The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-24
The Large Cathedral Filled.
Interesting Ceremonies--So-
cieties and Visitors from
Abroad.
The Altar a Blaze Of Light
and Beauty.
The Most Imposing Pageant
Ever Seen in Wheeling.

Roman Catholic church is that Of conSe-
Grating Bishop, and it usually draws
together many of the dignitaries OF the
church. and these in their splendid robes,
with their magnificent emblems of au-
thoritv, the richly chased articles used In
the service of the mass, the superb orna-
mentation of the affairs, and the brightly
burning lights, all go to form II scene at
once splendid and impressive, while the
Grand music that floats through the air Is
calculated, with the ceremonies OF the
occasion, TO produce feeling of profound
dcvoteness in the heart and impress the
beholder and listner with revcrential
awe. Such scene of grandness
rs that at the st. Joseph's Cathedral, III
this city, yesterday, was never eNceIIed
in this part of the country before. 1t
was the first time that Bishop of the
Catholic Church had ever been consecrat-
ed either in West Virginia or in the Old
State, and 1t drew people here from all
III. r.gion hereabcut. Ohio sent her del
eoa,ion hv hundreds Pennsylvania, hers,
while the Catholic population OF West
Virginia seemed to be all here.
At rs early AS ten o'clock the church
BEGAN to fill up. and by half past ten
,.c,,ck there was not n yacant seat in the
house. Among the many interested spec
,otors we noticed the venerable mother of
the new bishop and his two sisters. We
heard that several of the State officers
and officers Of the city aud county were
oI.o nrcsent
4. b,,c r,.. o., o,o,ocl, nrcciscIv the
rrocossior which had been formed ut the
Risbors bouse in the rear of the cathc-
dral entered the church IN the following
order. Cross-bcarer torch-bearers, thur
fcrs. acolytes, Ecclesiastical students, the
DIOCESAN priests, to the number oftwenty-
four, eminent clergymen from other do
cesses to the number OF thirty; b'shop
Rosecrans, Of Columbus, ONO, bishop
Shanahan, of Harrisburg, Pa, Bishop
O'IIara, of Scranton, Pa, Bishop Doml-
nee, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, in purple man
tells or capcs; the Rev. j. j. kain, bISh-
op elect, in the yestments Of
priest, supported by Bishop
Gibbons, Of Richmond, Va, as Senior
Assistant Bishop, and Bishop Becker, of
Wv,o,no,or Delaware rs Junior Assist
.rn - ,.,l;.,, p.;..
anu ne NeneF"o'e A''"O''"0i' ''"'' -
Of Baltimore, closed this gorgeous pro-
cession, clad in cope, mitre and cro2ier,
,,.i,l, III, o,+o,dorts Worry Rev ! Paul
WI" MS -, ~,
DuDeruiei, president oil d. MARY O''
lege, as Arch-Pricsti Rev. ID. Cannon,
If R,,,i,oore. Deacon. Rev. J. Singer.
..l;.;.oI .roin
~ Suo-De"coh' ana Tue 'f"o'''o''"' 'i"'''
bearers. The whole was under the
cb,rgc Of Rev. Stanislaus Feste, Presi-
9. C,..,.- Ca,,o.o mon. p,,r-
"'''' VI =. N'''' ~, 49,
more, rs Master Oh ceremonies
After the Archbishop, VINO acted n
C,,,so,.-otor b,d taken his sent ot the
'''' ~ -, -
altar, the BlShOp-tleCL, WHO Udu Decn
with his attendant BISHOPS, at the small
altar on the north side Of the chanchl,
..... ,,.,..,.ol ., u,o co,socrotor ~. +bc
vas
senior Assistant VINO 'a'u'
"Most Reverend father, our holy
Mother the Catholic Church, requires of
YOU to raise this Priest mere present, to
the burthcnsomc office of IL Bishop
Have you the Apostolic commission?
We have.
Let it be read.
The document was then read and the
following oath was administered to the
Bishop elect:
IL j. J. Kain, elect of the Church of
Wheeling, will be from this hour hence
forward obcdicnt to blessed Peter the
AnostIc and to the holy Roman Church
and to the most blessed Father PonG
Pin. and to his successors cononicalIv
chosen, will assist them TO retain and
defend AGAINST amy man whatever tbc
Roman Popcdom. without preiu-
dice to nv rank. | will take
care to prescrye, defend. and promote the
RIGHTS bonnrs privileges ard authority
Of tbr Holy Roman Church of The Pan.
ard If his .urrcssor. os aforesaid VIII
my vboi. STRENGTH will oh..rva and
c,,p.c 10 /, Observed by others tho rnIc.
of IN. Uohr Fathers the drcrnns orJf-
names. or dispositions and mandates If
tbr Apostolic See, When called to q
synod, viii come. unless he nrr
vented by canonIcal impeachment
| will personally visit the Amos.
toljc See once every ten years. and rem.
der an account to our most blessed Father
Pope Plus and his successors as afore-
said. of my whole pastoral Office and of
every thing in any way appcrtajning to
the state oi my Snurcn' 10 the discipline
al % r spl-