The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-07-04
BISHOP LEO HAID, o. s. B.
North Carolina's New Bishop Com
secrated Sunday.

For the benefit Of our Catholic,
rs well ~ n1n- 'ath"iic III, rs, ne
give the following account cl ;he
elevation Of tie Right Reverend
Abbot Leo !! id, . S b. Of Mary
lie. Abbey, ~ Belmont. G.st,.n
county, this STA e: w: = ,.e.,,: 4
at 81. Peters Cathedral, Ba!iitn /,
Oh Sund " !. rning. The Catholic
clergy il .teI;siance upon the con-
secrat ~: from Nnrt', Carolina were
the Vary R-v. Mark : Gorss, V. g.,
of sCharlotte, Rev Jas. B. White,
of ST. Laurence's church, this city,
and Fa:h'r julius Poh', Director of
S. Mary's College, at Belmont.
Bishop Haid is the fourth prelate
fit;r fo;r ss!!Ss.5 statt, Succeeding the Right
Reverend Harry Pinckney Nor
throp, who succeeded NJ less a digs
nit ,ry tlan Cardinal James Glib
bons.
Bishop Leo Haid was conse-
Grated bishop 1T the Cathedral yes
terday. He is an abbot of the
Benedictine Order, and wears, in
common with the Benedictines,
a full. flowing beard. Cardinal
Gibbons was the celebrant of the
mass and chief consecratcr. He was
assisted by Bishop Thos. a. Becker,
of Savannah, and J. J. Kahn, of
Wheeling. The deacons of honor at
the Cardinals throne were the Rev.
John R. Slattery, the head of the
new ST. Joseph's Seminary, and
Father Celestine, a Benedictine, of
North Carolina. The Rev. Richard
Albert was deacon of the mass, and
the Rev. Charles J. Judge, of St.
Charles College, sub-deacon, Bishop
John J. Keane, ofRichmond, rector
of the Catholic University at Wash
ington preached the sermon. and
ReY. \. Magnien, D. D., of 81.
Mary's Seminary, read the Pope's
bulls, one of which appointed Abs
bot Haid Bishop of Messenia, in
Greece, and the other making him
Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina.
T'Le ceremonies began with the
proc ssion, "hich entered the Ca
thedral shortly after half past 10 q.
m. Following The censer-bearer
came the altar boys in scarlet cas-
socks, the Benedictinss in their
black cow!ed cass0cks, and the
clergy of other orders Next came
Bishop, elect Leo Haid, attended by
Bishops Becker and Kain, and then
came Cardinal Gibbons, the train Of
his red robe being upheld by two
altar boys.
Crowds of people attended the
ceremony. which lasted from half
past ten n. Iii. until half past two
O'Clock p. m. Every pew was filled
and many persons stood. The sanc~
tuary was beautiful with its white
altar and statuary, and the light OF
the several hundred candles, with
the sunlight in the alcove, produced
a soft radiance that illuminated the
brilliant colors of the rich vest
ments.
Bishop elect Haid was conducted
to the sanctuary, where, after as
suming the vestments of white and
gold, he was consecrated. Tie cere-
monies began with the reading of
the papal appointments, followed
by the vows and symbols of obedi-
ence, the amounting of the head of
the elect with oil, his proffer of the
symbols of wine, loaves and candles
to the church and his receipt of the
blessed crozier, rifg, mitre and open
Bible, with the command to go and
preach. At the close he walked
through the church, bestowing his
blessing, while the TIE Deum was
sung by the choir.
Among the clergy assisting were
Monsignor James A Corcoran, D.
D., of Oyerbrook Seminary, Phila-
delphia; Rev. F. Cheneau, of st.
Charles; Father Luke, of the Pas
sionist Order; Rev. E. Didier, of St.
Vincent's; Rev. VIM. E. Bartlett, of
st. AIMS; Very Rev. Mark S. Gross,
vicarAgeneral, of North Carolina;
Rev. TIL omas S. Lee, of the Cathea
dral, and others.
Bishop Leo Haid is slender man
of good figure and a decided bru-
nette type, having dark hair, full
black beard and dark complexion.
He is SO years old, and was born
near Latrobe, Pennsylvania, forty
miles east of. Pittsburg. When II
years old he went to st. Vincent's
College, an institution attached to
the Benedictine abbey, one mile
from his birthplace. Graduating
in 1868, he followed classics and
philosophy, with a business col
Iege course. He taught commercial
branches and civil law at St. Vin-
cents from 1869 to 1885, and he
was ordained a priest in 1872. In
1885, he went to the new Abbey
of Mary Help, founded by Cardinal
Gibbons, and built upon a pianta-
ton given by the Cardinal when he
was Bishop Of North Carolina, in
1876 Bishop Haid is president of
st. Mary's College, CASTOR county,
N. C..'''-BqLtimore Sun.