Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/1/4/35
Title
Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon
Date(s)
- 15 Mar. 1926 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p.; typescript
Context area
Name of creator
(31 May 1875-20 April 1963)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, confirming new clerical assignments in California to align with new instructions. Father Pacificus McCafferty and Father Anthony Holmes have agreed to exchange places. Pacificus will now go to Fort Bragg, while Anthony is assigned to Mendocino. Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. will remain at Santa Ynez for the time being. Father Fenelon provides a blunt assessment of Fr. Reginald O’Hanlon OFM Cap., describing him as ‘half simple, and sometimes half crazy’ and noting that he struggles to ‘pull with the people at the Old Mission’ or adapt to American customs.