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Friday, May 3, 1957 THE
To Celebrate iVI ass Wednesday
The Most Reverend Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apos
tolic Delegate to the United States, a good friend of Bishop
Ready will celebrate the Solemn Mass, at 11 a.m. Wednes
day in St. Joseph Cathedral. The Apostolic Delegate conse
crated the Bishop on December 14, 1944 in St. Matthew's
Cathedral Washington, D.C. He was also closely associated
with the Bishop through the Pontifical College Josephinum
where Bishop Ready was vice-regent.
Seminarians Studying for diocese 52
Sisters
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The Diocese in 1944
THE DIOCESE IN *1944, WHEN BISHOP READY CAME TO CO
LUMBUS FROM WASHINGTON, D. C., REVEALED THE FOLLOWING
STATISTICS:
Bishop -............................................................... 1
Auxiliary Bishop ?.................................. 1
Diocesan Priests
179
Priests at Josephinum 19
Priests of Religious orders 78
Total Z. 276
Churches with resident priests 129
Churches without resident priests 30
Stations
47
Chapels
Students .......................................................................... 250
College-High School 1
Students ................................. 468
Academies for Girls 5
Students
Students -.................................... 232
Pontifical College
Catholic High Schools 31
Students' ............................................ 3.838
Parishes with parochial schools 74
Pupils
Children in Christian Doctrine classes .............................. 6,050
Orphan Asylums ....................................................... 2
Dependent children *. 260
Infant Asylums
1
Infants
....... 139
Total number young people under Catholic Care ....... ...... 28,122
Good Shepherd ~.................................. 1
Inmates
Marriages .................................................................... 1.633
Baptisms
4,090
Deaths
1,537
Total population, which includes all non practical Catholics
those only baptized, and inmates jf the state institutions *142,000
•This includes the areas now comprising the Steubenville Diocese
and its 46,263 population.
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CATHOLIC TIMES
Tributes
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Excellency Bishop Ready’s death.
National Council Catholic Women
extends deepest sympathy to you
in loss of your beloved shepherd
and assures you of our prayers for
the happy repose of his soul.
Joseph W. Mehring, General
Manager, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.
Our entire staff sends deep con
dolences to the Diocese of Colum
bus. and to any living relatives in
connection with the death of our
esteemed friend, the Most Rever
end Bishop Michael J. Ready.
William H. Frank, Josephinum
Church Furniture Company:
We join with all the faithful of
the Diocese in an expression of
sorrow for our loss of His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Michael J.
Ready, an illustrious clergyman,
benefactor and friend.
Monsignor Swanstrom, Monsig
nor Wycliso:
Entire staff join us in express
ing to Diocese of Columbus Chan
eery staff our deepest sympathy
in the loss of Bishop Ready, who
over many years has been deeply
interested in our work and veiy
close to us. We are saying Masses
and staff assurance prayers repose
his soul. We will be coming to
funeral on Wednesday morning
from Chicago meetings. Mr. James
Norris will be with us.
Ted W. Brown, Secretary of
State:
The hearts of the people of all
faiths were saddened by the
shocking news of the death of
Bishop Michael J. Ready, whose
place in his Church, in the State
of Ohio and the Nation brought
him the profound respect and ad
miration of thousands who either
knew him personally or were ac
quainted with his good works in
so many fields. I would like to
express my sincere sympathy to
his family and to you and the
others who worked dose to him
in (his Diocese.
The Ohio State Journal said:
The great sorrow created by lhe
death of the Most Rev. Michael J.
Ready reaches far beyond the spir
itual coniines of the Catholic
Church. As spiritual head of the
23-county Columbus Diocese, Bish
op Ready was loved, admired and
respected by Catholics and non Ca
tholics alike. He served all who
w’ere within reach of his influ
ence.
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His death has brought a sadness
that will not soon leave. Many times
in the future, problems will devel
op in church and community life
that will remind all that one of
those most needed to help solve
them no longer is available. Yet
his counsel will be long remem
bered.
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It was just 12 years ago last Jan
uary that Bishop Ready was elect
ed to head the Columbus Diocese.
The ensuing period was a relative
ly short time for lhe great num
ber of accomplishments to his
credit. Shortly after his arrival
from Washington, Bishop Ready
was in lhe thick of church and
community affairs. He was a will
ing, capable and extremely wise
and devoted worker for any right
nous cause to which he was called.
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In a metropolitan community
there always are a number of prob
lems that need special attention
with respect to religion, labor, bus
iness races, corporate growth, wel
fare and civic functions. Bishop
Ready was earnestly sought to par
ticipate in all such affairs, some
thing which he did often td the
wonderment of associates as to
how he found time for all.
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With all his numerous commun
ity activities. Bishop Ready was
foremost a churchman and work
ed tirelessly in that field. In his
brief span as spiritual head of the
Columbus Diocese, Bishop Ready
met the challenge of growth with
an expansion program in religious,
welfare and education fields. Un
der his guidance 18 new parishes
(10 in Columbus) were added. In
'Columbus, as throughout the dio­
245
Girls
Total Students
Total atients
Schools lor nurses
Student nurses
Homes for invalid and aged
Guests
Baptisms
Infants
Converts
Marriages
Catholic
Mixed
Deaths
666
The Diocese in 1956
The Diocese of Columbus in *1956:
Bishop
Total Catholic Population
Auxiliary Bishop ................................................... 1
Priests in the Diocese 284
Diocesan active in diocese 173
Active outside diocese 10
Retired, sick or absent 6
Religious in diocese :.................................... 95
Priests from other dioceses .-.................................. 30
Parishes
98
With resident pastor
96
Non-resident pastor 2
Chapels
With resident chaplain 25
Non-resident chaplain ......... 9
Missions
15
Brothers .......................... 12
Religious order of women 22
Sisters
Seminary, Pontifical College Josephinum 1
Students, Minor Seminary 239
Students, Major Seminary 124
Seminaries, Diocesan 1
Students from Diocese 54
Students of diocese in other seminaries 35
Seminaries, religious or scholasticates students, Religious 24
Colleges and Universities 1
Women
High Schools, diocesan and parochial ..................... 19
Boys
Girls
1,979
Total Students
3,745
High Schools, private 4
Boys ..............................—• 576
Girls
®08
Total Students 1,184
Elementary Schools, Parochial 57
Boys
10,300
Girls
9,597
Total Students
19.897
Elementary schools. Private 4
Boys
Protective Institutions
Total Students
Special religious instructions classes ................
Public school pupils attending
Total Youths under Catholic instruction
Teachers in Diocese ........................ ........................
Priests, full time
Sisters
Lay
Orphanages and Infant Asylums
Boys .............................................................................‘
Girls
Total Children
Children in foster homes
Tota’ Dependent Children
General Hospitals
Bed Capacity
In-Patients Treated Annually
Out-Patients Treated Annually
Total Patients
Special hospitals
Bed Capacity ..
In-Patients treated annually
Out-Patients treated annually
•Catholic Directory Statistics, 1956.
cese, a number of parochial schools
have been built, notably three high
schools here in Columbus, one built
and in use, another under con
struction and another planned, and
many new churches have been
erected, adding modern facitiies
of vital importance to Catholib com
municants and to the community
in general.
Endowed with an understanding
of welfare such as few are blessed
to possess. Bishop Ready attracted
the attention of the President of
the United States. The late Presi
dent Roosevelt named him to et
tend the Intergovernmental Com
mittee for Political Refugees, and
as a member of the 1946 White
House Conference on Children in
a Democracy.
When Bishop Ready was install
ed as head of the Diocese, succeed
ing the late Bishop James J. Hart
ley, he said:
"... I shall taka up the shep
herd's staff of the Revered Bish
op Hartley In the spirit and hu­
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1.330
45,073
32,729
77,802
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390
5349
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488
2
130
6,41
5,373
1,138
1,265
692
573
1,345
134,393
mility and of complete dedica
tion to Christ and to His
Church
Bishop Ready carried the shep
herd’s staff proudly and with rev
erent distinction and with it touch
ed and made better lhe lives of all
with whom he came into contact.
The path he trod through life is
a bit brighter, a bit safer and a bit
more enduring because of him.
Columbus is honored and grateful
to have had him as a citizen and
a leader for the past 12 years. His
memory will be an inspiration
through the years to come.
Mayor Sensenbrenner, who
waa
at a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner
in Chillicothe, said:
“I have not only lost a good
friends and adviser, but the peo
ple of our city have lost a good,
great man. And the Catholie
Church has lost one of its great
est spiritual leaders.
"I am shocked at the loss, Ml
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