The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-06

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ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS.
The Archbishop Of Baltimore to Be the
Second American Cardinal,
| Speculation as to who would be
chosen to fill the position made vacant
Isby the death of Cardinal McC Ioskey is
at an end. 1t has now become certain
that Archbishop Gibbons, il he lives,
will this month be created cardinal.
Right Rev. james g ibbons, the worthy
recipient Of sssfs great honor, was born
! in Baltimore All 1888, according to the
Mirror OF that city. When quite a
child, h; $ parents returned to their ma
tive land, taking the future cardinal
| with them. AT the age Of II, however,
| we find young Gibbons again in Amer
lica, this time III New Orleans,
where we believe his mother still re-
sides. and Wnere for a short while he
was a clerk in mercantile house.
Shortly afterwards he entered St.
Charles College, Ellicott City, to fit
himself for the seminary, and remained
there four years, disting gushing himself
insnis classical studies and afterwards
going to the Sulpitian Seminary of 81.
Mary, Baltimore, where after finishing
his theological course, he was ordained
to the priesthood in 1850 by the late
Archbishop Spalding Of Baltimore.
His first missionary labors were per-
formed at st. Bridget's Church. Balti-i
more, but it was net long before the
keen sighted Or. Spalding saw in the
young Father James Gibbons clergy
man of great capabilities. His transfer
to the Cathedral soon followed, and
there his rise was rapid, though no
iuorRs so than his piety and abilities
swarra1Feds IN lst'ts-lisas as ccnsecratsdi
bishop Of Adramyt tarn, "a parTasas,
and nominated icar-A Apostolic Of 81,
North Carolina, where he ruled until
his translation trs i, of Richmond,
mate vacant by the death, in 1872, Of
Bishop Mcdill Episcopal life ii North
Carolina WAS then, and still remains,
the hardest of missionary labors, and
Cardinal Gibbons frequently relates
with evident pleasures his experiences
among the scattered Catholics of the
Tar-H Heel State, when he spent night
after night in the rude log cabins that
still abound id the pine woods, and
shared the homely hOn1iny and bacon
that constitute the usual fare of the
natives. After four years OF arduous
toll in North Carolina Bishop Gibbons,
as above related. Was transferred TO
| Richmond, where he remained for five
years, when, on the death OF Arch
bishop Bayley, of Baltimore, he was
| transferred to that see. While bishop
Of Richmond he was the defendant in a
suit relating to some church property.
When he was called to the witness
stand, the plaintiffs lawyer dis
Itinguished legal luminary, who still
shines in Richmond, after vain endea-
yors to involve the witness in contra
| dictions, struck on plan which he
4 thought would annoy the bishop. lie
thereupon questioned DR.. Gibbons
right to the title OF bishop OF Rich
rnond, and called on him to prove bis
claim to the Office. The defendants
/ lawyer, Of course. objected to this az
Irrelevant, but the bishop, with aqniet
smile, said he would comply with the
request il allowed a half-hour to pro-
dnce the necessary papers. This Was
allowed. The bishop left the cour,
room and returned III twenty minutes
with a document which he proceeded
TO read with great solemnity, all tht
more solemn as the paper was all in
Latin. The plaintiffs lawyer pretend
ed to take notes indnstriously, bowling
I his head once In a while as If in acqui
escence. and seeming perfectly con
yinced at the end. When the reading
was finished, he announced that tils
Papal bulls just read We're entirely sat,
isfacIory, at the same time apologizinf
/ for his expressed doubts. The nexl
day it leaked out that the bishop, I'M
able to find the papal bulls at his resi-
Idence, bad brought to court and read q
Latin essay On Pope Leo the. Great
written by one Of the ecclesiastical stu
dents and forwarded by the president
OF the college as specimen Of the
young man 5 skill in Latin composition
! The smart lawyer has not heard The
last Of it yet. OF Archbishop Gibbons
labors IN Baltimore it is unnecessary II
speak here, as those have been of suci
! recent occurrence that they are vel
known. This able and Gignifed maB-
ner in which as Papal legate he presid-
sd oyer the late plenary council VA
fully detailed in the newspapers Of the
time the council WAS held and Withhold
doubt he onaS IN no small measure 10
/ sI1ats the fact that he has been selected
/ to succeed the ate Cardinal Mefs ioskas
las member Of thu Sacred College Til
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