The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-18
AN AMERICAN CARDINAL.
ARCHBISHOP N'CEosKEY TO BE sELECTEI-- ogrI-
OIAL NOTIFICATION.
fFrom The New Torh Herald, March f0.l

fFron, The New Iora Herald. March fo.3
The following dispatch was sent to Mr.
N1cMasterso Of this city. yesterday. from
Rome
a Pro-Consi,tory is appointed for Monday
next, March T.. At this Con-istory, along
with Mgr Ledochovskio Archbishop OF Posen
and Gniesen. in Prussia; Mgr. Deschamps,
Archbishop Of Mechlin and Prim4te Of Bel
gum; Archbishop Manning, OF Westminster
| Mgr Bartoliui. Constl!tor of the Roman Court
and Mgr. GIanneli, Archbishop Of Slrdia
His Holiness has determined TO raise to the
Cardruate the Mos: Rev. Archbishop of
New York, Or. McClo,key
| There ~ NOT a member Of the Catholic
| Church il America that Will not RI joice to-day
over the intelligence that His Holiness Pope
Pus IN has determined to rail-. to the Cardi-
nalate On the 10Th ct the present month. at %
oConslstory which is t. be held At Rome
on that day. the Mos. Rev. Arc bishop Nc
q oskey. OF TIL, city. For upward. of two
years and more Elmor has connected the
name OF thu, prelate-who is as eminent for
his piety as III, learning with Carlinashp.
IN. somehow the runIors were neyes con.
tirmed.
THE ARCHBISHOP At HOME.
reporter pad visit yesterday u the |
residence of the Archbishop, with the view
Of aScertainny il he had himself received |
any net tiratIon from Rome Of what was to b
done at the fro-Consiotory so far as he was
concerned. 81 have come, most reverend !
sir, said the reporter, Ito ascertain from
you If there is any truth in the rumor that
YOU are 10 be created Cirdinal at the Pro-
Consistory at Rome on the 18th inst i, that is,
it you have any good reason to believe the
rumor well founded -
The Archbishop hesit lte1 for moment
and then replied:
~ very much fear that it is fact On last
Sunday | received a cable dispatch from
TREND Ill Tome, who announced to me that
the dignity was to be conferred upon me
! he dispatch vas not from an official source,
md so ! do not consider the announcement
IS official, but and the Archbishop here
paused for moment as if Inwardly hoping :
hat he might be mistaken lit was from !
ource that am very apprehensive will be
ound to be correct in this matter. learn l
llso that Mr.. McMasters today received , !,
able dispatch from Rome which contains the
anne announcement as the, dispatch which | {
myself have received"
:" Would the fact Of your being appointed
Cardinal, asked the reporter, ''necessi- u
ate the selection of a new Archbishop?"
"Oh. no, he REPLIED 81 would be Arch j
bishop just the same. The only change
fOuld be that | would have the additional {
tile OF Cardinal.
SKETCH OF THE Archbishop. l.
John Met ioskev the succe ssor of the fa- :,
tented John Hughes, ID. d., Archbishop of y
lew York, was born in Brooklyn, \. T., in y
le year 1870 He is, consequently, sixty a.
ve years Of age Being a youth of more !:
ian ordinary promise. his father gave him II
beral educ atom and he finally prepared for \,
le priesthood. "
He was ordained by Bishop Dubois in Jan. a. al
lry, 1891. at St Parick's Cathedral in this u
tyo whore he celebrated his first mass. Ten !"
ears later he knelt at the same altar TO re-. 81
i've from the hands OF Bishop Vu.,te. the =
'nsecra,ion which made him Bishop of I'd
Tercn and coidjntoS Of the officilting pre-. WI
tie. On the establishment OF the Diocese OF " W
h.ny. 5nc.udin. all Of the State of New - -
'rl lying north o. + lsro, s. worth and east aI
the eastern line of GaSug.. Tomphins ana ~ ~
oGa counties. Bishop IcIlosAey 49, :gAAse -
gStC! TO .ha. See III