clerical recruits, among them Benjamin Petit, who became a missionary to the Potawatomi. Bruté also drafted old acquaintances such as Anthony Deydier who arrived on the same boat as Bruté in 1810. By the time Bruté died, the number of clergymen had grown. Bruté knew, however, that much work remained to be done. He had sought a coadjutor bishop for several years before his death, including Nicholas Petit S.J. but the Superior of the Society of Jesus refused to allow Petit to be named. On May 17, 1839, Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Vincennes. Bruté knew the great assistance a religious order could provide, having worked with Mother Seton and her Sisters of Charity during the founding and early years of Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg. Bruté sent Hailandière as a representative to their native France in search of a religious congregation to come to the diocese and teach, provide spiritual instruction, and assist the sick. The Sisters of Providence of Ruillé-sur-Loir sent Théodore Guérin and five others. Death and legacy Bruté died in Vincennes, Indiana, on June 26, 1839, and was buried under the sanctuary of the cathedral there. His tremendous influence on the entire church, his success in planning, financing, and carrying out necessary ecclesiastical reforms, and the constructive and executive ability he displayed in his diocese made him one of the foremost Catholic emigrants to the United States. He wrote Brief Notes on his experiences in France in 1793, in which he described state persecution of Catholic priests. The name of the Latin School of Indianapolis, now closed, was changed to Bishop Bruté Latin School in his honor. The Archdiocese of Indianapolis runs a college seminary named after Bruté. Students attend classes at the nearby Marian University, which offers the Bishop Simon Bruté Scholarship. In 2005, one of Bruté's successors, Daniel M. Buechlein of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis (which was transferred from Vincennes in 1898), began the process for the eventual canonization of Bruté, who is currently designated a "Servant of God". Buechlein's successor, Joseph William Tobin, has continued Bruté's cause. Thousands of documents must be gone through before the "cause" can be presented to Rome. Tobin quoted from Bruté's first pastoral letter in his installation homily by saying, "unworthy as I am of so great an honor, and of myself unequal of the charge, my only trust is in God;