Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-31
THE COMING CARDINAL.
Archbishop Feehan go be Elevated
Sketch of the New Cardinal.

The announcement by cable that Arch
bishop John P. A. Feehan, of Chicago. VIII
| he elected Cardinal at the next Consistorv
| created considerable excitement and enthu-
siasm In that city Wednesday. A Chicago
dispatch says:
mo official announcement OF the appoint
ment has been received here yet, though
there have been Tumors of Bishop Feehan's
| preferment, and there is no doubt that It
| viii take place. At the house of Vicar
General Conway It was stated that there will
he no changes Of any importance following
upon the elevation Of the Archbishop. He
win still remain an Archbishop, and will.
probably retain bis council as 1t has been
| in the past. Until some more authen-
| tic information arrives the Archbishop
will remain here attending to his
duties as Archbishop, and doing just as
though no such honor were intended him.
His title and designation will be Cardinal
Archbishop Of Chicago. Cardinal Feehan
will be the second American raised to that
dignity, the elevation consisting In making
him a Prince of the Church instead of
Lord, as he was when Bishop and Arch
bishop. Though entitled to seat in the
Cardinals Consistory, to vote for Pope 10
case of vacancy, and to other similar privi-
leges, he will not be a primate of America
even on the death of Cardinal McCloskey,
for Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, has
the priority, IS that archhishopric was the
first In America.
Gas soon as the Consstory meets and mo-
tiee is received by Archbishop Feehan OF
his election, he will probably start for
Romes where his induction into Office as
Cardinal will take place. His beretta. Or
red Cardinals cap and cape, will follow
him, and on it's arrival he Will assume n.
and will henceforth be called "Your emI-
nence" instead OF "Your Iordship," as at
present.
"The appointment is considered a recoo.
milton OF the metropolitan position Of
Chicago and compliment to the city Of the
highest character. There is no organization
so astute in discovering the growth and pro.
gress of nations and localities as the Church
Of Rome remarked a prominent member
of that church; and in the nomination OF
the Archbishop Of Chicago to a Cardinal
ship, the church promptly recognizes the
extraordinary development of Chicago AS
the future metropolis OF the new world. So
far as the Archbishop is concerned the
nomination cannot but be considered as a
recognition Of his high character as a man
and his emiuence as a prelste."
Archbishop John P. A. Feehan was born
in the wear 1929, in county Tipperary, Ire
land. He was educated at Maynooth Col
Iege, IN county Kildare, about fourteen
miles from Dublin, and left for America
Immediately upon completing his studies
for the priesthood He arrived in st. LoI1is
in the fall OF 1852, where he was assigned to
duty as superior of the Ecclesiastical Semi
nary for Boys at Carondelet, near st. Louis.
He was soon after transferred to the
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
tion in 81. Louis, where he re-
mained for several years. In the fall
o. 1863 he was consecrated Bishop of
Nashville, with Jurisdiction over the
churches and other Catholic institutions az
Tennessee, succeeding Bishop Wheeler. who
was the successor of Bishop Miles. the first
Bishop appointed for Tennessee. Hinder HE
guidance the church began to grow IN
wealth and numbers, his influenza ha,nor
felt from the first. New Churches vare
established In all the important cities and
towns, and missionary stations IN MANY of
the more remote districts of the State.
"In personal appearance Bishop Feeban
is unusually striking. He is over six feet In
height, with black hair and pleasing. in
Lellectual counlenance. His voice and de-
livery are good, his language is well chosen.
graceful and easy, marked by a natural
avoidance of complicated utterances. His
sermons are brief, to the point, and of a
kind which always attracts and holds the
of his auditors. He is regarded az
a man moderate in his views, never eppaging
In controversies, but devoting HIS whole
time to church duties He is a financier of
marked executive ability. 10 Decemher.
1879, the Pspal See at Rome appointed him
TO succeed the late Right Rev. Thomas
Foley as Bishop Of Chicago, the appoint-
ment being at once approved by the Pope"