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Photograph of Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. with Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig during the former’s visitation to the United States. The group includes Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap., and Fr. Emilian Meade OFM Cap. The image is credited to Loy’s Studio, 55 Glady’s Avenue, Hermiston, Oregon.

Photograph of a group of clerics at the ordination of Fr. Anthony Harris OFM Cap. in Bend in Oregon. A typescript caption on the reverse reads ‘Group taken at the first ordination in the new church at Bend, Oregon. L. to R. Fr. Emilian [Meade], the newly ordained [Fr. Anthony Harris], ordaining prelate [Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig]: Fr. Virgilius Murtagh, Fr. Stephen Murtagh, Fr. Adrian Sharkett. Between the Archbishop and Fr. Virgilius is Fr. William Coughlan, pastor at Bend, and on his left Fr. Leopold O’Riordan’. The image is credited to Loy’s Studio.

A record of the administrative appointments and personnel changes decreed during a meeting of the Custos Provincial and Assistants held on 15 September 1949, at St. Francis of Assisi in Los Angeles. Signed officially by Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., Custos Provincial, the roster assigns Capuchin Franciscan friars, fathers, and brothers to specific leadership and supportive roles across fourteen distinct regional sites.