The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-23
CONSIDERATION CEREMONY.
Witnessed hy Hundreds OF Persons in st
Peters Cathedral.

IN tne roman catholic Church there
Is no Grander or more solemn ceremony
than III" conservation of Il bishop. and
the great religious interest awakened
10y the elevation Of ri. Rev. Michael
j. Hohan to the cpiscopate yesterday
made it Il day of days in the history of
Scranton.
Admission To the cathedral being by
ticket and therefore limited To Il GER
tain number, there was still a multi
tude who gathered outside the church
On WNomin" avenue, and stood wait
! ing for the professional of the hierarchy
and clergy from the episcopal residence
and college chape! to the church. The
avenue was one dense mass of hu-
manity from Mulberry street nearly t."
beyond Linden street. \ Gordon of pO-
lice was imposed with "a sufficient task
To keep the sidewalk open
The doors of the cathedral were
opened soon after . O'Clock and at 10
o'clock all the available space was oc-
cupied except the seats in front re-
served for the priests who could not
find room within the sanctuary. The
following acted as uslfers: Center aisle.
J. J. OiIoyle, I. T.. Leonard. r. j. Me
Andrews; north side aisle. Thomas
Walsh. John Collins. =. J. Mccartney:
south side aisle. f.. p. Mitchell. Edward
Ol!rien and John Il. Mahon: north gal
lery. John Nealon. \. j. Duffy and viii
liam Golden; south gallery. John Nal
lin. Frank Canavan and John Kirby.
The priests vested i'm College hall.
They We're casSOcks and surplices and
at 10 o'clock formed In twOs and
marched out of the hall. down the
sidewalk and into the church through
the front doors. When the last of the
priests reached the gate of the episco-
pal residence they waited for the car
dinal. archbishop. bishops. assistant
priests ana chanlains to come. The
cross-hearer. Rev. Thomas Rea. of
Sugar Notch. was first: after him came
the deacons. sub-deacOns and chap
lains. then the bishops. His eminence,
the cardinal. was last and was imme-
diately preceded by Eishop-elect Ho-
. han. between the assistant consecrat-
ing prelates. 1T. Rev. Bishop Mccoy
ern and Rt Rev. Bishop Beav-n.
PRIESTS OPENED RANKS.
The professional passed up the cen
ter aisle of the church. The priests
opened ranks and let the cardinal bish-
op-elect, bishops and officers of the
mass through Archbishop Ryan sat
on throne facing the cardinals chapel
and the visiting bishops sat along the
sanctuary rail. The priests then took
seats. some within the sanctuary. some
in the space between the pews and
sanctuary rail. and the remainder in
the front pews and on chairs In the
| aisles. Those of the laity having tickets
and not already admitted We're taken In
charge by the ushers and given seats
on chairs i'm the aisles. It was impos-
sible IA accommodate another person
when the last ticket was taken in.
Yesterday was Passion Sunday, a
feast which typifies the sufferings of
the Savior. and consequently the cathe-
dral was bare of decorations. The
main altar and side altars were draped
in purple as reminder Of the Way of
the Cross. The vestments of the con
secrating prelate ana his assistants
We're of the same shade: those of the
biShOp-elect alone We're white
Cardinal Satcli utiicated at the main
altar and his throne was ON the his
hops .sedalium. He was attended by
1T. Rev. Bishops Mctiovern and I;eav-
en. assistant consecrators; Very Rev.
John Finnen. Of Pittston. assistant ofli-
Ger of the mass: Very Rev. Eugene A.
| GarNey. of Williamsror. and Rev.
Cha rles i. Kelley. ID. u. of Towanda
deacons of honor: Rev 4. +. Rroderick
Of Susuuchanna. deacon of the mass:
Rev. Peter Christ of St Marys Ger
! man church. sub-deacon Of the mass.
Rev. John Loughran. Of Minooka. and
Rev. -. J. MacGoldrick. :. j.. president
! of St Thomas college. We're chaplains
to TT. Rev. Bishop McGovern: Rev.
John =. 6'AIalley. Of Kingston, and
Rev. x. Magic. of Boston. were chap
lains to TT. Rev. Bishop Eeaven.
BISHOP HOBAN'S CHAPLAINS
| Rev, John J. Ruddy. of Erie. and Rev.
H. A. Mc.\ndrew. of Wilkes Barre.
We're chaplains to 1T Rev. Bishop Ho-
ban. whose chapel was on III. epistle
side of the altar at ST. Josech's altar.
Rev. Thomas j.. Coffey. Of carbondale.
was master of ceremonies: Rev j. J.
f. Feeley. Of the cathedral. Rev. =. e.
Winters, of Plymouth. We're assistant
| masters of ceremonies Rev. i. j. Col
den. of Williamsport. was censor. Rev.
j. J. Smoulter of Olyphant. and Rev.
! Daniel \. Dunno. of the West Side. were
I acolytes. Walter German was missal
bearer: Rev. j. j. McCabe. of Ayoca.
was candle bearer. Charles O'Malley
| was miter bearer and Martin O'Malley
! was cross bearer. The altar boys were
Patrick Blewitt. Arthur Hewitt. John
Colligan. John Lynott. Patrick McHalc.
! Francis Doyle and Aloysius Colligan.
The bearers of the episcopal insignia
were Very Rev. =. G. Nagle. of Wilkes
l:arre: Very Rev. j J. Cummiskey. Of
| Hazleton. and Rev. iSenevenuto GRAM
| levicZ. Rev. r.. :. Phillips. of Plains.
was lector Of the papal brief containing
| the appointment of Rt. Rev. Bishop
H6ban. The Vestments which the
bishop-elect wore were the ones In
which Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Hara was con-
secrated on July IL. 1865. Immediately
before the conservation of the pOntif-
| iral mass. which was celebrated by
| the cardinal the assembled priests In
! one grand chorus chanted the antiphon