Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-24
AnaIher Dispatch.

Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, Juse 23.-The conservation
ceremonies to occur Sunday morning at s..
Msry's cathedral, of Bishop Joseph Rade.
N acher, will be the most imposing and i'm
pressiye ever held il this city. This is the
first ceremony of The kind ever had here.
When Bishop Patrick A. Feehan wss couse-
Grated for this. diocese, the ceremonies took
place in S.. Louis, in 1865.
Bishop Richard Plus Miles, the first bishop
OF Nashville, was consecrated September Is,
1888, and died February l, 1860. Bishop
James Wbeelan succeeded Bishop Miles, aud
he wss consecrated in May, 1859.
10 May, 1868, he resigned, dying in 1873.
Bishop Feehan was consecrsted on Novrm-
ber /, 1865, and continued to administer this
diocese until elevated to an archbishopric,
in 1880. He left Nashville November l,
1880; since that time the Rev. Father Scan
nell has administered the diocese. The delay
in the sppointment was cAused by the methods
employed, as well as the great distance from
Rome. In all Catholic countries the gov
ernment appoints, or nominates, the bishop
bat in the United States the bishops of .
province make the nominations.
Bishop Rademacher received his sppoiut.
ment from the Sacred Congregation Of the
Propaganda of Rome, of which Cardinal
Simeoni is the project. His commission was
received in this country in April. Bishop
Radem scher wss born in Michigan, Decem-
Der 3, 1S40, and was educated at st. Mi
chaePs and st. Vincents College, in Penn
sylvania. The late Bishop Lusrs ordsiued
him in 1868 at Fort Wayne, lad. lie la
bored in the Church's interest. in Warren and
Fount ,in counties, Ind, for the first seven
years of his ministry. For eighteen months be
officiaied at the church in Columbia CITY,
and was then assigned to ths church at Fort
Wayne, where he labored for some nlne
year,. In July, 1880, he was transferred TO
81. Msry's Catholic church in Lafayette,
Ind, where he was located at the time OF his
appointment to the bisheprIc. On the 10 h
OF June he preached his farewell sermon 10
a congreg alton who had become greatly al
tached to him. He is now nearly forty y-ihre,
years of age, in the prime OF life, full Of
vigor, and of pleasing address and undoubtad
ability.
Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan will be the
consecrator, and be will be assisted by BISHOPS
c. Fl. Borgess., of Detroit, and S. f. Chstsfd,
of VIncennes. The bishop-elect spent a
week in prayer and retirement in the cloiste r
of the Benedictine..fathers,n near Covingtou.
Ky. He arrived in this city Friday after.
noon and was met by prominent citizens snd
clergymeu, and was rendered a most cordi 81
and hospitsbie reception at the house of ths
Rev. Father ScanneI, djoinIng the Cathedral.
The word, "W Weicome to Our B .shoD," Ia
evergteens and rich flowers, was ascouspicuous-
ly pl laced upon the wall. A band of music
was in attend snce, and an Unlimited nun Der
OF the Church members were present 10 oe
made acquainted with the new bishop.
The bishop-elect was accompanied By e
large number OF priests and visitors from
Indisna, Kentucky, Ohio, aud other State..
The bishops accompanying MIN were the
Ri. Revs. William George McCioskey, of
Louisville; William Henry Elder, OF Gin.
cinnati; Augustus NJ. Toepbe, of Gov.
ington, KY; Rich ard Gilmore, of Clevelaud,
O.; Frances S. Chatard, of Vincennes, Ind
Casper Fl. Borgess., Of Detroit, Mich; Henry
Joseph Richter, Of Grand Rapids, Mich.
William H. Gross, of Savannah, Ga, mitered
abbots; Innocent, OF Atchison, H.. and
Feutop, of St. Mineards, Ind
The ceremonies will commence 1T 10
O'clock q m, sra ccupy al ut four h,nrs
An Admission fee to the church of 50 was fe.
quiFeo, aud the number iillitsd to ss many
ss the auditorium would c6mfortably hold.
Archbi-hop P. A. Feehal will be tn con-
secrator, assisted by the RI. Revs. G.. II. Bsr.
CESS and F. S. Chatard.
The Rev. DR.. Moelier, OF Cincinnati, viii
be master of ceremonies.
Minister of Mass. Assistant priest, the Rev.
r. Scanuell, of Nashville.
Isrcoo The Rpv Ela,anp ~
and the Rev. ]. Farrsliy, of Nashville.
Sub Deacon. The Rev. c. Bsssner, c. ?
P.S.
Book Bearer.-Ths Rsv Abbott, of Nash
vile.
Canale- Bearer-Tae R:v Calvin, Of Nash,
vile.
All the clergy and assistauts will form in
the basement Of the church at 9:30 O'Clock
am and at 10 o'clock am. will march into
the church by the front entrance in the fol
lowing order:
l. Altar boys.
2. Priests Of neighboring dioceses.
3. Priests OF this diocese.
4 Bishop elect Rad macher with the con.
sscrator, Archbishop Feehap, and assistant
consecrators
| 5. Visiting bishops.
Alter getting into the church the sltxl
boys will open ranks and the processlonal
order will be reversed, when all the partici
pants will enter the sanctuary, and the other;
will remain just without.
The music will be grand, Gounod's mass
being rendered by choir of twenty voices
under the Leadership of Mr.. and Mrp. A. Fl
Stewart. AT the evening service, when there
will be pontifcsl vespefs, At which the
Bishop oficiatss, the SicilenBe "Vespers" will
be rendered by the choir.