Your Name: __________________________________
Class Period: ________
Lincoln Diocese History
1) What is the principal church of a Diocese where the Bishop has his permanent and fixed ceremonial seat?
2) What is this episcopal seat or throne called in Latin?
3) Which Catholic Church did Bishop Bonacum name as the Pro-Cathedral of the Diocese of Lincoln in Dec. 21,
1887?
4) What does pro-cathedral mean?
5) Why was this Church only named a pro-cathedral and not a cathedral (for what reasons)?
6) Because building a new Cathedral would cost too much, they instead decided to do what to the pro-Cathedral?
7) Bishop Bonacum decided to postpone blessing the annex and new school for the pro-Cathedral until when
(which happened in the year 1899)?
8) Which priest was most instrumental in finally paying off the debts of the pro-Cathedral?
9) What made the Cole-Reade Family so distinguished?
10) By Easter Sunday 1902 the pro-Cathedral had 300 what in it – something very new and exciting?
11) Where was the First Church of Christ in Lincoln built?
12) Who did Bishop Bonacum try to persuade to come to Lincoln and purchase the Saint Theresa property and run
the parish?
13) On March 24, 1904, Bishop Bonacum paid how much for the property?
14) How much did he pay for some adjoining land?
15) Who are the “Lazzarists”?
16. What did Bishop Bonacum plan on naming the Cathedral?
17. Which group of Nuns did he attempt to enlist their services AND what did he want them to operate?
18. Why did he want to name the orphanage, Saint Thomas Orphanage?
19. Why did the Vincentians NOT come to Lincoln to take over Saint Theresa’s Church and land?
20. What happened to the new Cathedral on August 28, 1906?
21. Why would there be people grumbling and upset at the idea of building a new Cathedral?
22. Was the Cathedral finished before the death of Bishop Bonacum?
23. When was the Cathedral consecrated?
24. What name did Bishop John Henry Tihen decided the Cathedral should be called?
25. When was this new Cathedral finally paid off in full?
26. When was this new Cathedral made into a parish?
27. Who did Bishop Kucera sign a lease with as he was starting to plan for Pius X High School?
28. For how long and for how much money was this lease made for?
29. Who decided to build our current “super-modern” Cathedral?
30. What name did he give this new Cathedral?
31. Time to think about all of this. Give me 4 ways in which this reading affects your lives today? (Please write
complete sentences for each one) – There is room on the top of the back page to continue your answer…
32. Who was the first Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln? _____________________________________
33. How is his stature described? ______________ and ______________
34. Who is the second Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln? ____________________________________
35. How is his stature described? ________________ and ________________ with a ________________ voice.
36. In what year was he appointed Bishop of Lincoln? _________________
37. Which pope appointed him Bishop of Lincoln? _________________________
38. He was known to have strong conservative views, but also for his great ability as an __________
39. What are Chautauqua gatherings?
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40. Who was he said to be becoming even more popular than?
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41. How big was Bishop Tihen’s family? ____________________________________________
42. What was his full name? _____________________________________________________
43. How did he often sign his name? ___________________________________________
44. Where was he born (city & state)? ___________________________________________________
45. Which college did he attend? _______________________________________________________
46. Which seminary did Bishop Tihen attend? _______________________________________________
47. What are the two areas of studies that occur at the seminary? _____________________________________
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48. How did Bishop Tihen end up in Wichita?
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49. He gave Chautauqua talks around the United States on a variety of topics including these three:
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50. What did he donate the income from his talks to?
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51. Where & When did his episcopal consecration take place?
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52. About how many priests attended the episcopal consecration? ______________________
53. In what city did his installation as bishop of Lincoln occur? ______________________________
54. What gift did the Lincoln priests give to Bishop Tihen? _______________________________
55. In what parish did the installation Mass occur? _______________________________________
56. How did the Lincoln newspaper describe Tihen’s personality (you can summarize/paraphrase)?
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57. What was Bishop Tihen’s temperament? ____________________________________________
58. What helped to dissipate the ugly anti-Catholic prejudices which stained a good part of Southern Nebraska in
those times? ________________________________________________________
59. What board did Bishop Tihen serve on?_____________________________________________
60. When was the “Year of Faith”? _____________________________ to
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61. Who proclaimed or called for the Year of Faith?
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62. Who is the ninth Bishop of Lincoln?
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63. What day was he installed? _________________________________________________
64. Who was one of his deacons that day & is now a priest who teaches Church History at Pius X?
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65. Who was our Bishop when Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals in Berlin, in the 1936 Summer Olympics?
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66. How old was Msgr. Denis Barry when he died? ________________________________
67. What was his boast before his death?
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68. Who was the first bishop of Lincoln? ________________________________________
69. How about the second bishop of Lincoln? _________________________________________________
70. How long did he serve as Bishop of Lincoln?
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71. Where di Pope Benedict XV send him to? ____________________________________________
72. Where was his farewell banquet held? ___________________________________________
73. Who was Mayor of Lincoln at this time? _________________________________________________
74. What did John Miller say about the Catholic Church in his talk?
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75. When did Bishop Tihen die? ___________________________
76. What did he die of? ___________________________________
77. Who was the third bishop of Lincoln? _____________________________________________
78. How long was his time as bishop of Lincoln? _________________________
79. What did he do before entering the seminary in Montreal?
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80. Where was he a bishop before becoming the bishop of Lincoln?
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81. How many priests did he have then?
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82. How many schools did he found during his time in the diocese of Lincoln? __________________
83. Why did he try to find more priests?
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84. What were some of his biggest problems?
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b. With consequent ___________________________________________________________
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85. What did he have to face with the Bohemian “Sokols”?
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86. About how many Czechs were in the Diocese of Lincoln in 1921?
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87. How did Bishop O’Reilly die?
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88. Where was he initially buried? ________________________________________________
89. Where was his body later moved to? ____________________________________________________