sentences:  He sat on the municipal board of health, assisted in Community Chest campaigns, and founded an Information Forum for people of all religions.On October 31, 1936, Buddy was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of San Diego in California by Pope Pius XI.He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 21 from Bishop Charles Hubert Le Blond, with Bishops Gerald Thomas Bergan and Francis Joseph Monaghan serving as co-consecrators.