The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-21
ROMAN CAYHOLIC NEWS
Twelfth Anniversary of
Bishop Wigger's Con-
neCt1On.
MGR. SATOLLl'S NEW RESIDENCE
st. Peters Alumni Association
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0her Parish News.

Cher Parish News.
The twelfth anniversary or the conse-
Grafton of Bishop Wigger as Bishop Of
the Diocese OF Newark occurred last
Wednesday. The Bishop would not
allow the event to be commemoratej In
any other manner than prayer, though
many OF the priests and leading laymeu
of the diocese were anxious to observe
the occasion in a public manner. At
Seton Hall Pontilcai mass was cele-
brated and the students AMI faculty paid
their respects to his L%ordship.
Bishop Wigger was born in New York
December 9, lS41~ He studied at St.
Francis Xavler,s College, Sixtsenth
street, New York, and later at st. Johns
College. Fordham. from which place he
received his first degrees in 1861. Going
to Genoa the same year Bishop Wigger
pursued his theological studies at tue
College RigRole Sale. and was ordained
priest in 1855.
Returning TO this country an incident
happened on shipboard which has been
characteristic of his whole life. On the
trip from Genoa cholera broke out amonZ
The passengers, with the result that the
ship. crew and passengers were quaran-
tined. Father Wigger volunteered 10
labor amongst the stricken men and
women, and did so TILL all traces OF the
disease were wiped Out.
Father Wigger WAS ordained for the
Newark diocese. which at that time en-
braced all the State of New Jersey.
Ills first mission was at the Cathedral,
Newark, Rt. Rev. James r. Bailey, d. D..
being then Bishop. Bishop Bailey was
in 1872 promoted to be Archbishop Of
Baltimore.
Father Wigg er won favor Immediately
in the eyes of Bishop Bailey, and was
ret lined at the Cathedral till 1869, when
he was assigned to Madison. Here h 9
remained TIL 1873. when he was trans-
ferred co the more important mis- sion In
Summit.
In the spring of 1873, Bishop Bailey
having the summer previously been pro-
NOTED 10 the Archtepiscopal See Of Balti-
MORE, the Rev. Michael Augustine Cor
rigan was c~onsecrated Bishop of New
ark. Seven years later, in 1850, Bishop
Corrigan was promoted to be an Arcn-
bishop. being assigned to the See of
Petra (Which Is In some far off place.
and became c%oadiutor to Cardinal Nc
Closkey of New York, with the right of
succession, and later became Archbishop
of New York.
When Bishop Corrigan was promoted
to New YORK. Pope Leo XIII. decided TO
establish a new diocese in New Jersey.
He did so, calling the new diocese Treu-
ton. The cid diocese of Newark COM
prises the counties of Hudson. Passaic,
Bergen, Essex, Union, Morris aud Sussex.
Trenton diocese comprises all the other
counties.
Gu the occasion of this division, In
1881, Father Wigger was made Bishop of
Newark and Father OFarrell Bishop of
Trenton. Bishop Wigger was conse-
crnied October IS, 1881.
Progress has marked his LDrdship's
stewardship oftbe diocese. New churches
nave been erected, new parishes estab.
lish ed, parochial schools erected. as also
asylums, hospitals and academies. Re-
liRious orders have settled in The diocese,
adding to its stability. In fact, on every
line there has been progress, and it eau
be safely said that today tue diocese is
the peer of any in the Uuited States.
MGR. sATOLL COMING.
1t is confidently expected that Mgr.
Satoili will honor Hudson County agar
by paying some OF the churches therein a
special visit. Father Hennessy expects
him present at his church in November,
while Father Corrigan. of Hoboken, ex.
poets him at his church CD November 10,
on which day VIII be unveiled a statue Of
the Delegate.
Father Corrigau is using every effort
to make the demonstration on November
IL a monster one. He has invited his
societies to participate. aud has urged
them to invite their sister societies of
New York, Brooklyn, Hudson County
and oiner places. The G. B. l.. and L.
A. B.. societies. ever obedient TO
the pastor of the church, have
taken steps to carry out his suggestions,
A committee of the, Tempera nee Society.
Aiessrs. Darcy, Lahey aud Cassidy, will
visit Father Doyle. General Secretary or
the National Union, at the Pauiist's
Fathers Church, New York, tomorrow,
to secure from him a list of all the 7. A.
B. Societies III New York aud Brooklyn.
This will be visited by a committee and
asked to swell the ranks Of the Tempet-
ance Division.
The Young Mems Society will meet
next Tuesday evening. aud will un-
doubleday decide to take steps similar to
the other societies.
A LIE NAILED.
Some weeks ago It, WAS reported that
the Diocese of Newark was 10 be divided,
a new diocese to be established in Ho-
boksD. The report said thai the new
diocese would be called Utopia, aud that
therein Mgr. Satolli would establish his
residence There va no truth 10 the
report whatever. it was pure imaRin-
alton.
OCElOlAA In HA6alNGlON.
Mgr. Satollfs otficial residence Will be
in Washington, in the old historic man
sion Mt the corner of Second aud / streets,
which was built originally and first oc'
cupied by Stephen A. Douglas and which,
during the Civil War. was one of the
most ~aristocratic houses in Washington.
ln 1872 this house was sold to The late
Justice 81 adley who occupied it up to the
time OF his death and up 10 that date 1t
has been known during the past twenty
years rs the Bradley mansion. The house
has 48 feet front and is $50 feet
deep ana 1t is upon a lot 3I5 feet
deep. extending from I street to K street.
The front area OF the premises has 80
feet Of lawn. and to the east of the man.
eion is a triangular park-one of the
many government reseryations-which Is
beautifully filed with trees and foliage
plants. Sd
The house itself has three stories, a
cellar under the entire structure and an
immense attic over all. A spacious hall
extends abont 80 feet from front to rear
on the first floor. terminating In a large
library hall, 28x50 feet III size and having
10 foot walls. On either 8 de of this halls
way are spacious apartments. we'll