Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-11-07
C0NSECRATl0N OF REV, DR.. CHAPELLE.
Some Report of the Imposing Cere mony
at the Baltimore Cathedral-1 he
Othciating Clergy.

The Baltimore papers contain elaborate
reports on the ceremonies attending the
conservation Of Rev. DR.. Chapelle, coad-
jutor archbishop Of Santa Fs, which took
place at the cathedral in that city on
Sunday last. The sacred edifice was
superbly decorated for the occasion and the
repres entative members Ct the American
Catholic clergy were in attendance. OF
! the ceremony the San says:
Cardinal Gibbons was the consecrator
and was also Crrbrant of the p0ntliicial
high mass. Archbishop Salpointe, of
Santa Fe, to whom the new bishop is
coadjutor, was one CT the assistants to the
cadinul, While Bishop J. j. Keane, of
S. Lee, the present rector Of the cQthed-
raj, but who has been appointed to sue,
cesd Bish'p Chapele at St. Matthew s
church, in Washington, was the assistant
priest. The dpacons of houor were Rev.
Dennis O'Callaghap, Of st. AuEHstine's,
Boston, and Rev. Peter Manning, of Lo-
naconug, Md. Father O'CaIlaghan
was ctassmate of Bishop Chapele
W en- they were preparing for the priest
hood, and Father Mani lg was associated
with him when he was pastor of St. Jo-
sephs church, on Barre street, in this
CITY, The deacons of the mass were Rev.
Joseph Barre, the present pastor of St.
Joseph's church, III this city, and Rev.
VIM, l.. JORDAN, pastor of st. Bridget's
church, at Canton, who was also fellow
student with DR.. Chapelle. Bishop Cha
peIle had as his chaplains, Rev. Thomas
Kervick and Rev. Augustus Williams,
formerly assistants at st. Matthew s
church. The chaplains to Archbishop
Salpointe were Rev. Joseph Mackin, pas
tor of St. Pau's church, in Washington,
at one time assistant at st. Matthew's,
and Rev. James Donahue. Bishop Keane
had as his chapains Rev. John Boland,
of Woodberry, and Rev. P. NJ. Tandy, OF
New York. The minor positions, such as
cross bearers, croz'er-b bearer and thunifer,
were assigned to the seninarans.
After the mass the consecration service
wae begun. The bishop-eect was pre-
sented by the assisting bishops to the
consecrator, the cardinal. The bishop
elect uncovered his head while answering
the consecrator to signify his respect,
but the COnsGcratOr sat on his throne
with his head covered with his inter-
After administering the oath, the ltanies
were recited while the new bishop knelt
with the miter on his head. The senior
bishop assistant again presented the
bishop-elect to the cOnsecrator, and the
apostolic commission was read to him.
This document came from the pope, and
was read by Rev. Alphonsus Magnien,
Of St. Mary's seminary. The oath was
then taken while the. candidate melt, |
and, in Latin, the cardinal said; at
bebooves a bishop to judge, interpret,
consecrate, ordain, baptize and confirm"
This simple statement of the duties and
powers Of the episcopacy was all that was
said. At the end of the first verse of the
"Veni Creator" the new bishop was
anointed with the chrism. The blessing
of the ring, crozier and gloves concluded
the consecratlon ceremonies.
An eloquent sermon followed by Bishop
J. }. Keane, rector of the Catholic Uni.
yersity at Washington.
Bishop SaIpointe and DR.. Chapele will
not retuln to Santa Fe until after the
golden jubilee of Archbishop Kendrick at
st. LOUIS, December 10, and will then be
accompanied by Archbishop Riordan, of
San Francisco; Bishop Watz, of Denver,
and Bishop Bougarde, of Tucson.