Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1904 — Death of Bishop Phelan. [ARTICLE]

Death of Bishop Phelan.

Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 21.—After a lingering illness of three years, due to the infirmities of old age, Right Rev. Richard Phelan, bishop of the Pittsburg diocese, of the Roman Catholic church, died at noon, at St Paul's orphan asylum, Idlewood, Pa., surrounded by his relatives and many church officials. The end was peaceful, the venerable prelate quietly sleeping away. For the last three years Bishop Phelan has made bis home at the St Paul’s orphan asylum, Idlewood, near here, where he has been tenderly cared for by the sisters.