Patrick Colbourne. Bishop Elzear Torreggiani: An Instrument of Peace: The Life and Times of a Capuchin Friar, the Second Bishop of Armidale.PATRICK COLBOURNE. Bishop Elzear Torreggiani: An Instrument of Peace: The Life and Times of a Capuchin capuchin (kăp`y  chĭn), name for New World monkeys of the genus Cebus, widely distributed in tropical forests of Central and South America. Friar friar [Lat. frater=brother], member of certain Roman Catholic religious orders, notably, the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, and Augustinians. Although a general form of address in the New Testament, since the 13th cent. , the Second Bishop of
Armidale The current bishop of Armidale in the Anglican Church of Australia is the Right Reverend Dr. Peter Brain.Brain studied at Moore Theological College, and was formerly rector of Wanneroo parish in Western Australia. There he gained a reputation for encouraging his fellow-clergy. . Nelen Yubu Missiological Unit, Sydney, NSW NSW New South Wales Noun 1. NSW - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare Naval Special Warfare , 2004; 368 pages. This book is a remarkable story of the life and times of a Capuchin Friar, Bishop Elzear Torreggiani. It gives a wonderful insight into a man appointed against his wishes to a vast and geographically diverse territory stretching from the North Coast to the North West of New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. . Bishop Elzear Torreggiani would feel proud that such a book has been written about his life. He was a humble man and as the author, Patrick Colbourne, states in his preface: 'Bishop Torreggiani did not see himself as making history and kept no personal diary and so primary sources are scanty.' Patrick Colbourne overcame this problem by travelling extensively to consult archives in Holland, Ireland, England, Bologna, Ancona and Australia. Not only did he research vast records but also interviewed many people involved in history, education, archives, libraries and diverse religious orders. Bishop Torreggiani was a man of the people A Man of the People is a 1966 satirical novel by Chinua Achebe. It is Achebe's fourth novel. The novel tells the story of the young and educated Odili, the narrator, and his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in modern Nigeria. and travelled widely throughout his diocese, some 46,000 square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. in all. The vastness meant that it took some three years before the Bishop completed his first visitation VISITATION. The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation. 2. The power of visitation is applicable only to ecclesiastical and eleemosynary corporations. 1 Bl. Com. 480; 2 Kid on Corp. 174. . The author relates these travels in fine detail but also provides us with the names of thousands of those people, Catholic and non-Catholic, whom Torreggiani met in these communities. Consequently the book will prove to be a significant research tool for those interested in local and family history. Torreggiani arrived in Armidale in troubled times late in 1879. The northern church was Irish and it was three years earlier that the first Bishop had left in tragic circumstances. Torreggiani set out to unite the diocese and it was not long before he was establishing new schools and churches as well as welcoming a remarkable group of nuns to Armidale, the Ursuline Order. It was the attempt on the life of Torreggiani at Christmas 1884 that revealed the deep affection that the local and wider community held for the man. At the time, the Sydney Daily Telegraph wrote that Bishop Torreggiani 'succeeded in establishing general confidence and esteem by his gracious and kindly manner to persons of all classes, and by his frankness, generosity, and thorough uprightness in all things relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the church'. This book gives a revealing insight into a Bishop who was loved and accepted by many residents, Catholic and otherwise, throughout the Armidale diocese from 1879 to his death in 1904. It is a book not just about a special churchman but also about the many diverse communities scattered throughout the north of the state. It has a small number of illustrations, a map of the area, a fine index and an extensive list of publications acknowledged in the text. At the book launch held in Armidale in February 2004, I heard a visiting nun approach the author Patrick Colbourne and say: 'Father, thank you for a wonderful book ... I found it so absorbing'. This was a fitting testimony to the way that this book will be received. Graham Wilson |
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