New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-10
THE CARDINALS CAREER.

THE CARDINALS CAREER
Iobn McCl0skey was born Ill Brooklyn
I'm 1910 At that time there was Ho'
angle Roman Catholic church III 'ha' ivy
His father and other were simple CONSCIENTIOUS peo
nj. and were devout Roman Catholics religious duties
~ ,vo rictilv observed in their household Sur
,rrdad nv such an atmosphere at homo John McOioS-
rav early In life, exhibited a marKeu rohS'ou1
tepdency in his thinking anu 'aS'e
turped with enthusiasm TO the study Oh tneo'oI''
When he was eleven years old II was deciueo 'N" "
sboud become a priest He acqnesced IN THIS occasion
- hs n,rents with alacrlty. and in 1871 entered Tue
Couaos Of Mount ST. Mary's an institution peculiarly
,oaworthy for the number OF prominent men tha' hNo
zone forth from its walls to become iea'lns Iou'
bsrs of the Catholic Church or America Dui-
ing his course of stndy at the lhs'tu'i0" !U""T
Mecostev endeared himself alike TO his fenow-suueh'
nd his preceptors to the by his kindly SYM
,letie nature to the latter by his brilliant quaes rs
n scholar and his doclity as a pupii.
vn be had finished the course, he stood In the Tore
,,os, rank of the class In 1884 the young man VINO
WAS to attain an emnence in his church III AheII"
nsver before reached was ordained a priest by the
RICH, Reverend Bishop Dubois. in ST. PatrIeks C"'he
ara, Nen.York In the same church'
forty-one years afterward, the ArchoisnoP
81 baltimore conferred upon him the scarlet ber'e' Oh
Cardinal Bishop Dubois had taken great int; St III
the young man while he was a student al NOUN. o,
Marv,s. and had formed such Ligh
-, of him that he thought the
nng student ought to have benefit OF residence
and study in Rome The BishoP
decided to send his young charge 10
he near the Vatican and he made such Rood
use Of his opportunities there and advanced so rapidly
o. his studies that he considered. upon his return
to America Of the greatest scholars ~ te
the acquaintance OF many members Of the churc1 who
were destined afterward To become eminent ~ dne,-
and seGaaiaianneeas Sin Sns CARDINAL and consdoGed
ftl.h afr.tI El
return OF Father McCloskey TO Amerc.
81 Bishop o.epn 9n'e Church. mf%o NeTYorE qnorsd
and preached for several y ears 'nls J"bu.
S When s'G Fdrdhnmi he made Father MccosEey
first president and soon afterwarI he was made B.h"p
F F1f1S' cstRsdr% SsxYcrk G,:hoP nasls
only little over ten years after his entrance into the
priesthood Three years ner"@ Tbo dIo Sa"p
Of Navy rk was at this time divided. and
Bishop McCoskey formed II separate diocese IN Al
Archbishop Hughes During these years he laDoTr'l
See and made himself beloved TO every Que with whom
he came In contact 10 the priests In his diocese ana 10 MS
the occasion Of testimonial of regret by
many belonsins to other denomnsiionsi among %hoH
Among the u erial results which showed his iahors
NV cane Ito close relations with Archbishop
Hughes aud much looked to and deprnded
upOD by that dignitary who consulted lm aud gave
his jndgmcat preference that Of Older
and more advanced priests Inc strong personal
friendship the TWO the more rcinarka
bic from their 81 Character nr line eaGns
a strongly aggressive spirit which male
itself manifest IN his administration OF church
aiars ON the other hand,al Sho have known Cardinal
McClOkey were strack with the meekness ana gent e.;
o 0f iD nd energy ~ and capacity
Ts was never physcay strong or in robust health yet
LIE labOred uniemtingiy 1p 70 within short tine
his death. During the period OF the strongest friendship
h.t Archbishop
soon afterward Bishop MeClOsksy raised to the dig
niiy OF Archbishop If Ne WORK In the administrator
OF this otcr he was acknowledged be OF the
able. pioas and scholarly ecclesiaotes whom Newiork
In 1851 Bishop Mccoskcy. then of Albany. had Wis
ed Rome and the Pope spoke IN the highest terms Of
favor On March 5, 1875, telegram was received 10y
Archbishop McClo,kTy from Rome announcing mat the
Cardinal. Archbishop McCloskey had long zralousy
advocated tile admission Of American clergyman 10
the Sacred College but his own accession TO that dig
nifty was the furthest possible removed from his
Patick's Cathedral IN this city. amid the
solemn pomp and eireG@stance OF the most
ever seen the Archbishop OF Baltimore took the
to place it upon ArehbishHp Mccoskey, the latter
standing before the Cathedral altar, bowed his head in
on the plea that his lack '@ OF s Saisi.
hse in Condition to do Justice G to the Even
a. that tune zen YEAR, 5 Sg" ms st strength s was fns
failure OF has powers which has lust eliminated;
est Catholic ecclesiastical dignary In America
and his administration OF the Cardinalat
since then has continually added u
the reverence felt him by all Catholics and the Low
ana esteem of graf numbers III all demon
nations Daring a second visit OF Arcbhisno
McClOskey Rome the Pope hal conferred upO
hin tie faculty OF the Apostolic Bcnedction with powe
TO grant pleuary indulgence In addition tao Pope ha
given him handsome chalice for tue Cathedral
These tokens OF the sped i appreciation Wit
which Cardinal McClOskey was regarded by the IlOl
See. After this browning honor, the Cardinals III
flowed smoothly on, without change In his pOsltiO
in the church. His OF arduOus ldbO
had told upon his strength and the weakness or oil
was Increasing. On January 81. 1884, was celc
brted the golden jubilee OF the Cardinals ordination
the priesthood Upon this occasion testimonials o
reverence and regard came TO the Cardinals mansio
autograph letter of fellcauOn from Pope Leo XIII
Accompanying this was a beautiful golden ChallcC
Others and finally by the bead and basket wOr
of the descendants OF the Indians In nOrther
New-YOrk to whom the Cardinal had ministered III Tn
early years OF his priesthood The services Of I'll
Cathedral at time Impressive
The following paragraph from the address o
MoDsignOr Quinn 10 the Cardinal. on behalf OF til
clergy up the changes which had occurred In TIA
Catnoic Church IN America during his priesthood.
Fifty years there were IN this city but ii
churches there are sixty. There were but invent
priests In the diocese now there are $50
At that time there In the whOl
United states only nine Bishops; nov there are my
nine. Then there was but one Archbishop; now thcI
are eleven, OF whom has been raised TO the Gres
Senate OF the Universal Church."
chat Cardinal McCloskey the leading force in tn
growth OF his church In America Is shown by glance
the incidents CARER Tie ceremony OF
fore he from his throne 10 speak he put his han
kefchief 10 his eyes. Upon rising he said
Most Reverend, Right Reverend and Very Reverer
Brethren OF the Clergy and dearly beloved bret
rem OF the laity. Tho congratulations whi'
come 70 me from the Bishops OF th
grsynce roost Of whom it was my happiness to con.