The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-03


thrown among population made up al
most entirely of Protestants at q time and
in territory very primitive in character.
This early Geld was West Virginia, and
there he used to go among the people on
horse or mule back exactly as the old time
circuit riders of the Methodist church were
won't to do. His experiences during that
period of his life were strange and various,
and no doubt contributed much to the
formation of his present strong and almost
unique personality.
The ecclesiastical act which raised Arch
bishop Kain to his present position has re-
suited in the somewhat frequent misuse
by the newspapers of the titles "arch-
bishop" and metropolitan, these having
been printed in some cases as If they were
interchangeable, which is not so. A metro
politan is always an archbishop, but not
all archbishops are metropolitans by any
means A metropolitan is an archbishop
who presides over the chief city of an &C.
clesiastical province, and who, by reason
of such ecclesiastical chieftaincy, has what
are known sS suffragan bishops dependent
upon him. An archbishop who manages
the geographical territory included in his
province without the mediation of suf-
fragan bishops is not a metropolitan.
There are IA metropolitans now in the
United States-the archbishops Of Balti-
more, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Du-
buque, Milwaukee,, New Orleans, New
York, Oregon, Philadelphia, st. Louis, st.
Paul, San Francisco and Santa Fe. In ad-
dition, there are four other archbishops,
Mgr. Satolli, Archbishop Grace who re-
signed the see of st. Paul and is one of
Archbishop Ireland's Wears; Archbishop
Salpointe, who resigned the see of Santa
Fe, and Archbishop Kenrick of st. Louis.
The archbishop of st. Louis governs q
province which includes the whole of Mis-
souri, and Kansas, with sutfragan bishops
at Kansas City and Wichita, Kan. The
archdiocese proper, however, comprises
only portion Of Missouri.
The salary of bishop or archbishop is
made up from a yearly tax paid by each
parish in the diocese into the diocesan
treasury, but the archbishop's salary is not
collected from the whole Of his provinces
1t comes only from his own immediate
episcopal jurisdiction. Some of the arch
bishops are in receipt Of very handsome in
comes, but few have succeeded in saving
any money, for each has not only to sup
port himself out of his salary, but also his
secretaries and his clerical domestic staff.
He also has to pay the travelling expenses
Of the visitations which take up so much
of his time. Probably the largest income
received by any Of the American metro
politans is that of Archbishop Corrigan Of
New York, but his expenses naturally are
also In excess Of those incurred by most
other American archbishops.
1t is understood that the only archbishop
now serving the Roman church in the
United States who has much of personal
fortune is Archbishop Ireland of ST. Paul.
Neither Cardinal MoCloskey, Archbishop
Hughes Of New York, Archbishop Wood of
Philadelphia nor Bishop Loughlin of
Brooklyn died rich. Though Bishop
Loughlin bought largely and wisely of real
estate, 1t was chiefly for the benefit Of the
diocese, and all the property disposed of in
his will was watch and a set Of old
spoons, which were left to his sister.
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore is report
ed not to be much better off than are the
archbishops here mentioned his income
from the diocese of Baltimore being com
paratively small. He hesitated for long
time about accepting the red hat because
Of his lack Of worldly means, and 1t is said
that Archbishop Williams of Boston, whose
name has been brought up several times
as candidate for cardinal honors has posi-
lively declined to accept because Of the
considerable expense which must neoes-
Barily accompany the honor.
Concerning Archbishops Feehan of Chi
cago, Riordan of San Francisco, Gross OF
Oregon, Ryan of Philadelphia Chapelle OF
Santa Fe, Katzer of Milwaukee, Jansens
Of New Orleans and Hennessy of Dubuque,
1t may be said that they are all compare
lively poor. Archbishop Elder OF Cincin-
natl is known to be a man Of great fnan-
cial ability, but his energies have been
mainly devoted to improving the finances
of the archdiocese of Cincinnati, which
fell into disorder during the time Of the
late Archbishop Purcell.
1t may be interesting to many readers
TO know that the salary of pastor In the
Roman Catholic church, even in the city
of New York, is always low, the limit IN
that town being $500. That is the sum re-
ceived by Father M. j Lavelle rector oi
st. Patrick's cathedral the largest and
most imposing Catholic church In the
United States.