MADE ARCHDIOCESE M KKBn OF AUDIT BUMAC OF COICTILATIONB Contenta Copyrighted by the Catholic Prew Society, Inc., 1941— Permission to Reproduce, Excepting to for ___________ on Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue___________ Youngest U. S. Archbishop Be Hwe the Holy Father elevated the Diocese of Denver to an archdiocese, made Denver a Metropolitan see, and created the Diocese of Pueblo. Archbishop-Designate Vehr, now in his 11th year as a member of the Hier­ Erection of Archbishopric archy. was named Bishop of Denver April 23,-1931; was consecrated June 10 of the same year, and was in­ stalled the following July 16. The religious educational program initiated under his guidance is one of the hallmarks of his Episcopal reign. His constant ehcouragement of the work carried on by the Regitter Sys­ tem of Newtpaprrt, his co-operation in the diocesan building program, and his enthusiastic support of all Catholic Action are other factors that have enabled the Church in (>olorado to progress. ____________ Pueblo See Is DENVER CATHOLIC 1 REG ISTER Also Set Up by The National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service Supplies The Denver Catholic Register. We Have Also the International News Service (Wire and Mail), a Large Special Service, Seven Smaller Services, Vatican Order V Photo Features, and Wide World Photos. ■ . VOL. x x x v n . No. 1 4 . DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, $ 1 PER YEAR Cheyenne Bishop Will Be Suf­ New Diocese Has BaWground fragan to New Metropolitan, Rich With Catholic Activity Most Rev. Urban J. Vehr Official word from the Vatican brought the an­ / nouncement Wednesday evening from the Apostolic The new Diocese of Pueblo con­ in later years so fast as the Denver town. The only Catholics he found tains territory rich in the romantic area farther north, Southern were Mexicans, for whom he of­ Delegation to this newspaper through the NCWC background of the Southwest. Many (kilorado first was visited by fered Mass. Marriages were vali­ N^ews service that the Diocese of Denver (i.e., the of the names of towns and coun­ the Spanish conquistadores, who dated and children baptized at that ties there are taken directly from had priests in their parties. Thus time, and either Father Machebeuf state of Colorado) has been divided into two sections, the Spanish and have a typical the new diocese can lay claim to or Father John B. Raverdy one of which will be, the Archdiocese of Denver and beauty in themselves, though some priority in the celebration of Mass ministered to the families from in translation would sound odd to and^ther Catholic practices. time to time. the other a new Diocese of Pueblo. The Diocese of American ears — for instance, Pueblo was the first place where Service Held in Court House Cheyenne, Wyo., formerly a suffragan of the Arch­ Conejos, which means rabbits. Al­ Father (later Bishop) Joseph P. - The first public service for the though the region has not developed Machebeuf made a stop in his new few American Catholics who came diocese of Dubuque, is made part of a new province mission of the Pike’s peak region in later was held in the first county of the Church with the Archbishop of Denver as in 1860, wrote the late Father Wil­ court house, at the comer of liam J. Hewlett in his History of (TumtoPagell — Column S) Metropolitan. Registorials the Diocese of DenXer. Pueblo The Most .R^v. Urban J. Vehr, Bishop of Den­ began as a sort of fort, or trading post, where in about 1840 a num­ ver, becomes the first Archbishop of Denver. The REJOIONG AND SORROW ber of hunters, trappers, and trad­ Bishop of Pueblo has not yet been announced. OVER DIVISION OF STATE ers established themselves on the upper Arkansas river. They en­ The division is almost fifty-fifty for Colorado. Creation by the Vatican of the closed a square with high walls of Thirty southern counties are given to the Pueblo Archdiocese of Den\-er and the adobe, and, for protection, built diocese and 33 northern ones to Denver. Grand Junc­ Diocese of Pueblo is received with circular bastions at the comers. both rejoicing and sorrow; rejoic­ Against the walls inside they built tion goes to Pueblo, but Glenwood Springs, Leadville, ing over the great honor that has the living rooms, storerooms, and and Colorado Springs stay with the archdiocese. Re­ come to the two largest cities of stables, and the center was open Colorado, and sorrow over the part­ for loose stock. The wives were ports just made for the Official Catholic Directory ing of the state into two divisions. mostly Indian women. A few show that in total population the Pueblo diocese will The change had to come, for the Mexicans, French, and Canadians Church has been growing greatly in settled there, and a couple of be a little above the Denver archdiocese, but the non- Cxilorado and the immense terri­ The Pueblo diocese is a little Mormon families dropped out of tory of the state, plus a large popu­ larger than the new Denver arch­ English-speaking population is much Igirger in the a caravan for Salt Lake and took diocese in the actual number of lation of the faithful, made the up residence. new diocese. task of caring for the diocese too souls, according to figures worked much for one man. When Father Machebeuf first oiit in the Register office Thurs­ In a division of this kind, every ^ diocesan visited Pueblo, it was an organized day from reports made by the Whoever the new Bishop of pastors for the 1942 Official Cath­ priest with the care of souls automatically be­ Pueblo may be, he is to be congrat­ olic Directory. On the whole, the longs to the division in which he is working at ulated on his diocese. One of the archdiocese has parishes that are Life of Archbishop-ElectJ^™"^®™**?' largest in the West, in point of Funeral to Be better off economically and many the time the announcement of the change is Catholic population, it is a district more institutions. It is estimated made. No choice is given to the priests about capable of great development, al­ that about 35,000 Catholics of the though well sprinkled now with Held Saturday Pueblo diocese are of Mexican or Record of AccoBplishment{j.jj2“ ^ ',^ which diocese they may serve. If one were to churches and institutions. It has Spanish blood. transfer from Pueblo to Denver or vice versa, a splendid body of priests, includ­ The newest diocese in the coun­ ing both veterans and fine sp^i* For Fr. Hayden The Most Rev. Urban J. Vehr, Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati. the procedure would now have to be just like a mens of young manhood. Tne try, Pueblo, comprising about one- half^ of .jColorado, has although the youngest American He made his early studies at St. The retirement plans of G e o w transfer of a priest from one old-established _ priests of both the Southern and Gregory’s preparatory semirfary wthih its boundaries' approx!^ among the 20 Archbishops of the Spehar, Sr., 59, the Northern part of the state re­ and Xavier college (now univer­ diocese to the other. A Requiem Mass will be offered mately 78,000 Catholics. Since country, will undertake duties of Crested Butte, parents of the gret that a separation of dioceses Saturday at 9 o’clock in the stu­ sity), a Jesuit institution in Cin­ Rev, George Spehar, assistant at inevitably means less personal con­ there are some 360,000 people in as Metropolitan of the new Arch­ The new Archdiocese of Denver will be formally dents’ cnapel at Regis college for that section, Catholics number one- diocese of Denver with a back­ cinnati. He made his philosophical St. Catherine’s church, Denver, tact. the Rev. William M. Hayden, S.J , and theological studies at Mt. St. came to a tragic end on a high­ set up early in January, perhaps in the first week, We of Denver are happy because fifth of the population. ground of accomplishments that a former instructor at Regis and a Eighty-four priests, 40 diocesan insures his succws. Ten years as Mary of the West, Norwood, O., way nine miles west of Holbrook, by B[is Excellency, the Most Rev. ArchbishojD Amleto of the honor that has come to Arch­ member of. a well-known Denver and was ordained May 29, 1915, Ariz., on Tuesday of this week bishop Vehr, who is every inch a and 44 religious, are within the ^iritual director h f the many family, by his brother, the Rev. by the Most Rev. Henry Moeller, when the car in which they were Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United Churchman, an excellent discipli­ diocese. They care for 39 churches, (Catholics in "the Denver diocese Charles K. Hayden, S.J., dean of Archbishop of Cincinnati. In the returning from a California vaca States, who will come from Washington for the cere­ narian who has the complete trust 14 parochial schools, and 79 mis­ brought out the brilliant qualities men at Creighton university, following month he was named as­ tion blew a tire, skidded 75 yards, and love of his priests and people, sions with chapels. In the past of the fourth Bishop of the Rocky mony. The sermon will be preached by the Most Omaha, Nebr. Father Hayden died year they have made 120 converts. sistant pastor of Holy Trinity par­ crashed into a concrete bridge an outstanding business man, a man Mountain see. A period of similaf Wednesday in Mercy hospital, The students in Catholic schools length spent as a leading educator ish, Middletown, and in 1921 chap­ abutment, and tumbled over into Rev.