances ot of a military career to enter the church while a student at st joseph josephs s college buffalo he won in competitive examination an appoint meat ment to the united states military academy many of his friends urged him to take advantage of the eunity but the lad wavering between shoulder straps and surplice gave his allegiance to the church and allowed his alternate to report in his stead at west point previous to his entrance at st josephs college bishop quigley had acquired such knowledge of books and men as was offered by the common schools of western new york he was born at oshawa joshawa canada oct 15 1854 but his parents crossed the bor der when he was only two old and took up their residence at lima N Y bishop quigley was graduated from st joseph josephs s college in 1872 and en ell the theological seminary em inary of N si agara university in the following sep his brilliant mental qualities his piety and devotion to the studies of his course brought the soung semi nanan to the attention of bishop ryan who kept in close touch with the seminary at the bishop s suggestion and with his assistance young quigley after three years at niagara went abroad to pursue his theological studies at the university of innsbruck in the aus trian tyrol A course at innsbruck was the pret ace to a longer and more rigid train ing at the american college at rome under the immediate direction of the college of the propaganda science and literature as well as theology con tri tributes buted to the mental menal equipment of the young man and in 1879 at the age of 20 2 he was given the degree of doctor of divinity he was ordained about the same linit and returned to america to take up the he duties of a parish priest st vincents church attica N TP T thirty miles from bufi euticio lo 10 was his fart charge and there he learned the final lessons of his min stry in 1884 1384 bleco ap ryan called him back to buffalo and made him rector of his cathedral church of st joseph the f foli ollow owing lag year be he was admitted to the council and in the second year of hie his pastorate at the cathedral was appoint ed master of ceremonies of the diocesan synod he was high in the conn coun ails of bishop ryan until the lattera death and was named by the consul tors of the diocese as his successor wT in 1896 while he was rector of st bridget s church fierce on to the elevation of so young a plan to the episcopacy developed and as a result of that opposition bishop quigley was called tc to rome to mahe make answer to his assail ants in person his triumph was corn com the opposition was routed and father quigley returned to buffalo and was consecrated bishop fn jann janu ary 1897 it was during his pastorate at st bridget s that bishop quigley first fig ared in national affairs his pariah included the entire buffalo waterfront water front with its coal and ore docks when the strike of dock laborers threatened not merely the continuance of shipping but the peace of the city and ae se LIN 11 I 1 bv A I 1 I 1 all I 1 vz am carity of the lake front bishop quig ley went down among the stevedores and ore and labored with them to end the strike he persuaded them to keep kea P from vl vi olence and more than any other indi vidual helped to bring about an ami cable arrangement of their differences with their employers since his consecration as bishop of buffalo he lie has taken part in another labor movement the rescue of the labor unions of buffalo from domina tion by socialist leaders |