The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-24
The Catholic Hierarchy.
THE SECOND pLENARY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE
ERECTION OF NEW SEES AND APPOINTMENT OF
NEW BISHOPS.

As has before been stated, the Archbishop Of
Baltimore has received letters from Rome, in
which tho official action of the Holy Sec upon
the acts and DEGREES OF the late Plenary Coun-
Gil Of Baltimore is fully announced. The de-
crces of the Council are approved, with some
slight corrections, partly verbal. The Arch
bishop makes the following announcement:
In answer to the petition Of the Prelates
composing the Council, the Holy See has
erected nlne new Episcopal Sees and four
Apostolic Vic Iriates, and has appointed four
teen new bishops, three Of them TO fill vacant
Sees already established, besides one promot,,
ed from Vicar Apostolic to regular Episcopal
See. This is the Right Rev. Cr. OConnell,
Vicar Apostolic of Marysvlllo, California, who
has been made Bishop OF Grass Valley, in Cali
fornia. The following list will exhibit the
names of the new Secs, or Vicariates, which
have been erected, and those OF already exist
ing Sees which have been filled, with the
namos OF the distinguished ccclesiastics who
have been promoted:
/. The vacant See of Buffalo has been filled
by tho appointment Of the Right Rev. Stephen
Vincent Ryan C. NJ, Visitor of the Congrega-
ton, now residing in Germantown, Pa:
Q. The vacant Sec OF Louisville, by the Right
Rev. William McCloskey, D. D., Rector Of the
American College in Rome.
D.
Rev. Tobias Mullen, Vicar-Goneral of Pitts
burg.
4. To tho newly erected See Of Columbus,
Ohio, the Right Rev. Sylvester a. Rosecrans,
D. D.. Auxiliary of Cincinnati, has been trans
ferred.
by the Right Rev. Bernard McQuaid, President
of Seton Hall College, Now Jersey; , =,
the Right Rev. Thomas A. Becker, D. D., OF
Richmond, Va.
7. The new See of Scranton, Penn, by the
Right Rev. William O'Hara, D. D., Yicar-Gen-
eral of Philadelphia.
s. The new See of Harrisburg Penn, by the
Right Rev. Jeremiah F. Shanahan, Rector Of
the Preparatory Seminary of st. Charles Bar
romeo Diocese of Philadelphia.
0. The new SEQ of Green Bay, Wis, by the
Right Rev. Joseph Melcher, Vicar-General OF
i 10. The new See OF LaCross, Wis, by the
Right Rev. Michael Heiss, Secretary OF the
Bishop OF Milwaukee.
II. The new See OF ST. Joseph, Mo-, by the
Right Rev. John Hogan, Of Missouri.
IL. The new Vicariate Apostolic OF North
Secretary OF the Archbishop of Baltimore:
10. The new Vicariate Apostolic OF Idaho,
by the Right Rev. Louis Lootens, of the Arch
diocese of San Francisco.
IA. The new Yicariato Apostolic of Colorado,
embracing also Utah. by the Right Rev. j. Pro-
iectus Machcbuuf, Vicar-Gencral Of Santa Fe.
Is. The ncw vicariate Apostolic OF Montana,
by the Right Rev. Augustin Rayoux, Vicar
General OF st. Paul, MINI.
Tho erection of the Vicariate of Arizona, for
which the Preates had petitoncd, is delayed for
the present, probably Us premature; as is also
the appointment IF u Coadjutor to the lament
cd Right Rev. DR.. Baraga, Bishop Of Mar
quctto, lately deceased. The delay in the lat
Ter case was caused by. the dosire to obtain
fuller information in reference to candidates.
proposed, the sudden and dangerous illness o.
the venerable Bishop at the beginning of the
council having made it imposs: bic for hlm ~ To-
containing The requisite information, so wisely
required BY the Holy See i'll such cases.
The Pontiical letters, in the form of briefs,
authorizing the conservation of the new Pre-
latos, have not yet arrived, but they are prom
ised so soon rs they can be prepared; and wa
trust that the delay will not be protracted.
By order OF the. Most Rev. Archbishop,
THOMAS FOLEY, Chancellor.