Kenrick, Archbishop Francis Patrick, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop John Mary Odin, Galveston, Texas, 1860 March 6

Odin's list of candidates for the Coadjutorship of New Orleans has reached Kenrick. He cannot think it advisable to ask the translation of Bishop A.F.M. de Charbonnel from a see outside the U.S. to that office, especially as he is said to have involved himself in great difficulties during his administration. Father Napoleon J. Perché left Kentucky under grave imputations. Father Gilbert Raymond is considered as having seriously mismanaged the college here. Kenrick does not know Father F. Gautrelet, S.J. who is highly praised by the Bishop of Louisville, on whose testimony he will favor his appointment, but with little hope of success as the Society will not easily part with him. To obtain a Coadjutor speedily a new list should be made by the Archbishop of New Orleans. They have proposed for Savannah, Father Jeremiah J. O'Connell, Father Peter J. Lavialle and Father Anthony Dominic Pellicer . The second is said to possess eminent qualities and might be safely put on the list for Coadjutor, if the Archbishop thought fit. Bishops Barry, Neumann, and Miles have passed to a better world. The Sees of the two latter are filled. A.L.S. :: VI-2-c A.L.S. French and English 2pp. 4to. 10