Religion: San Diego's Buddy

When Pope Pius XI set up a new archdiocese with Los Angeles as its centre last month, and elevated Bishop John Joseph Cantwell to be archbishop, San Diego became a separate diocese (TIME, Oct. 5). Last week the Holy Father made known his choice for bishop of that see: a tall, husky, affable priest named Very Rev. Charles Francis Buddy, 49, rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral in St. Joseph, Mo.

Sorry to see Monsignor Buddy go to San Diego, which he has never before visited, will be a number of youngsters in St....

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