Everything about Thaddeus Amat Y Brusi totally explained
Thaddeus Amat y Brusi,
C.M. (
Catalan: Tadeu Amat i Brusi) was a
Roman Catholic cleric who eventually became Bishop of
Los Angeles,
California.
Birth and Early Career
Amat was born in the
Catalan capital of
Barcelona,
Spain on
December 31,
1810. He was ordained a
priest of the religious order of the
Congregation of the Missions (Lazarists) in
1838 at
Paris,
France. Subsequently, he came to the
United States as a religious missionary to
Louisiana; later serving as a novice master in
Missouri and
Pennsylvania.
Appointed Bishop
In
1853, while serving as the rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in
Philadelphia, he was appointed bishop of
Monterey in California. Monterey's previous bishop
Joseph Sadoc Alemany had been promoted to archbishop of the newly created
Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Amat was ordained bishop in
Rome in
1854. Recognising the growth of
Los Angeles and the decline of
Monterey, he petitioned the
Vatican to move the see to Los Angeles and to be known as Bishop of Los Angeles. On
July 7,
1859, the diocese was renamed
Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles.
St. Vibiana's Cathedral was founded and consecrated during the episcopacy of Amat, and Amat himself brought back from
Rome the remains (
relics) of the saint that were housed in a sarcophogus above the cathedral's altar.
Dispute over Californian Missions
Bishop Amat came into conflict with Friar
José González Rubio of the
Mission Santa Barbara over the control of the mission after the U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln returned the California missions to the Catholic church. The
Franciscans claimed on canonical and historical grounds that the missions were rightfully under their direct jurisdiction, and not that of the diocese, and that, in the case of Mission Santa Barbara, they should hold the deed.
Schools founded
Bishop Amat founded some of the first schools in Los Angeles and invited the
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul to open St. Vincent's College (now known as
Loyola Marymount University). It was the first institution of higher learning in
Southern California. He invited
Franciscans into his diocese to work in the parochial schools, and also invited the
Sisters of Charity and
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary into his diocese.
Death
Amat died on
May 12,
1878, at Los Angeles, California, and was succeeded by his
coadjutor bishop,
Mora who (like Alemany and Amat) was also Catalan.
Bishop Amat Memorial High School in
La Puente, California is named for him.
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