Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-17
THE PALLIUM CONFERRED.
Solemn and Imposing Exercises at the
Cathedral This Morning in the
Presence of Thousands.
JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS PRESIDES.
Sketch of Archbishop Chapelle-Some-
thing About His Historic Do
cese-Description and Sig
nifcance of the Sacred
Pallium.

The solemn, impressive and beautiful
ceremonies incident to the comforting of
the sacred pallium upon Archbishop Cha
pelle by Cardinal Gibbons took place at
the cathedral, in Santa Fe, this forenoon.
The massive and spacious edifice was
crowded with people from all parts of
the southwest. 1t is estimated that fully
$500 people occupied seats and standing
room within the building; yet, so perfectly
had all the preliminaries been made in adj
vance and so efficient and watchful we're
those in charge of handling the vast con-
gregation, that there was no confusion,
all who secured seats we're protected and
perfect order prevailed throughout the
meeting.
PROCESSION OF PRELATEs AND PRIESTS.
At 10 o'clock the procession of prelates
and priests formed at the archbishop's
house and escorted Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Chapelle to the cathedral
The procession was headed by cen
ser, cross and banner bearers. The
illustrious cardinal, the archbishops and
the bishops we're all robed in the vest
ments of their sacred function and each
was accompanied by two priests in his
robes of Office walking on either side and
followed by train bearers. There were
twelve prelates in the procession as fol-
lows:
His Eminence, James Cardinal Gibbons,
Archbishop of Baltimore; Archbishop
Kahn, of St. Louis; Bishop Donohue, of
Wheeling; Bishop Hennessy, of Wichita
Bishop Montgomery, of Los Angeles;
Bishop Dunno, of Dallas; Bishop Cab
riels, of Ogdensburg; Bishop Beaver, of
Spring field, Mass; Bishop Bourgade, of
Tucson; Monseigneur Stephan, of Wash
ington, and Archbishops Chapelle and
Salpoint, of Santa Fe. Some of the dis
tinguished prelates were attended by
several acolytes and train-bearers. The
procession also included seventy-five
priests from New Mexico and elsewhere
in the southwest. 1t was doubtless the
most imposing religious procession ever
witnessed in the west.
AT THE CATHEDRAL.
Upon arriving at the cathedral the dis
tinguished dignitaries and their attend
ants marched with measured tread into
the sacred edifice and up the middle aisle
to the sanctuary, where they assumed
Gibbons and Archbishop Chapelle, in
their royal robes, occupying the seats Of
honor in plain view of the assembled
thousands.
The beautiful and imposing services
opened with the solemn votive mass of
st. Francis.
Archbishop Kahn, of St. Louis, then de-
livered an earnest and eloquent sermon
on the historical significance and sacred
meaning of the pallium.
Bishop Bourgade, of Arizona, followed
with sermon IN Spanish on the history
of the church.
CARDINAL GIBBONS AROSE.
When Cardinal Gibbons arose to confer
the sacred pallium the eager interest of
all was manifested by the profound
silence that prevailed. After paving an
eloquent tribute to the lamented Arch
bishop Lamy, whom he justly pronounced
the pioneer of Christian civilization in
New Mexico, and referring with much
feeling to the services rendered to the
church by the venerable Archbishop Sal
pointe, retired, he addressed himself with
evident affection and high personal re-
gard to Archbishop Chapelle, upon whose
ap,irnpk1p xuorkhvy oh
he placed the sacred garment as an en-
blem of the high rank conferred upon
him by the church.
Archbishop Chapelle responded elo-
quently in English and then spoke brief
ly touching the ceremonies of the day in
Spanish.
Interspersed at appropriate intervals
throughout the exercises Farmers B fiat
mass was most beautifully sung by the
large and carefully trained choir. The duet
by Mr.. and Mrs. Will M. Upton and the
solos by Mr.. Upton and Mrs. Chacon
we're particularly fine.
The exercises closed at 1890 p. m.
Then the procession of prelates and
priests reformed and marched out of the
cathedral to the archbishop's residence.
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Der of prominent citizens, numbering
about 100, sat down to dinner given in
honor of Cardinal Gibbons by Archbishop
Chapele.
EMBLEMATIo SIGNIFICANCE OF THEPALLlUM.
The history of the pallium, although
somewhat obscure, is most interesting.
Originally it was the Roman toga which,
especially during the latter ages of the
Roman empire, became symbol of high
official and even of imperial dignity. AS
the liturgical vestments we're not material
ly different, during the early centuries of
the church from the garments worn by
philosophers, teachers or magistrates, it
was natural that the cloak, worn at that
time almost exclusively by those high in
authority, should have been adopted by
the church to distinguish the chief mem.
bers of the hierarchy.
The pallium in the course of time I'M
derwent many notifications as to its
shape and size. In its present form it is
narrow circular band of cloth woven Of
white lambs wool and worn on the
shoulders by the pope, patriarchs and
archbishops. Two pieces of like material