The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-10
THE CONSIDERATION
OF RI Rev. J. ]. Monaghan as
Bishop of Wilmington
AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
Cardinal Gibbons Officiated and
Prominent Cnurchmen From
Different Parts were Pres a.
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filled every part every part Of the Pro.
Cathedral of st. Peter, West and Sixth
streets, this city, Ri Rev. John j. Mona
sghan was yesterday morning consecrated
bishop OF Wilmington. His predecessor.
Bishop Curtis, took an important part in
the ceremony.
Balmy spring weather served to bring
put q large congregation, and long before
u 6he hour liked for the ceremony to begin
the streets adjacent to the Cathedral were
crowded with an eager throng, which pa
tiently awaited the coming of the process
sion.
y After forming in the schoolhouse, which
Is diagonally opposite the Cathedral, the
procession passed out into the street and
thence across TO the Cathedral Following
the cross bearer and acolytes walked more
than a hundred priests, among whom
were a number of members Of different
religious orders. the Order of st. Benedict
being especially well represented. After
them came prelates, Bishop-elect Mona
CHAN and the deacon and sub-deaeon of
mass, and finally the consecrator and his
assistants.
d Among those noticed in the procession
were: Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan, Of
philadelphia; Bishop p. J; Donahue, of
u Wheeling; Bishop John Moore, of st.
Augustine; Bishop A. Van do Vyver, of
Rlchmond; Monsignor D. J. Quigley,
vicar general of the Diocese of South Car
DINA; Very Rev. DR.. Thomas J. Conaty,
rector of the Catholic University, Wash
ington; Very Rev. Dr. A. L. Maganien,
Il Rev. DR., R. J. Cotter Rev. NJ. f. Din
Mary's Seminary, Baltimore Rev J. Il.
K Sattsry, rector of st. Joseph's Seminary,
Baltimore; RJv. +. A, Schmitz, Epiphany
College, Highland Park Baltimore; Rev
Thomas B, Hughes, st. Johns Seminary,
Boston; Rev. Joseph d. Budd, Green.
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Church, Marshal, Mich; Revs. John J.
E@mits Sj N' Md o. RsV a'' Henry r0' Vsn
L Rensselaer,, of the Apostleship of Prayer,
New York; Rev j. N. Connolly, secro-
tary to Archbishop Corrigan, of New York;
II Rev. p. H. McAlahon, st. Patricks
Church, Augusta, Ga; Rev, j. A, Nc
Callen, Montreal, Canada; Rev. Albert
Furmau, St Casimir's Church, and Rev.
Edward A. Kelley, st. Cecilia Church,
Chicago, ILL.,; Row Joseph A. Foley, St.
Pauls Church, Washington; Very Roy.
Felix Hntemyer and Rev. p. Bernard, st.
Mary's College, Belmont, n, c., Rev. DR..
William Maher, Milford, Conn: Rev
Walter >. Shanloy, ls;tor of the Cathe-
dral at Hartford, Conn; Rev. John L.
Winters, South Norwalk, Conn; Rev.
Richard Gragan, Stafford Springs Conn;
\ Rev. Charles j. McElroy, Derby, Conn,
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n Conn. The six last named were college
mates OF the new bishop.
Arriving ut the entrance to the sunCtu-
ary, the procession dispersed, the priests
taking seats near the rail, while tho pre-
Hates and those assisting in the ceremony
passed to their respective places in the
Il sanctuary. Throughout the services the
sanctuary presented spectacle ever
changing in its color, as tho officiating
I priests, clothed in vestments of white and
u gold, moved from place to place during
the ceremony. The brightly polished
1 marble altar, with its FURNISHED Cando-
LIBRA from which sparklud numbers Of
waXen candles formed u back ground for
She scene, which was further enhanced by
3 a delicate arrangement OF ferns as deCora
tions.
4 The ceremony Of the conservation of q
bishop Is one Of the most august in the
Catholic Church and is invested with
solemnity and grandeur. The imposition |
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animation and the delivery of the cmblems
OF pastoral authority are steps III the Gers
m0ny, the form of which is said to date
back more than u thousand years.
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censecrattng bishops, but when the person
to be conscCrated resides outside of Rome
brief or letter is forwarded to the bishop
elect, giving him power to choose a bishop
to perform the ceremony. The COnsg-
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