Charles F. Buddy
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The Most Reverend Charles F. Buddy |
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| Bishop of San Diego | |
Portrait of Bishop Buddy
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| See | San Diego |
| Installed | October 31, 1936 |
| Term ended | March 6, 1966 |
| Successor | Francis James Furey |
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| Ordination | September 19, 1914 |
| Consecration | December 21, 1936 by Charles Hubert Le Blond |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 4, 1887 Saint Joseph, Missouri |
| Died | March 6, 1966 (aged 78) Banning, California |
| Buried | Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
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Styles of Charles F. Buddy |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Charles Francis Buddy (October 4, 1887—March 6, 1966) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of San Diego from 1936 until his death in 1966. Buddy came to San Diego in 1937 as the first Bishop of the new Diocese of San Diego. Educated in Rome, he was a hard-working administrator who collaborated easily with every element in the city's leadership. He was a builder, creating 150 new parishes, 30 mission chapels, 75 elementary schools, and a diocesan newspaper for the rapidly expanding Catholic population. Emphasizing the historic Catholic connections of the city – which was named San Diego after St. Diego (Didacus) de Alcalá. He restored Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and invested heavily in Mission Style architecture. He built a higher education complex, now the University of San Diego, that included a college for women, a men’s college, law school, theological seminary, a basilica for the chapel, and offices for the diocese.
Charles Buddy was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, one of seven children of Charles Allen and Annie (née Farrell) Buddy. His father was a wholesale fruit merchant. He received his early education at the "Little Convent," a parochial school for boys in his native city. At age 10, he enrolled at the Christian Brothers College, also in St. Joseph. He entered St. Benedict's College in Atchison, Kansas, in 1902, and transferred to St. Mary's College two years later.
Following his graduation from St. Mary's in 1909, Buddy began his studies for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1911 and a licentiate in theology in 1913.
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