The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-01

will be Present-Sketch OF the New Bishop
His Future Diocese and His Successor Here
Eloquent Services and Fine Music, etc., etc.
At St. Peters Cathedral to- day the con-
secration OF Rev. Father Francis Janssens
to the Epscopacy OF the Catholic Church
will be an occasion OF solemn and impress
siye ceremonies. az well as OF unusual in.
terest, TO the vast throng which will crowd
the slcred edIfice to see their beloved pas
tor elevated to the dignity Of Bishop.
One OF the most august ceremonies OF the
Church Is the conservation OF a bishop.
The essential rite by which the power OF
the Episcopacy Is communicated Is the I'M
position OF hands, with prayer; but the
preparatory eXamination-ihe delivery OF
the embleins Of pastoral authority, and the
various other ceremonies-form a whole,
which Is at once splendid and impressive.
Those who regard IL as an idle display ore
strangers to lis nature and meaning.
Three bishops are required by The ancient
Canons and by the general practice OF tue
Church for the conservation, though in
some instances the places OF the two assist
ant bishops are filled by priests by special
dispensation OF the Apostolic See. The
natural interest which the sOemDiZatiOn
Of this unusual rite would awaken has been
in the present case greatly augmented by
the love and admiration felt for the elect by
his congregation and the esteem in which he
is held by all WHO know him.
This is the second conservation OF Catho-
lie bishop which Richmond will have wit
messed, Bishop j. j. Keane, who was re-
Gently consecraied, being the first.
THE CROWD TO BE PRESENT.
The demlnd for admission tickets, there
fore, has been beyond all precedent or eX-
mediation. Indeed, had the church five
times its capaciiy il could not have seated all
those who have made application and sign-
fed their desire 10 attend. About $50 tick
cts have been issued, each ticket specifying
the exact seat which the holder must take.
As each OF these little pieces OF pa.teboard,
so difficult TO obtain. are highly prZed, 1t
may be readily assumed that they will every
one have its representative present. These,
when added TO The bishops, clergy, SEMI
narians. and acoyteS, numbering some
seventy odd, will make an audience OF
about 1.420.
ORDER FOR SERVICES TO-DAY.
There will be low mass at 6, I, and 8
o'clock in the morning, and the chidren's
mass at $50. Pontlfcal high mass Will begin
al 10 o'clock. The doors Of the Cathedral
will be locked Immediately after The $50
O'Clock mass, and they will not he rC0pened
before $3.50 O'Clock. No one will be admit
ted into The Cathedral except upon The pre-
sentation OF a ticket. These tickets will
| indicate the seat assigned to the holder, and
| they are TO be kept until the end of the SER
vice. ANY one coming after the beginning
OF the ceremony forfeits his ticket.
THE PROCESSION.
At 10 O'Clock the procession will form at
the episcopal residence, adjoining the Ca
thedral, and will proceed to the front en-
trance OF the sacred edlfce in the following
order:
First enser.bearer, then the cross.bearer,
and two acOlytes with lighted candles.
Then come the altar boys and semi
narIans. two by two, in procession, fellow
ed by the priests, also two by two. and vest
ed in soutane snrplice and birretta.
Then MOnsig. Seton, Protonotary ApOs-
toic OF Newark, y. J.
The next division OF the procession will
be formed by the visiting bishops who take
no active part iu the ceremony OF the conse-
Grafton. They will be vested in cope
mire, and each bishop will be accompanied
by chaplain on either side Of him. and
followed 10y train.bearer. They will come
in order Of seniority, with places the
juniOreS final: Bishop Moore, OF st. Angus
tine, Fla. Bishop j.. j. Kain, of Wheeling;
Bishop William Gross. Of Savannah Bishop
i. n. Lynch, Of Charleston, ). c.; Co.
adjulor Bishop Elder. OF Cincinnati.
Then comes the Bshop-elect, RI. Rev.
Francis Janssens, with the assistant conse-
orators:
Rt. Rev. Bishop Becker, OF Wilmington,
Del. and
RI. Rev. Bishop J. J. Keene, OF Rich
mond; the three being followed immedi-
ately by their chapains.
Two ac0lytes bearing book and candle.
Then Rev. joseph L. Wise, OF Yazoo
City, Miss, sub. deacon, bearing the archie
piscopal cross, and vested in tunic.
Next the sub.Geacon OF the mass, vested
in tunic, Rev. James O'Farrell, OF Staun-
ton, Va.
Then comes the assistant priest and the
deacon OF the mass, Very Rev. Mathurian
F.. Grignon, Vicar. General OF the Diocese
Of Natchez, and Rev. Henry Picherit, OF
Jackson, Miss.
Then follows Archbishop Gibbons, the
Consecrator. between two deacons Of honor,
VINO are Very Rev. DR.. A. l.. Magnien,
president Of 81. Mary's Seminary, Bati'
more, and Very Rev. DR.. John + oley, of
S.. Martins church, Baltimore.
Two acoyieS Of the crOser and mitre
and the cross-bearer close the procession.
The masters OF ceremonies are Rev. DR..
ID. j. O'Connell, OF Richmond; Father
Ben. Kelley, OF Wilmington, Del, and
Father WilIibald Blumgartner.
OFFICIALS AND CLERGY.
Most Rev. James Gibbons, Archbishop Of
Baltimore, will be ConsecratOr, with Bish-
OPS Becker and Keane assistants. Very
Rev. Mathurian +. Grignon, assistant
priest. and Rev. Henry Plcberit, deacon
Rev. james o. Farrell, sub-deacon; Rev.
Joseph l.. Wise, deacon OF honor.
Very Rev. p. f. Heay, $. j.. president
of Georgetown College, ID. c., was invited
to read the Papal brief, but owing TO Sc
we're cold was unable to officiate in that ca
pacity. Rev. Father KoniDgs, c. 5. $. r.,
was since invited, and accepted.
The chorisiers are Rev. W. Bartlett, OF
ST. AIMS church, Baltimore, and Rev. ii.
Oberfet, OF VIcksburg, Miss.
Among the other visiting priests are Rev.
James McGufk, Of Lynchburg, Va; Rev.
Thomas Brady, Of Portsmouth, Va; Rev.
Benno Hegee, st. Mary's church, Rich.
mOnd; Father pOherty, Of st. Pairiek's,
Richmond, Va; Father A. Habets, OF 81.
Patrick's church; Father ID. OKane, S. D.,
Of Alexandria, Va; Rev. Joseph Stenger,
OF West Virginia; Rev. B. McManus, ST.
Johns church, Baltimore; Rev. Father
Heus, OF jersey CITY, n. j.; Rev. DR..
Schneider, OF New Jersey; Rev. Father
Grady, OF New York; Rev. Father Murphy,
OF Cinclnnati; Rev. +. A. Bleyenbergh,
Detroit, Mich; Rev c. p. Macs, secretary
Of Bishop Burgess, Detroit; Rev. j. j.