The morning call., 1892-09-26
TEE BISHOP OF HAWAII.
Conservation Ceremony at st.
Mary's Cathedral.
A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE.
Celebration of Pcntifoal High Mass by Arch
bishop RiordaD, Assisted by Bishops
Seaman and Mora.
St. Mary,s Cathedral ON Van Ness avenue

| St. Mary'S Cathedral on V an Ness avenue
was crowded to the doors yesterday morn
ing. the occasion being the conservation OF
Rev. Father Gulstan z. Ropert as Bishop OF
the Hawaiian Islands.
Among the immense congre CATION we're
several natives of Hawaii. who had come
here to be present at the ceremony.
1t was spectacle of great pomp and mag
nifcence.
The beautiful interior of the sacred edi-
fee, the brilliant lights and col0rs around
the altar. and the clergy with their scarlet
and white vestments and the insignia Of
their higher Offices formed picture OF rare
grandeur and impressiyeness.
There were about forty clergy within the
altar rails. including, besides the celebrants.
Bishop Nichols of the Greco-Russian
Church and several visiting priests.
The conservation ceremony was COM
menced by the celebration Of pon tifcsl
high mass, in which Bishop Seaman OF Salt
Lake City and Il ishop Mora Of Los Angeles
assisted.
Most Rev. Archbishop Riordan was the
celebrant. Very Rev. Father Prendergast
assistant priest, Rev. Father York deacon
of the mass. Rev. Father D0ran sub deacon
of the mass. Rev. Fathers Z. Gray and Pat
Montgomery Kirby and Imoda masters of
ceremonies, Rev. Father Crowley chaplain
to Bishop Seaman. Rev. William Dye chap
lain TO Bishop Mora, Rev. Fathers Valen-
tine and Renaudier attendants on the new
Bishop.
Censer-bearer, Francis Leonard; boat
bearer, Council j. GOodel acolytes, Ric h
ard a. Dome, William a. Hughes, Alloy
slus Mallon and John Kelly; b0Ok-bearers,
Robert G. brady ana Cornelius 4. Ken
nedy; candle-bearer, John II. Wilson;
APRON bearer, Edward NJ. Deasy; cr0sier-
bearer. James j. O'Dea; miter-bearer.
Charles V. A. brady; cr0ss-bearers, James
}. King, Daniel A. RYAN aud AloysIus Dun
nigan; leaders, Stanislaus +. Ranken aud
Thomas II. Deasy.
The sermon was preached by Rev. Father
SASHA Of the Society OF Jesus. tie took Tor
his text: Faith comsth by hearing aud
hearing by the word Of God; but how
shall they hear unless they have preacher
aud how shall be preach unless he be
sent?"
He drew beautiful comparison between
civil and religious society. God was the
author of both. But in civil society he
leaves men to choose their form Of govern
ment. but in religious society he chooses
his own way.
The sermon WAS a learned disqulsition
on the establishment of the divine lnstitu-
ton of the church, the central thought being
that man 10 preach the word OF God must
be sent by Col to so preach 1t.
The conservation ceremony was most
solemn and impressive. Archbishop Rlor-
dan took his seat on gold stool which had
been placed on a small platform in front OF
the altar.
The distinguished prelate read the office
oil conservation, the priests forming them
selves into picturesque group around the
celebrant and BIshor-elect.
During the reading OF the office the
Ris hnp- alpat nrOetrafp1 himgplf a full
length on the carpet, face down, until the
Archbishop told him to rise and approach
the altar
he was then anoihted and made his pro-
fession Of faith.
Before the conclusion of the mass the
new Bishop bestowed his blessing upon the
w0rshipers.
The music, under the direction OF the
orgaDist, Professor Eisner, was in keeping
with the solemnty and grandeur of the
occasion and was finely rendered by the
we'll trained choir.
1t began with the Hawaiian national
hymn, organ and solo. The "kyrie," Mo-
zarts Twelfth, followed. After the conse-
Grafton of the Bishop, the GLORIA" and
balance Of MoZarts Twelfth were sung
The etfertory was DiabellPs "GaudeamGs,"
in which Miss Clara McGowan and S. j.
Sandy sustained the leading parts. The
grand "Et lncarnatus Est" was sung by
Charles Gottung tenor.
The sopranos and altos were: Clara
MCGOWAN, Minnie Byrne. Jennie Hally,
Mary Higgins, Mary McGowan, Matilda
Paula, Agnes Mcnamara. Ida Hayes, Nell
lie kenney, Josephine Short. Julia Sull-
van, Sophie Trade, Mary Short. NJ. Mohun
and Nj. Stevens.
TenOTs and bassos: Charles Gottung,
James Lane, II. Il. Sullivan, S. j. Sandy,
j. Cathcart, William O'Brien, Felix Schoen-
stein and ;. Schroeder.
The ceremony commenced at $50 o'clock
and did not conclude till nearly 2 o'clock
The new Bishop, who has been mis-
sionary IN the Hawaiian Islands for twenty
five years, will bear the title Of Bishop of
PSnopOlis in partlbus. He is the fourth
Bishop who has been appointed to the epis-
copate of these Islands, his immediate pre-
decessor being Bishop Hermann, who died
last February.
He will return to Honolulu on Wednesday
morning by the steamer Australia, accom-
panied by Father Valentine. who came
with him to witness the conservation cere-
monies.