The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
THE IRISH CARDINAL.

THE IRISH CARDINAL. Il
DR. Logue, the Occupant of st. Patrick's See
and Primate of All Ireland.
Irishmen all over the globe will re-.
joice at the honor conferred on the Most
Rev. Dr. Logue, Archbishop of Armagh
and successor OF st. Patrick, in elevating
him to the cadinalate. This is the first
time that Cardinals hat has been given
to the ''Primate Of All Ireland" The
Sec Of Dublin has thus been honored
more than once, thanksto it's Importance
as the centre of civil government. But
the history of the See Of Armagh is
more thoroughly Irish one. The present
Archbishop Of Dublin stands in the front
rank of patriotic Irishmen. but many OF
his predecessors were nothing more than
the Bishops of q foreign colony planted
in Ireland. Before the Norman invasion
Dublin was Danish city, and so deter
mined we're ito Danish rulers to hold
themselves apart from the ''mere Irish"
that they used to have their bishops con-
secrated by some prelate on the other
side of st. Georges Channel, and Dub
lin was practically, though not nomin
ally, dependent on Canterbury. After
the Normans came, the Archbishop Of
Dublin was for centuries the chief bishop
of the Anglo-Norman "Pale." Only in
our time has Dublin thrown off this ira
dition that made it an anti Irish See.
The Most Rev. DR.. Logue, Archbishop
of Armagh and Primate Of all Ireland, is
native of Donegal. He was educated
at Maynooth College, where his talents
secured for him distinguished course.
On it's completion he was placed in the
Dunboyne Establishment He was sub
sequently appointed to the chair of dog
matte theology in the Irish College,
Paris. Here he was greatly esteemed by
both professors and students for his
ability and his kindly disposition His
deep and extensive theological knowl-
edge marked him out for promotion, and
in 1879 he was raised to the Episcopate,
being chosen Bishop of Raphoe in sue
cession to the Most Rev. DR.. McDevitt.
He labored with great zeal amongst the
people of the diocese, winning golden
opinions by his humility and his devo-
tion to religion and the interests of his
country. In April 1887. he was ap-
pointed Coadjutor to the Most Rev. DR..
McGettigan, Archbishop of Armagh and
Primate of all Ireland, and he succeeded
to the Primary in 1887 on the death of
that prelate. :
Not from the time when the Sacred
College received it's final form until the
present century was Ireland represented
in the ranks OF the Cardinalate. The
intervening period included the dark
ages of Irish history. But the marvel
lous recovery and restoration of Irish
Catholicity in dignity and power after
the abrogation of the penal laws was
speedily recognized by the elevation of
Cardinal Cullen among the Princes of
the Church. Cardinal MacCabe was tho
second ) Irish Cardinal Since his la
mented death no prelate of Ireland has
won the scarlet. During the interval
Irish catholics have watched eagerly,
and with something of pious and re-
spectful envy, for the summons that
should call another Irish Prelate to the
highest rank of the Chu' Oh. OF the
English speaking notions the Oldest and
the most Catholic was recently the only
one that possessed no Cardinal. Young
Australia, Canada, the United States,
and England enjoyed the honor. Natur-
ally Catholic Ireland looked forward
eagerly for the day when she would be
once more admitted in the person of one
of her Bishops within the Sa red Con-
clave. The day has now come, and the
choice has fallen on the Archbishop of
Armagh. Ireland's wish is satisfied.
The present occupant of St. Patrick's
See throughout his career, a career OF
varied functions, in which he has Ia
bored, not merely for one parish or one
diocese, but for all Ireland, hae drawn
to him the respect and affection of ever
increasing plumbers of Irishmen AS
Professor of the National College Of
Maynooth, as Bishop of his native do
cese of Raphoe, and finally as Arch
bishop of the Primatial See of ARMAGH,
DR.. Logue has displayed all the qualities
of a learned, patriotic, and sanity Irish
fecelesiastic In every. Office his grace
labored with self-expen ing zeal, and in
them all he won not only the respect,
but the gratitude and love. of those for
whom he spent himself. The honor now
done him by the Sovereign Pontiff is the
we'll won laurel of life that has tended
to perfect, strengthen, and exalt the
Church of the Irish people.
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