SHC 1830-1905 . e head of thisinstitution, there were three students that particularly won his esteem. They were young, but they dreamed only of foreign missions. This wasalso the one desire of his own life. One day he opened his heart to them andsaid: 1, too, intend to go to the foreign missions. I shall go to you are ordained 1 shall expect you to come to me and labor with was one of those three that went—not to America but— to Oceanica, andthere in 1841 received the crown of martyrdom. This first martyr of Oceanicahas been proclaimed Blessed by Pope Leo XIl
SHC 1830-1905 . e head of thisinstitution, there were three students that particularly won his esteem. They were young, but they dreamed only of foreign missions. This wasalso the one desire of his own life. One day he opened his heart to them andsaid: 1, too, intend to go to the foreign missions. I shall go to you are ordained 1 shall expect you to come to me and labor with was one of those three that went—not to America but— to Oceanica, andthere in 1841 received the crown of martyrdom. This first martyr of Oceanicahas been proclaimed Blessed by Pope Leo XIll, and is honored by Christen-dom as Blessed Peter Chanel. In 1824 Father Loras was promoted to be supe-rior of the famous Seminary of LArgentiere. The coming to France in 1829 ofBishop Portier opened a way to the accomplishment of his desire for foreign mis-sions. He accompanied the Bishop, as we have seen, to Mobile, became a foun-der, and for two years president of the college. For five years he worked as. SPRING HILL COLLEGE. 59 Parish Priest and Vicar-General in Mobile. In 1835 his name was on the list ofcandidates for the Bishopric of New Orleans. But Fr. A. Blanc who had oncebefore been appointed to this office and refused, was nominated. In 1837 theCouncil of Baltimore, mindful of Father Lorasgreat merits, appointed him firstBishop of Dubuque, la. In this diocese, composed of the territories of Iowa,Minnesota and Wisconsin, there was one unfinished church at Dubuque, and onepriest its pastor for 300 Catholics. At the time of his death, 21 years later, apartfrom Minnesota and Wisconsin that formed dioceses by themselves, there were inthe diocese of Iowa alone 107 priests, 102 churches and 5,500 Catholics. Suchwas the prodigious work of this great Bishop whose American career began in theshades of Spring Hill. He slept peacefully in the Lord on February 19, ashes rest under the main altar of the Cathedral of Dubuque, and on histomb is read this inscription: I
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