DATE: May 7, 2001
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information, Contact:
Bud Bunce (503) 233-8373
bbunce@archdpdx.org
MASS FOR DECEASED BISHOPS AND CLERGY
On Tuesday, May 22, Archbishop John G. Vlazny and the priests of the
Archdiocese of Portland will celebrate
a memorial Mass commemorating the deceased
Archbishops, Auxiliary Bishop, and clergy
of the Archdiocese of Portland. May 22nd is
the fourth anniversary of the death of
Archbishop Cornelius M. Power, seventh
Archbishop of Portland. The memorial Mass
will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception at 12:00 noon. A
special remembrance will be made of the
priests of the Archdiocese who have died
since May 22nd last year. The priests who had
died this past year are: Father Bert Griffin,
Father Joseph Gebhardt, Father Anthony
Gussin, Father Matthew Butsch, OSB, and
Father Francis Baltrumas.
The deceased Archbishops of Portland are: Francis N. Blanchet (died 1883),
Charles J. Seghers (died 1886), William
H. Gross, CSsR, (died 1898), Alexander Christie
(died 1925), Edward D. Howard (died 1983),
Robert J. Dwyer (died 1976), and
Cornelius M. Power (died 1997). Auxiliary
Bishop Paul Waldschmidt died in 1994.
All Catholics are invited to this memorial Mass.
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