Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-13
ARCHBISHOPS MEET.
ANNUAL GATHERING OPENS UNDER
AUsrIcIous CIRCUMSTANCES.
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE TO CUBA.
Archbishop Chnpcile, of New Or
leans, Ii Appointed Such Omccr-
Qualification at This Action of the
Natican's.

WASHINGTON, October l2.-The an.
nual meeting Of the archbIshops of the
Roman Catholic Church began at the
catholic University to-day, under pecu-
harly suspicious circumstances. Just
prior TO the opening session, Cardinal
Gibbons, who as Archbishop OF Balti-
more. is presiding officer OF the arch
bishops, received cable dispatch from
Rome. announcing that Pope Leo had
appointed Archbishop Chapelle. Of New
Orleans, as Apostolic delegate to Cuba.
This was the first official act of the
Natcan's toward meeting the important
new Church conditions in the Antilles,
arising out OF the war.
The dispatch made no reference TO
Porto Rico, 80 that the scope Of the
special mission is confined to Cuba.
Archbishop Chapele Is linguist.
speaking both Spanish and French. so
that his work can be prosecuted under
favorable circumstances in Cuba.
THE DELEGATES DUTIES.
The particular duties Of the new Apos-
tolic delegate to Cuba will be TO provide
for the proper assimilation of the Church
Church. Aside from the ecclesiastical
feature the duties of Archbishop Cha
pelle. doubtless. will cover the settlement
Of questions relating to the vast Church
estates. and TO the future conduct of
these communities, which are almost ex-
clusiveiy Catholic.
The annual meeting OF the archbishops
began to-day Those present were Car
dinal Gibbons. Archbishops Williams OF
Boston. Corrigan OF New York. Ryan Of
Philadelphia. Feehan of Chicago. Elder
of Cincinnati Kahn OF st. Louis, Hem
messy of Dubuque. and Katzor of Mil
waukee. The absentees were Archbishops
Chapelle Of New Orleans, in Paris; Gross
of Oregon Riordan of California. and
Ireland Of ST. Paul. The sessions were
! private.
FUNDS FOR INDIAN SCHOOLS
The archbishops completed their work
| at the afternoon session and adjourned.
/ although a committee will remain here
! until tomorrow, to apportion funds for
Indian schools TO the several arch
! dioceses i'm which the Indian work Is car
ried on
At the close of to-day's meeting Arch
| bishop Kahn. who acted as secretary,
said there was nothing TO give TO the
| public, as the proceedings had been con-
| 1lneu enufely 10 tne INTERNAL aIdlls vi
| the Church.
The Pope's appointment Of Archbishop
| Chapelle as Apostolic Delegate to Cuba
| continued to be the uppermost theme
among the prelates. Ii developed late
! in the day that the Archbishop had left
Rome and was now in Paris where the
| Peace Commission is meeting While
IT was the accepted view here that Arch
| bishop Chapelle would remain at the head
of the New Orleans Archdiocese. yet IT
was felt that 1t might become necessary
| to appoint n coadjutor archbishop to as
| sist him during his special mission
THE POPES REPRESENTATIVE
The opinion here is that he will go Ia
| Habana and Santiago. and conduct his
| work in Cuba. There he will be the per
| sonal representative of the Pope, just as
| Cardinal Satolli and Monslgnor Martinel
| have represented the Pope in the United
| States.
1t was source of some satisfaction
among the prelates that the Vatican hac
on this occasion chosen an American
priest for distinctly American enter
prise, thus varying the usual rule of Sc
| lecting Apostolic delegates from thi
Italian clergy near the Pope.