The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29

over before yielding TO the impulse OF his
reason. His mind being finally made up,
he learned that the Rev. DIR. Aberigh-
Mackay, late Of Paris, was staying in New
York and could be found at the diocesan
house in Lafayette place. lie came TO
this city and saw him, and by him was in
troduced 70 Bishop Potter, for whom his
visit was really intended, and TO Bishop
Williams, OF Connecticut, tho Episcopal
Primate Of America. Bishops Potter and
Williams requested tho Rev. G.. Monroe
Royce, II. d., OF st. Andrews church, and
the Rev. Aberigh- Mackay, ID, to exam
inc Mgr. Bouland's credentials and TO re-
port MS 10 what they conveyed. They
found them correct and authentic. Mgr
Bouand has celebrated mass throughout
all OF the period OF his stay in this coun-
try, and lac bears from the Catholic bishop
of Charleston ecclesiastical letters OF
health" dated nearly TO tho very time
Of his departure from that diocese.
Tho Rev. Mr.. Royce, in conversation
with representative Of the Herald yestcr.
day, desired TO have IL expressly stated
that no persuasion whatever had been
brough 20 bear upon monsignor before he
announced the final dctcrmnationat which
he had arrived. The letter 10 the Pope is
believed now TO be in the latters hands,
and therefore il was thought IN appropri-
ate moment TO publish II. In orderto con-
vince his holiness Of its entire commences
II was countersigncd by three prominent
Episcopal clcrgymen as witnesses. They
do not desire their names to be published.
Mgr. Bouland has written formal re-
quest TO be accepted into the ministry OF
the Protestant Episcopal church Of the
United States Of America, and he will be
30 accepted on some future occasion, 10 be
Fixed by Bishop Potter. lie will not be re-
ordnined, as the Episcopal church recog-
nzcs and accepts the ordination OF other
apostolic churches when IL receives from
the ranks Of their ministry converts TO its
own creed and ritual.
Mgr. Bouland is about fortyycars ofagc.
He was educated in PARIS, at the Uniyer-
sity OF France, aud was graduated at n
comparatively early age with the highest
honors. lie did not study for the priest
hood mt the celebrated seminary of Saint
Sulpice, as most French priests do, but
placed himself under the Uyercd tutiagc
Of Cardinal Layigorie, Archbishop OF Al
gicrs, u man OF great omincnce in the
church, whom the Pope only a few days
ago summoned TO the Vatican. lie took
orders In due course, and preached with
zeal and icryor. Ills cloqucncc has been
highly spoken OF by both the American
and French press. In 1873 he made his
first visit to the United States In 1851
be received from Romo the appointment
OF canon Of ST. Michael the Archangel, and
in 1889 that of president general of the So.
cicto des Avocats dc Saut-piere in North
America. In the same year he was made
a member OF the Academic DIES Arcadcs at
Rome, which beans about the same cla-
ton 90 ecclesiastical scholarship In the
church ~ the French Academic docs 10
secular learning In France. lie was also
invested with the honorary dignity OF
canon Of the Metropolitan church Of
Rheims, commander Of the order Of the
Holy Scpulchre and private chamberlain
10 Pope Leo MIL
IL would appear almost as II, knowing Of
his tendency toward Professionalism, the
holy father had sought by kindness aud
honon To dciain him in the fold In which
he was by no means one Of the least orna-
ments Mgr. Boulnnd Is said TO have been
many times at Rome, and TO have frankly
revealed 10 the Pope on ono occasion and
another the drift Of his conviction. The |
news Of this aposiacy will therefore be less |
Of n shock than Il might have been. The |
last ecclesiastical appointment which he |
received was, In a practical sense, the |
mos, important Of all. II was that Of di-
rector general Of the organization In North |
America OF the Society Of st. Peters |
Pence.
Mgr Bouland while ai work ON his his !
tory also occupied himself with the pislor.
ate Of the French Catholic church at |
Central Falls, H. J., and in founding a
new French Catholic church at Boston,
under the immediate supervision Of Arch.
bishop Williams. lie has never sought 10
be received by the archbishop Of New
York.
Ills travels have extended In the west.
crn hemisphere from the northern part Of
Canada 10 Peru and from ST. Petersburg
TO Jerusalem and Constantinople In the
eastern.