Kenrick Archbishop Francis Patrick, Baltimore, Maryland, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1859 May 26

Kenrick feels how much the Church has lost in the demise of Bishop Michael Portier . Father William McCloskey, proposed for Coadjutor of Savannah, is most favorably reported but Father John McCaffrey says it is premature to promote him. Archbishop John Hughes intends to write against his promotion. Kenrick is sorry that Father A. does not preach in English as Savannah is of this tongue. The clergy have given Kenrick an unfortunate idea of R; his leaving the Society is against him. Father Francis L'homme might give light in his regard. Kenrick does not know whom to recommend. The papal decree was not intended to interfere with the concessions contained in their faculties; it forms a general rule for the Roman Tribunals. Kenrick is happy that Blanc's health is so perfectly restored. It is wise to get a coadjutor, although he delays asking for one. Conditions in Rome furnish a motive for preventing an interregnum. :: VI-2-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.