The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-11-04


OF kapnoe wanted DR.. Logue III his
own diocese, and 1t was but natural that
lie should wish to have priest OF his
character and abllllles engaged Ill his
own jurisdiction. lie, therefore, re-
called the coming cardinal from France
and appolnted HIM parish priest OF
Glenswliiy, position once held by DIR.
McHetugan himself, and Ill which the
latter priest suffered arrest and impris-
lIsnnment by the BRUSH government be-
,.Seas,e would not betray certain conf
~ -: had been reposed in HIM
Dy 1e:sather Logue was not
long III way to the hearts
OF his people, they, on their part,
loved HIM lor his priestly character, his
sympathetic nature, ana esteemed him
because OF his eminent abilities and
learning. He looked alter their tem-
poral as we'll as their spiritual interests.
lie had kindly word Tor all, and dis
tress never appealed to him in vain for
assistance. But DR.. Logue did not re-
main long with the good folks OF Glens-
willy. In 1876 he was recalled from
parochial work by the vote of the Irish
bishops, who named him dean at May
nooth, his theological alma mater, and
also professor OF Celtic at that institu-
ton. He filled the Irish chair for two
years, and then he was made professor
OF theology; but honors higher than
those which had so far come to him
were now nearing him. A vacancy was
created in the see Of Raploe by the
death Of Bishop McDevitt, and DR..
Logue's name headed the list Of candi-
dates sent to Rome that his successor
might be chosen from among them.
Rome took his name from the list,
named him bishop OF his native diocese
and his consecration had place in the
Letterkenny cathedral on July 20, 187o
Archbishop McGettigan of Armagh Of
ficiating and Archbishop Croke with
several other Irish bishops being pres
ent. DR.. Logue remained at the head
of the Raphoe diocese for the ensuing
eight years nearly, and his episcopal ad-
miniStration was marked with the same
zeal and ability which had characterized
all his earlier work. He did not seek
rotoriety; but preferred that his labors
should escape advertisement. When
Archbishop McGettigan's health began
to fail, and the need of an assistant
became imperative. Bishop Logue was
selected by Rome for that Office, and
transfer, cd April 1o 1887, to Armagh,
with the rights of succession. His go
ing from Letterlsenny was greatly de-
plored by the priests and people of the
Raphoe diocese, while his arrival at
Armagh was hailed with joy there.
Almost from the outset the adnlinistra-
ton OF the archdiocese devolvcd upon
him, as DR.. McGettigan was fast fail
ing; and on Dec. 3, 1887, he succeeded
to the title because Of the death of his
predecessor. His administration at
Armagh has been singularly quiet, but
eminently successful. He has always
kept clear of politics, but he has let it
be known, nevertheless, that his SYM
pathies are all with the people and their
national aspirations, provided these are
not linked with unlawful projects or
methods. He attends punctiliously to
the ninutest details, is thorough going
iii all his undertakings, and likes to
have whatever is intrusted to him we'll
done. He had once TO appear in court,
to give testimony in support OF the will
OF one of his priests, whose relatives
were not satisfied with the way in which
the deceased had disposed of his prop
erty; and on that occasion so clear, con-
else and convincing was the archbish-
ops testimony, the judge, a non Cath
olic, complirnented him from the bench
and ordered the case of the petitioners
to break the will dismissed. The Holy
Father took his turn at honoring DR..
Logue in 1893, when he created him a
cardinal priest, the first time that an
incumbent at ST. Patrick's see was ap-
pointed member of the Sacred Col
lege. DR.. Logue's titular church as
cardinal is that of St. Mary OF Peace,
and his creation was made at the same
time as Cardinal Vaughan's. The car-
dinal is not an old man yet, and he does
daily an immense amount of work
Cardinal Loguc," says a writer in
one of the Catholic papers, "is the most
ordinary looking man Of the entire Irish
hierarchy. He has a Firbolgic face,
somewhat resembling that OF Oliver
Goldsmith, who in his youth was called
Ugly Aesop.' But in his fluent Ulster
eloquence his eminence says some beau-
tiful things, and of these is the follow
ing uttered by him the other day in
reference to the completion of St. Pat
rick's Cathedral at Armagh: Wherever
the English tongue is spoken, and even
in lands where its accents are seldom
heard, churches are ruled by distin-
guished prelates, who, if not born on
Irish soil, have gathered the first truths
OF faith from an Irish mothers lips and
caught up the first inspirations OF piety
from an Irish mothers heart. Crowded