The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-23
NEW BISHOP FOR BROOKLYN.
CHOOSING 4 SUCCESSOR FOR THE LATE
BISHOP LOUGHLIN.
The Priests Have Named Three Candidates
and the Bishops Have Named Three. and
These will he Submitted 10 tho Pope.

These Will he Submitted 10 tho Pope.
The local Catholic Church authorities have
taken thor last step toward the selection Of
tho late Bishop Loughlin's successor ns head
OF the diocese Of Brooklyn. According to the
rules Of the Catholic Church. whenever new
Bishop Is to he created the irremoyable
rectors and diocesan consultors OF tho
vacant diocese meet and decide on
three clergymen as their choice for
the post The names OF these clefgymen
are sent to the Archbishop. who submits them
to the Bishops Of tho province In which tho
vacant diocese Is located. Tho Bishops are at
liberty to agree on the names selected by the
priests as their choice or to decide on three
other men as candidates. The Bishops may also
place one or two OF the names on the priests
list on their list. A copy OF the Bishops
choice as we'll as that Of the priests Is sent to
the Pope. The Bishops must explain to the
Pope why they rejected any clergyman on the
priests list. From the mon on the two lists
the Pope selects the new Bishop.
On Thursday. Doc. 81. the irremovable rec
tors and diocesan consultors OF Brooklyn met
in Archbishop CorriGan's residence in Mndi-
son avenue and selected. as their choice. the
Rev. James II. Mitchell. for many years Bishop
1.oughlin's right-hand man; tho Rev. Martin
Carroll. pastor OF the Church OF St. Vincent de
Paul. and the Rev. r. j. Mcnamara. pastor Of
the Church OF Our Lady Of Mercy. These three
priests belong to the Brooklyn diocese. On
last Wednesday the Bishops Of the province
met in Archbishop Corrignn's residence to
make up their list Besides tho Archblsh-
OF. there wero present Bishops McNier-
ny OF Albany. McQuaid Of Rochester.
Ryan OF Buffalo. wisger Of Newark.
OFarrell OF Trenton. and Ludden OF Syracuse.
The Very Rev. Dr. Henry Gabrels. President
~ no Sop, sr1,n ho pon
sSpps @ T the at
seedlings Arehtishop' Gorrigan.. as head Of
the ecelesiasticai province; presided Bishop
d Of What coF ad He al tho
meeting and forward it through the Arch.
The meeting lasted al, Wednesday afternoon.
The first thing done was to submit tn the con-
sideration OF tho Bissnrs the names chosen
sy the up the Sshps as
oyer the qualities OF It's owner. Then other
.etlergymen we're considered. 1t Is said
Sew $ork prissts ios The Vacant SisSoPFs.
S d sss and ny
Bsho wrote The m g, The three priests
psosa IN Hod and
When Tie three names had been selected
Then each Bishop promised not to tell the
names OF the three clergymen selected. Arch
bishop Corrigan's reason for keeping the
names secret Is thst as 81, only one OF the
Bish:p by sSs FL spe, nersess A VIZ DO
Church might believe that the other candi-
dates were rejected because OF unworthiness.
The Archbishop considers that this would hu.
initiate the mon not chosen. He is determined
that the names s not become public
but It Is not expected that the new Bishop will
be- appointed before April, In Rome tho rec.
will take some time to do this. An important
question with the Pope Wfif b. ii tiii5 candi-
date specially adapted to rule diocese like
sssre, was 8, last st. meeting
a sus rsperter told them last eI night h Il n is
the general opinion in this city that none Of
the Brooklyn priests are on the Bishops list.
1t is said that owing to antagonism among
many OF the BROOKLYN clergy Archbishop
BrSSkiyn aio 9s %adg BIshor It,i;s general
rigan.'s Vicar General Is one OF the priests Sc
lectad bv the Bishops. and Mgr. Mcdonnell. the
Archbishop,'s secretary; Is spoken Of as an
other. Both are well known and highly es-
teemed in Rome.
consecratei in the Cathadr raj in this city. The
Papal bulls creating him Bishop have not yet
reached the Archbishop. After their arrival
the date for his conservation will be selected
1t was sni last night that he will not be con-
secrated until May. 1t IL believed that he and
the now Bishop OF Brooklyn will be consecrated