Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-02-21
TINE SECOND PLENARY CotN.IL OF
BALTIMORE.
Erection of New Sees and Appointing nj Of
New Hishops

New Bishops.
The Most Reverend Archbis hop of BaIumen.
has received letters from Rome, an which tue
official action of the HOLY See npon the acts ana
DEGREES OF the late Plensry Council of Balti-
more H. fully announced The DEGREES OF the
council are approved, With some slight corec-
tons, partly verbal. The Archbishop makes
the follow ing announcement:
In answer TO the Petition Of the prelatss
composing the council, the Holy See has erected
nine new Episcopal Sees and four new APos-
tolic y icariaies. and has appointed fourteen
new BI hops, three of them TO fill vacant Sesss
already established, besides one promoted from
Vicar Apostolic TO a regular Episcopal See.
This Is the Right Rev. Dr. q Connell Vicar
Apostolic of MsrysyiIle. California, who has
been made Bishop OF Grass Valley. in Ctlifcr-
MIA. The following list viii exhibit me na mes
of the new Sees. or NIcariates which have been
erected. and those Of already existing 49,
which have been filled, with the naInes of the
distinguished ecclesiastlcs who have been pro-
noted
L. The vacant See of Buffalo has been filled
by the appointment Of the Right Rev. stephen
Vincent RYAN. a.. NJ Visitor af tn ;ongrscs-
ton, now residing in Germantown. Pa.
2. The vacant See Of Louisville by the Rsh'
Rev. William McCloskey, II. d.. Rector OF the
American College in Rome.
3. The vacant See of Erie, by the Right Rev
Tobias Mullen, Vicar q neral of Pitisbure
4. To the newly erected See OF Columbus
Ohio, the Right Rev. Sylvester H. Rose
Grams: ID H., Auxiliary of Cincinnati. has been
transferred
S. The new See Of Rochester, N. Y, is filled
by the Right Rev. Bernard Moo uoid. President
of seton Hall College, New jersey.
q. The new See of " ilmington. Delaware, by
the Right Rev. Thomas A. Becker, ID. D., OF
.. The new See OF Scranton. Penn by the
Right Rev. William Hsra- ID. d., Hicar-tien-
eral Of Philadelphia.
{. The new See OF Harrisburg. Penn. BY the
Right Rev. jeremiah r. Shanahan, Rector of
the Preparatory Seminary of 81. Charles Bor-
romeo. Diocese OF p philadelphia.
9. The new See Of Green Bay, Wisconsin by
the Right Rev. Joseph Melcher, Eicar-Ci enersI
OF st. Louis
10. Tie new See of Lacrosse, Wisconsin, by
the Right Rev. Michael Heiss, Secretary OF the
Bishop OF Milwaukee.
IL. The new See of St Joseph. Missouri, by
the Right Rev. John Hogan, of Missouri.
l.. The new Nlcanate Apostolic of North
Carolina, by the Right Rev. James Gibbons
Secretary of the Archbishop of Baltimore
10. The new yicariate Apostolic of Idaho, by
the Right Rev Louis Lootens, of the Archdlo-
cese of San Francisco.
IL. The new TIcariaie Apostolic Of Colorado
embracing also Urah, by the Right Rev. J. Pro-
jectus NachebPuf Ticar-Cieneral of Santa Fe
IS Tie new Nicarlate Apostolic Of Moutsns.
by the Right Rev. Augustine RayouA. VICAR
General OF ~. Paul, Minnesota
The erection Of the NicarIate Of Arizona. for
which the Prelates had petitioned. H. delayed
for the present. probably as premature; a. II
also the appoiniment OF Coai tutor 10 the Ia
mcnted Right Rev. DIR. Baraga, Bishop of Mar
quette, lately deceased. The delay in the latter
Cdst wac caused ot lne oesirr 10 Obtain fuller
information in reference 10 candidates pro-
posed, the sudden and dangerous illness OF tn.
venerable Bishop NJ the beginning of The Coun-
Gil, having made il impossible for ham 10 fill up
the descriptive and explanatory lists containing
the requisite information, 80 wisely required by
the Holy See in such cases.
The pontificial letters. IN the form OF briefs
authorizing the conservation of the new Prp-
lates, have not Vet arrived. but they are prom
lsed so soon as they can be procured. aud we
trust that the delay will not lie protracted.
BY order OF the Most Rev. Archbishop.
THOMAS FOLEY, Chan c.llor