Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-09-03
ENGLISH SPEAKING CARDINALS
One of Them Was Chosen Pope-Foui
Born I'm America.

Inc orNlhl ana NOlonna princes are
the first IN Roman society. being prin-
ces attending on the throne (Principi
Ag,istenti al Soglo) Next to them
comes the Caetani. duke OF Scrmoneta.
whose title comes from the sixteenth
century He is followed by the Buon
Compagn, Borghese. Dora. and Odes-
calchi. but when the Baltimore grocer's
boy of 1880. James Gibbons now the
Most Eminent and Most Reverend
James Gibbons, ID. d., cardinal-arch-
bishop of Baltimore any one of
their palaces they must all stand up.
At the great festivals or social reunions
in any of the lordly mansions of Rome
they must fall behind the pale. delicate
looking cardinal-archbishop of Balti-
more, thirty-ive years ago n toiler for
bread in Baltimore store and in 1869
the humblest, as he was the lowest in
rank. of all the prelates from North
America who attended the pcumenical
council But the Roman mobiles know
that the glory of the tiara was never
brighter than when worn by SeXtus ",
who was a swineherd, nor the college
Of cardinals more learned and illustri-
Gus than when artisans were its lead
ING spirits. from Hildebrand in the
eleventh century to Gregory the Monk
in the nineteenth century.
The first native of this continent,
from "Greenland's icy mountains" to
the Straits of Magellan, who became a
cardinal was the present Archbishop
of Nalladolid, Spain, John Ignatius
Morino who was born in Guatemala.
South America, Nov. "a, 1917.
The second. and native of the
United States. was the late Cardinal
Archbishop John McCloskey, born in
Brooklyn March 20. 1910
The first cardinal to Englsh-speak-
inc countries was the first archdeacon
of Rochester cathedral. England,
Robert de Poulc, who was created in
ll44 by Lucius IL. he died in 1850
He was followed by Nicholas Break
spere. the famous Adrian ", who
gave Ireland to Henry H. at the in
stigation of John of Salisbury. The
following is the list in succession:
BoSo Breaksperc, created cardinal
deacon in 1913. Herbert BOSNIAN
created in ll7S.
John Cumming, cardinal priest in
1888 He was the archbishop of Dub
lin. He therefore was the first one in,
Ireland, but it was during the time of
the English pale.
Cardinal Cullen was supposed to be-
the first.
stephen Langton. cardinal priest,
died 1928.
Robert Curzon. cardinal priest, 1912.
Robert Somercote. cardinal deacon,
1884.
John of Toledo cardinal priest, 1914
Robert Kilwardby, cardinal bishop,
l27s.
William Bray. 1862
Hugh of Evesham. cardinal priest,
12sl.
Thomas Joyce 1905 Died 1910
Simon Langham. cardinal priest
1868.
Adam Eston. 1873.
Philip Repingdon, chancellor of Ok.
ford college, ll0S
Edward Italian. chancellor. 1ill.
Henry Beaufort, son of John of
Gaunt. 1918.
John kempc, 1889.
Thomas Bercher, cardinal priest,
1864
John Morton. 1893
Christopher cambridge. cardinal
priest, 1911. He was poisoned by an
assassin in 1914. His tomb is in the
Eighth college, Rome.
Thomas Wolsey. the most famous of
all English cardinals. was created car
dinal priest of St. Cecilia by Leo y, in
1916, and legate a iatere. He died in
Leicester abbey 1880.
John Fisher. the renowned bishop OF
Rochester, cardinal priest, 1884. Exc
cuted June 22, 1885 Is buried in the
Tower.
Reginald Pole, 1886. Died 1888.
William Pcyton. cardinal priest and
legatc ldtere. 1867. Never received
the insignia. Died on his way to Rome,
1853.
William Allen. cardinal priest, 1881
Philip Howard. cardinal priest, 1913
He was generally styled cardinal o.
Norfolk or cardinal of England. Died
1850.
Henry Benedict Mony ClementStuart
cardinal of York. l747. He was a sciOr
of the Stuarts who were expelled IL
1858 from the English throne. DIED
1907.
Thomas Wild cardinal priest. 1880
Died 1888.
Charles Januarius Acton, cardina
priest, 1912 Died 1917