The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-18

rinsyille. He lectured in the evening" and
next morning he administered the Sacra-
ment of Confirmation to about sixty per-
soma, .several Of whom were adults and
On the I'd of October the Right. Rev.
Bishop visited Butler, where he admins
tered the Sacrament at Confirmation In the
German Church to eighty persons. mag
niacent stone cross having been erected IN
the graveyard, it was solemnly blessed by
the Right Rev. Bishop. The whole congre-
cation walked in procession from the church
to the graveyard and back again, which
made very imposing sight. The Right
Rev. Bishop preached at Mass, anu D before
and after Confirmation. fssS'sAiHy
On the evening Of the same day the Right
Rev Bishop visited the English cOngregar
ton, and after the delivery of an excellent
discourse he administered the Sacrament Of
Confirmation to twenty four persons, some
of whom were adults and converts After
Confirmation the Benediction of the Bless
ed Sacrament was given by the Right Rev.
Bishop.-Catholic. '.i'-''
DIOCESE OF ScRANroN-Confr mation.-1
On Sunday the 4th, Right Rev. William
OHara. DID, administered the SacTamehs
<Hasleton, Pa, the Rev. Michael Filan Pas
tor. It was only on Sunday, the 9th ult.,
that the Right Rev. Bishop was installed IN
his Diocese, and his numerous friends IN
this Diocese win see that he has commenced
work. 9 The church at Hazleton is too small
for the large congregation ,worshiping
there and the Rev. Pastor, Father Filan, is
now collecting funds for new church. we
hope soon to announce to our readers that
work has been commenced on it..@CGth0ttc
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DIOCESE OF CrNc1NNArI.-Dea of Right
5aa,,.H Hc,ry 1,u,rsu,s .Junckcr, First Bishop
of Alton, Illia0is.-This sanity and below
ed Prelate died at HIS, episcopal residence
on Friday evening, Feast of the Guardian
Apoals Oft long and severe illness.
Deceased was born in Fenetrange, Do
cese of Nancy, Lorraine, France. HIS &c
clesiastical studies We're made in Clncin-
natl, where he was ordained priest by the
Most Rev Archbishop Purcell, on Passion
r Sunday, March 10th, 1884, aud consecrated
Bishop by the same on Sunday April 20,
1857. - sa.. f.=-TE.
During his seminary life he was a most
Jealous teacher of catechism and instructor.
of youth, as we'll as a diligent and edifying
student. After his ordination he was pastor
Of the first German Catholic congregation
of this city, and subsequently of St johns
Church, Canton, and of Dayton, Ohio. In
these different positions it may he truly said
of him g He did all things Well" In Alton
he built beautiful Cathedral and, resi-
intended for a Seminary-and all
this without leaving his diocese one cent IN
debt. Itwould be superfluous to add That
he established schools and converts and IN
stitutior of charity, SO that his days, lffeW
in the ministry, were FULL and his devoted
clergy and people have cause to hold, as
they doubtless will, his memory In bene-
diction. They will pray for his speedy ad-
mission to the reward he SO richly merlted,
or for the increase of his glory. ..N.'sif'
Obsequies of the Right Rec. George 4loy-
sius Carroll, Bishop Of CoUiagtoa, ky.I-Ihe
obseauies of the Right Rev. George Alloy
sius Carroll, Bishop of tCovington, Ken
lucky, took place at the Cathedral, on
Eighth street, between Scott and Greenup
in that city, yesterday morning, in the pres
ence of one of the largest civil gathering
ever seen in the place.
Ats O'Clock in the morning the doors o.
the sacred edifice we're thrown open to the
throng of people waiting outside, to pay
their last tribute of respect to the deceased
prelate, the remains of whom lay in state II
front of the altar. Thousands of people
men women and children--passed up ont
side of the Cathedral and down the other
during the intervening two hours before thu
ceremonies of interment, and took thel
4 leave of the dead by gazing upon the fea
lures, rigid and fixed, yet calm, benign ant
dienified as in life they were. The sobbln!
of women was the only sound that brok
y the solemn stiffness of the place. =
At half-past 10 o'clock the requiem mas
was celebrated by Right Rev: Richard Vim
cent Whelan, of Wheeling, w est Virgins
with Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati
Bishop Maurice de St. Palais, of Vincennes
Indiana Bishop John H. Luers. of Fo'
Wayne, Indiana, and all the priests OF th
Diocese of Covington and many OF Clnclr
natl.
The Cathedral was densely crowded dul
ing the ceremony, and at the close Arcl
bishop Purcell delivered funeral addres
! Cincinnati TEL, Oct. z.
DIOCESE OF WILMINGToN.-Blessin
Church Beit.-The ceremony of blessing
church bell took place on Sunday afternot
last, at st. Mary's Church, near Govan
town. The Right Rev. DR.. Becker, Bish'
Il