The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03

bility, but before he heard of his exaltation
to the sacred college he died at Baltimore.
The correspondence from Rome suites,
among other things, that there are additions
about to be made to- the sacred college, and
among those about to receive Cardinals hats
are his grace DR.. Manning, Archbishop of
Westminster, and two American Bishops.
From the London Tablet to the Dublin Ece-
ming Post and New York Herald there is a
steady stream of conjecture, but their vati-
cinations will end i'll nothing. a.
The Archbishops Of the Catholic Church in
the United States are seven, as follows:
Baltimore Reverend James Roose-
welt Bailey, appointed Bishopin 1853; Arch
bishop in 1872. - -.
Cincinnati--Most Reverend John Baptist
Purcell, appointed Bishop in 1888; Arch
bishop in 1850. ,if,s" 2. ....', :, ....
New Orleans.---Most Reverend Joseph
Napoleon Parche, appointed Bishop in 1870 !;
Archbishop in the same year.
New York.---Most Reverend John Nc
Closkey, appointed Bishop in '1S43; Arch
bishop In 1864. --.. ..'..-.. -, = =
st. Louis.---Most Reverend Peter Richard
Kenrick, appointed Bishop in 1881 Arch
bishop IN 1S41. ..s >s. ...a.e,.a.lr. r..
San Francisco.-Most Reverend Joseph S.
Alenscing, appointed Bishop in 1850; Arch
bishop in 1853. .. -... f,sn.
Oregon.-Mo,t Reverend Francis n BIan-
dret, appointed Bl.hop in 1915 j.; Archbishop
in 1916.
The oldest Bishop, therefore, is Arch
bishop Purcell. In years the venerable
metropolitan of Oregon is the senior Of the
whole hierarchy, and he is also the senior
| Archbishop :sbut the latter is not considered
rs anything; it is the bul!n of a Bishop
which gives prcllte his rank where there
| are no Archbishops; but Bishop is actrl-
| ally the highest title known toHthe Church !;
| one Of the Pope's titles, and the oldest and
| trueSt, was Bishop Of Rome;
Your Cincinnati contemporaries will doubt
| less smile at too old" when applied to the
youngest old man in the city OF Cincinnati
or the county Of Hamilton. Archbishop
Purcell is in his seventy-lourth year-born
February rs, 1900. But there is not more
energetic, industrious, busy bee among the
prel,tcs OF the Church, not one more pro-
foundry esteemed by his iellow-citizcns at
| Cincinnati, nor mere rcvered by the Catho-
lie cpiscopacy throughout the United States,
| Great Britain, and France. The 18Th day
of next Octo1cr he will be forty years IL
bishop. lie found on his arrival on the
| banks OF the Ohio 4 small frame building.
/ Niiclc INC Sttt.ciS tScu W tsSSttJDc W ICsiL
| mass. He has built more churches, con-
vents, schoo-houseS, and asylums than any
| prClatc living. There is not a more pros
Porous diocese in the United States, nor one
where such large number Of Catholic chill
dren attend school, Priests have to do their
| duty when they come under the Jurisdiction
Of the Archbishop of Cincinnati If they
are rclniss they are brought up with q short
turn and sent about their business, or p0-
liely reminded of their duties. Putting poll
tici;lns from the a!tar-steps, rs was done here
last year, is not allowed. The style is sim
plcity of a good pattern. The Archbishop
has neither coach, omnibus, nor buggy. He
| has Il pair Of stout, short legs, which, like a
true. pedestrian, he uses when the weather
will permit, or the horse-car, like any other
| honest man going 70 or from his work.
| The houri>hing province OF which he Is
the metropolitan has no superior in the
United States. His diocese has more'and
| finer churches and school-horlses than any
other west of the Hudson. At Rome, the
project of the propaganda, and in fact the
| Pope himself, acknowledges him TO be the
| bishop par excellence Of his distinguished
brothers in the American Catholic hierarchy.
Yet, although remarkable for scholarship,
land admitted Il very able writer, he is one of
| the humblest of Cincinnati's citizens. There
is no bishop in the Catholic Church whose
promotion to the sacred college would be
more acceptable and gratifying TO the Anne
| ricin people.
The cruditc Archbishop of St. Louis has
opposed the promotion of any American
bishop to the sacred congregation. He has
no extra admiration for the red bat and
stockings to match" lie is in his sixty
| b,, tao ho, bo
of August, 1906. His father, the predecessor
of the late Archbishop Spaudlng at Balti-
more, was the greatest scholar and profound
est thcologian that the Catholic Church has
produced on this continent. The Arch
bishop Of st. Louis is more of an interior
man, but his linguistic accomplishments
command the esteem of scholars.
The Archbishop OF New York, if his
health permitted, would he an acquisition to
the body of Cardinals. He has no ambition
10 be ga Prince Of the Church." and, I am
certain, is not in favor of any member OF the
hierarchy in this country being one. He is
| in his seventy-third year, having been born
at Brooklyn, March 90. 1901.
1t is not probable that either one of the
Archbishops of New Orleans, San Francisco,
or Oregon will be raised to the Cardinalate.
The great centres of commerce and political
prestige one would suppose to be the resi-
dence of such dignitary as Cardinal,
should one be appointed, and there will be.
We see, however, that out of the seven
Archbishops in the United States there are
only two who are not insensible to the great
distinction-the Archbishops of Baltimore
and Cincinnati. We must not be mlsun-
derstood. There never lived in any Church
IL prelatc more humble and simple in his
tastes than james Roosevelt Bailey,
the Archbishop Of Baltimore. An Ameri-
can of that vigorous and heroic stock
that dared the Atlantic'S winds and waves
long before the house Of Hanover assembled
the throne of England, and who were ready
to do and dare all that men dare do when
the Cry for freedom vibrated from LeNing-
ton to Virginia. Plain and pure, scholarly
and simple, he left the dear home of his early
ministry (Newurk) for the august one OF
Baltimore with sorrow. 1t is not necessary
TO sly that he would adorn the high office OF
Cardinal, because any man who knows him
will indoiSe the assertion that be is wei
worthy TO be Archbishop of the mother do
cc>c of the United States.
The venerable metropolitan Of Cincinnati
has served TOO long It's Il bishop not to have
made great reputation. His long services,
coupled with his bread liberality and sure
requirements, have singled him out us the
one who will be, if any are to be, raised to
the dignity Of Il member of the Sacred Col
lege. In either case the descendant OF the
sturdy Knickerbocker, or the son of the in
dustrious Irish mechanic, will do honor to,the
office should either or both become Cardinals.
POSTAL AFFAlRs--Jarrett b. Standitord Is
appointed postmaster at Hopcwell cross