The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-04
PEACEFUL END OF THE
BISHOP OF SCRANTON
CONCLUDED from Page IL

when they will be removed to the cathe-
dral and exposed to state on a cata-
falque TO be especially constructed. The
interment will be in a crypt, beneath
the sanctuary Of the cathedral, where
custom, rather than any prescribed
law, directs that a bishop shall be
buried.
Formal announcement of Bishop
O'Hara's death will be sent today to
the prelates of this and adjacent prov
inces and accompanying them will be
invitations to attend the funeral cere-
Gibbons will celebrate the mass and
that Archbishop p. J. Ryan, of Phila-
delphia, will deliver the sermon. Mon
signor Martinelli and a score of other
dignltaries of the Catholic church VIII
probably be in attendance, while priests
to the number of hundreds from all
over Pennsylvania and nearby states
will swell the throng that will assemble
to do honor to the illustrious dead pre-
late.
The pall-bearers will be laymen, Sc
lected from among the members of
the cathedral parish. A guard of hon
or, similarly composed will keep con-
stant vigil over the remains. Those
who will act in this latter capacity
and the hours when they will serve
will be made known today.
HIS SUCCESSOR.
With the death of Bishop OHara,
Rt. Rev. NJ. j. Hoban, who was his
co-adjutor, succeeds to the Scranton
see, having been appointed co-adjutor
bishop with the right of succession.
He will formally assume charge of the
diocese at the expiration of thirty days,
when the months mind requiem mass
will mark the close of the period of
mourning for the dead bishop.
The funeral draperies of the church
will be removed and the prelates who
at the conclusion of the mass, take
part in the ceremonies with which the
new bishops regime will be inaugural
ed. Bishop Hoban's full title until such
time as he is relieved of his foreign
see is Rt. Rev. M. j. Hoban, Bishop
Of Alalis and Scranton. There is no
nF n
a bishops demise. 1t will be done in
this case informally by Bishop Hoban
in due time.
TRIBUTE TO DEAD PRELATE.
One who was intimately associated
with Bishop OHara in life has writ
ten the following estimate Of his char
acter for The Tribune:
with the tolinE of the cathedral
| bell there passed away the soul of a
| truly illustrious man, pious priest
and a prelate. than whom his church
| had but few, if any, ContempOraneous
! superiors. TO the community the knell
| marked the loss of one who had con-
| trbuted as much if not more than
| any other to its welfare, both spirit
ually and materially. To the diocese
which he governed it told of the de-
| parture of him who had given it its
| spiritual life. To his intimatcs the
| message brought grief and pain. To
| his beneficaries 1t meant the loss OF
! the best of friends.
Especially was the tidings sad ia
| those who grew up under his spirit
ual guidance, and who, looking back
| on the years gone by, can picture ir
| the mind how the progress of his life
could be marked, as is distance by
milestones on the road, by the sane
tuaries of the Most High he has estab'
lished throughout the length ant
breadth of the territory entrusted tC
his care.
Bishop OHara was a simple, hum
| BILE, modest man, yet his sterling wortf
made men realize that he was great
and that his greatness was not of al
ordinary stamp.
"Those who knew him best reveret
him; and even the casual acquaintance
was impressed with the fact that great
ness had it's home in him.
HIS CHIEF AIM.
Though he gave only minor atten'
ton to material progress he was not
needless as to it's claim upon the atten'
ton of the priesthood. His chief aim
though, was to leave behind him a
spiritual progeny, well instructed il
their faith, firmly attached to theii
God, superior to this worlds tempta'
tions and bound together by bonds ol
Christian love.
"He was thoughtless of reward; hC
found that in doing his duty well. His
self-denial was one of his chief char.
acteristics. He was of the broadest
intelligence and hence of the broadest
views. No one ever yet had cause &c
complain of his illiberality. lie was
staunch in his own views but respect
ed the honest views of his neighbor
His life work was both model and g