The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-01
CATHOLICISM.

COnse Grafton Of Bishop FOley-lmposinG Cere-
monies at the baltimore Cathedral.
The conservation of the Right Rev. Thomas
Foley, d. D., coadjutor and administrator of
the diocese of Chicago, took place at the Cathe-
dral in Baltimore yesterday. The conservation
of Bishop is one of the most august ceremonies
in the ritual of the Catholic Church. The essen
tial rite by which the power of the episcopacy
is communicated Is the imposition of hands,
with prayer; but as said in the book of explana-
tions of the ceremony, by the late Archbishop
Kendrick, of Baltimore, the preparatory exami-
nation--the delivery of the emblems of pastoral
authority, and the various other ceremonies
forma whole which is at once splendid and inn
pressive. The hour fixed for the ceremonial
was IL o'clock A. NJ, but long before that hour
the Cathedral was densely packed in every part
with an expectant throng, who sat, some of
them, for five or six hours, including the four
hours during which the conservation, in its great
mass of details, was actually going on.
The procession consisted of a cross-bearer,
followed by the acolytes; succeeding them came
the students of st. Mary's Seminary, about fifty
in number, the Rev. clergy of the other dioceses,
the Very Rev. Administrators of dieceses. Then
cane Right Rev. Bishop Beckett, the Right Rev.
Bishop elect, the Right Rev. Bishops McCloskey
and Rosecrans. The Young Catholics Friend
Society, about one hundred and fifty in number,
under the marshalship of A. j. Brand, acted as
a guard of honor at the archieplscopal residence
and during the passage of the clergy. On en-
tering the Cathedral the choir under the leader
ship of Professor Gegan, with full orchestral
accompaniment, burst forth in grand entree
march.
The large number of clergymen and others
participating filled up the sanctuary, and many
were forced to take seats outside the railing
The priests within the sanctuary included nearly
all the clergymen from the different churches of
the city.
Among the clergymen present from other
cities were the Very Rev. G. j. Carter, vicar
general and administrator of the diocese of
Philadelphia; the Very Rev. j. j. Hayden, Very
Rev. j. O'Connor, D. D., Rev. p. j. Blenkensop,
s. j., and Rev. j. w. Gerdeman, all of Phladel-
phia.
The Cathedral was magnifcently decorated
for the OCCASION and the Baltimore papers are
full of details of the imposing ceremonies of the
conservation, the most impressive portions being
the administration of the oath; the examination;
the prostration and laying on of hands; the invo-
cation of the Holy Ghost; and the amounting with
the Holy Chrism. The sermon was delivered at
l o'clock, by Rt Rev. Bishop Becker, of Will
mington, Delaware, and occupied about three
fourths of an hour in the delivery. Bishop
Becker took as his text the 10Th and goth verses
of the Gospel of st. Matthew Catholic version),
containing the commission to go and teach and
baptize.
After the sermon, other ceremonies followed
The ceremony of placing the new bishop in the
episcopal chair was finally performed in token
of his being made a judge and ruler, the TIE
Deunl was sung, the new bishop gave his bless
ing, and the rite was concluded The congre-
cation was dismissed at about o'clock. In the
evening, at o'clock, Bishop Foley ofiiciated
pontihcally at Vespers.
Bishop Foley was born in Baltimore on the
9th of March, 1928. He was educated at Mount
st. Mary's College, and after finishing his col
legiate course entered the Seminary of st. Sui
pice. He was ordained priest on the 10Th of
August, 1916, and was sent to Montgomery
county as his first mission. He was subsequently
sent to this city, and after remaining here two
years was removed to the Cathedral in Balti-
more by Archbishop Eccleston, where he has
been chancellor, vicar-general, and administra-
tor for the last TWENTY-FIVE years.