The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-06-10

tropolis whereas the other, comprising the
States of Wisconsin, Minnesota and mart
Of Michigan will embrace the see of Nil.
waukee as metropolis. This we desire, We
resolve, enact, decreeing that our present
letters are and always shall be in force,
valid aud efhcaciou., and shall have and
obtain their full and entire effect aud ehall
toily avah IN all things and by all things
these whom At concerns or NJ any time shall
concern, and that shall be null aud
yoid which IN these premises may be at-
tempted to the contrary BY any body by
whatever authority, knowingly or ubknow.
ingly, notwithstanding, as far as NAV be
needful our regulation and the regulation
OF the apestolical chancery de .fitre gxaesifo
non tolien3o Of Benedict XIV, o! happy
memory, concerning the division Of things
and other apostolical statutes and crdinan-
ces and the general and especial statutes
and ordinances made in general, pr,vihciaf
and synodal councils, and all things what
| soever to the contrary.
Given at Rome at St. Peters under the
Ring of the Fishermen. February IL, ia ths
year OF our Lord, 1875, and the 10Th year
of our pontihcare.
FRANCIS CARDINAL ASoUINf..
FOR THE GOOD oE THE CHURCH.
To our venerable Brother, John M. IfecniS
Bishop of Milwaukee.
Plus TX, POPE.
Venerable Brother: Health and apostolic
bchediction. From this elevated 6. air Of St.
Peter, observing as from a watehtower the
Christian world on every side, we turn ohf
eyes and our attention to those portions OF
the Lords hock which are separated Lsy vast
distances Of sea and iand from this centre
of the Catholic religion, and if we know any
thing that would bring about the welfare.
prosperity and happiness Of their spiritual
government, that in good time by our apostle
lic authority we confer. Since, therefors,
the good of the Catholic cause seems to de-
mand that in the United States of North
America a new province should Ge formed BY
the division of the province OF St. Louis, We,
having called together our venerable brothers
the cardinals who are charged with the af-
fairs OF the propagation of the faith, we hav.
by apostolic letters, given in this selfsAme
form, have divided the above named province
of st. Louis, and we so erected new pro-
vince that having your church Of Milwaukee
as q metropolitan see, it will embrace the
dioceses of La Crosse, ST. Paul, ST. Cloud,
Marquette, and Green Bay, as suffragans.
b"Nh oSihS thc Suct, hcs Dy our hpOatOlc
authority, by the advice of our same Vener-
able Brethern, do by these presents appoint
you, venerable brother, who preside over
the Church of Milwaukee as Bishop, TO be the
Metropolitan of this new province, which We
have nance, and as to you we grant and
give you all and each Of the rights and ptiyi-
leges which belong to metropolitans, notwith-
standing any apostolic statutes and ordinan.
ces, and others made in general, provincial
and synodical assemblies; also as far ms the
church of Milwaukee is concerned, all statu.
tes, customs, though they be srergthed by
oath, apostolical confirmation or any other
ratification, or anything else whatsoever.
Given at Rome, at st. Peters under the
Ring oftheTF isherman, 18th day of February,
IN the year of our Lord 1875, and of our
the twenty-nnth
FRANCIS CARDINAL ASQUINi.
coNrERRING THE PALLIUx.
Immediately thereafter, the Archbishop
elect, vested in full poutfcals, which he
had put on after the mass, on his bended
knee took the customary oath Of office. Mons.
Roncetti addressed the Archbishop at length
n Latin, after which the Bishop of La Crosse
,ook from the alter the palligm, placed
there after the communion, and placed it
On the shoulders of the Archbishop elect,
With an address in Latin, of 1hich the foE
ewing is the translation:
fe IL q i'---s--r .--,.--r. -
Blessed Mary ever Virgin, the holy Apost-
les, SIS. Peter and Paul; of cur master
Pope Plus TX /, of the Holy Roman Catho.
ic Church and Of the Church Of Milwau-
zee, committed to thy charge, we deliver to
hee the pdliium taken from the body of
st. Peter, in wich is the plenitude of the
oontfcal Office, with the title of the archi-
Episcopal name, that you may use it within
your Church on certain days which has ex-
PRESSED in the privileges granted by the
holy See.
At tbs conclusion of the address Of the
Al Alchtishop, invested with the pdllium;
lscended the alter and gave, itsolemn tones,
be Pontifcal benediction. The audience
hen slowly dispersed, the clergymen NOV.
hg in procession to the Bishops Hall
where banquet was ready for them: The
services in the Cathedral occupied nearly
our Nilpaukee Neus, Jahc An.