The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-31
THE SEE OF BALTIMORE.
Who is 10 be the Successor OF Arch
bishop Spalding.

Who is 10 be the Successor OF Arch
bishop Spalding.
Referring to recent telegram to the effect
sslhat Bishop Bayley, of Newark, N. j., will
soon be made Archbishop of Baltimore" In
place OF Archbishop spaldlng, deceased, the
Baltimore Sun says:
Ever since the death of the late Archbishop
there have been many snrmises as 10 who his
successor would be, both among the Roman
Catholic clergy and laity, some thinking that
Bishop Bayley, from his well-known popularity
throughout the archdiocese Of Baltimore, and
from his great ability, would be the next occu.
pant of the vacant see, and the names OF
Bishop Elder. of NatcheZ, Mississippi, Bishop
Whelan, of Wheeling, and Bishop Becker, OF
Wilmington, Delaware, were also mentioned
In the same connection Or course the name
of the next Archbtshop will not be known
by any one until the appointment Is made
by The Pope In conslstory, and, therefore,
any statement from New YORK or elseWnere
that any one 'will soon be made Archbishop
of Baltimore" Is purely supposition or guess
work. The clergy of the archdiocese of Balli-
more. as we'll as the laity, are all anXiousiy
awaiting news from Rome, which Is expected
any and every day, and no doubt their anxiety
will soon be relieved BY the announcement OF
an appointment to the vacant archiepiscoPal
chair. After the death OF Archbishop SPa!a'
ing the priests of his council met togetner,
and, after considerable discussion, named
three bishops, either of whom they thought
competent to I'll the archiepfscopal see. These
three names were then sent to the council oil
bishops of the province of Baltimore. coDpos-
ed as follows: Bishop Lynch, OF Charleston,
South Carolina; Bishop Mullen, of Erie, Penu-
Ahor nf uor hfr
Pennsylvania; Bishop Wood, of Philadelphia;
Bishop Domenec. of Plltsbnrg, Pennsylva-
mia; Bishop Verot, of St. Augustine, Fiorl.
da; Bishop PersIco, of Savannah, Georgia;
Bishop O'Hara, of Scranton, Pennsylva.
MIA; Bishop Becker, of Wilmington, Dtla-
ware; Bishop Whelan, Of Wheeling, West
Virginia, and Bishop Gibbons, of North Caro-
lima, Bishop McGill, OF Virginia, being deceas-
ed This council of bishops have the power to
reject one or all of the nominations of the
council of priests, and from their decision
there is no appeal. In fact, the council Of
priests know nothing Of the action OF the bsh-
OBS upon their nominations, not even KNOW
Ing whether any one or all OF the names re-
commended by them have been allowed to
pass the council Of bishops or not me oe.
cIsion of the bishops being final, go lar as the
clergy In the province is concerned, their no
limitations in turn are sent to the Pope at Rome.
They are here passed upon by the Pope IN
consistory of the cardinals, and II the highest
ecclesiastical authority acknowledged by Ro.
man Catholics does not think that any OF
those recommended for the position, either by
the priests or bishops, are competent TO iiil.
the same, or from any other reason, ne
NAV nut aside the choice OF the bishops and
appoint one of his own choosing, whether
b.. be bishop or simply priest. The ap.
pointment of the Pope is OF course fnal, and
there Is no appeal, 80 that 1t is utterly impos-
sible for any one IN this country 10 form any
Idea of who will be the next Archbishop OF
Baltimore until the Pope holds consistory and
makes the appointment, no adVlces OF Whicn
have as vet been received In Baltimore. As
soon as the appointment is made the fact WILL
no doubt leak out In Rome and be telegraphed.
thence by the press correspondents put no
official notice will reach this country until the
appontee receives the bull Of the Pope. The
senior bishop OF the province, Bishop Whelan,
according to usage, will also be officially 10.
formed ofthe appointment from Rome. AS soon
as as the choice Of the Pope is made known to
the prelate who Is to succeed to the highest
position In the American Church, that per.
sonage will proceed Immediately to Baltimore
and take charge OF the archdiocese.
The favorlte among both the clergy aud
laity of Baltimore for the vacant see appears
to BIZ the Right Rev. Bishop Bayley, although
the others who have been named 10 the same
connection are highly spoken OF for the po-
sition by their friends and admirers. Bishop
Bayley is about sixty years of age, and is q
native oil New York State. He was educated
for the Episcopal ministry, and for some time,
as O clergyman of that church, was stationed
in Western New York, and during the latter
part of hIs career was stationed ut Hagers'
town, 10 this State, where he was very p0pu'
lar. he then went 10 New York, the time
being about thirty years ago, where he soon
after became convert 10 the Roman Catholic
Church. After being ordained Catholic
priest he was for some time secretary 10 Arch.
bishop Hughes. oil New York. He was the
drst bishon of Newark, and was cOnsecrated
in New York October SON, 1853, by Arch
bishop Bedlnl, Apostolic Nunclo from Rome,
together with several others who were raised
to the episcopal dignity ut the same time.
Just before the appointment OF Archbishop
Spalding, then Bishop OF Louisville to the arch.
diocese of Baltimore, rllLIor3 were very
numerous as to the chances OF Bishop Bayley's
appointment. and he appeared to be almost
the universal choice OF the clergy and laliy oi
the archdiocese. OF late the name OF Bishop
Bayley has not been mentioned 30 prominent
ly, but be would undoubtedly be to the clergy
most acceptable prelate. Bishop bayley Is
an accomplished writer, and published some
years ago history OF the Catholic Churcn 10
New York Stale.
The Official Proclamation.
ROME. July 80.
The Pope has preconizated the Archbishop
of Baltimore and the Bishop of Richmond.