encompassed the entire area of the former Mexican province of Alta California, while the Archdiocese of San Francisco encompassed all of the state of California north of Monterey Bay as well as territories that would become Nevada and Utah. However, Alemany wished to return to missionary work and requested a coadjutor bishop. In 1883, Bishop Patrick William Riordan was appointed by Pope Leo XIII coadjutor, and would succeed Alemany upon the latter's resignation as archbishop in 1884. Later life After his resignation, Alemany left San Francisco in May 1885 to return to his homeland. In the course of the journey east he toured New York, was presented by Catholic General William Rosecrans to President Grover Cleveland. He arrived in Italy, having an audience with Pope Leo XIII and was appointed titular archbishop of Pelusium. Alemany returned to Catalonia in a Valencian convent, intending to devote the remainder of his life to the rehabilitation of the Dominican order in Spain, and he died there on April 14, 1888. He was buried in the Church of Sant Domènec in his native Vic. In 1965, Alemany's body was brought back to San Francisco after a funeral Mass said by Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken at the Old Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception his remains were buried in the Archbishops' Crypt in the mausoleum in Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California. He was also an author, publishing his view of The Life of St. Dominick. Alemany Boulevard and the Alemany Maze in San Francisco, Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California and the Archbishop Alemany Library at Dominican University of California in San Rafael are all named in his honor. References Citations Sources Mc Gloin, S.J., John B. California's First Archbishop: The Life of Joseph Sadoc Alemany, O.P., 1814–1888. New York: Herder and Herder, 1966. Parmisano, Fabian Stan. Mission West: The Western Dominican Province, 1850–1966. Oakland, California: Western Dominican Province, 1995. Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607–1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967. External links Dominican Friars: Pioneers in the Archdiocese Presentation Sisters to celebrate 150 years 1814 births 1888 deaths People from Vic Spanish Dominicans Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni Dominican missionaries Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries Roman Catholic missionaries in the United States Spanish emigrants to the United States Dominican bishops Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey in California Catalan American Roman Catholic bishops from Catalonia Spanish Roman