Odin, Bishop John Mary Bishop of Galveston, Galveston, Texas, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860 February 22

Odin states that during the celebration of the provincial council, Bishop Anthony Blanc was taken seriously ill and for 12 days his condition was very critical. He is now out of danger, but he is still very weak. Blanc requested Odin to write to Purcell and tell him that he has applied to the Holy See for a coadjutor and that he has submitted to the Holy Father the following names: Bishop Armand F . de Charbonnel, of Toronto; Father F . Cautrelet, ex-president of Spring Hill College; Father Napoleon J . Perche, director of the Ursuline Convent, New Orleans; and Father Gilbert Raymond, a priest in the diocese of New Orleans. In the first private sermon Blanc exposed his reasons for asking for a coadjutor. Everyone agree. Blanc also introduced for consideration the first two names, but there was no final determination on them. When the Bishops left New Orleans Blanc was still too unwell to attend to any business. He thought the bishops' opinions were sufficiently known to forward their names to the Holy See. At Blanc's request Odin did so. :: II-5-a S.L.S. 3pp 12mo