The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26

THE CATHOLIC WORLD.
! ! = = \ \ ! u L h \ 4 \ y y l. \
WYOMING.

w OM1NG.
The following circular has been as
sued by Cardinal Richard, archbis yop
of Paris: 1T has come to my knowle sge
that Mr.. Vilatte, who calls himself an
American bishop has performed, to- my
annoyance, two sacredotal ordinations
in Paris, and has given to them the
license with which ecclesiastics are
provided. 1 have been informed by the
holy office that Mr.. Vilatte has not re-
ceived any authority nor any jurisdic-
ton from the sovereign pontiff. In con-
sequence. if any of the ecclesiastics are
presented to you, you will not permit
them to celebrate the mass in your
church.
The new auditor of the papaI lega-
ton, Rev. DIR. Francis Marchetti, ar
rived in Washington on May 10 from
Rome. Archbishop Martinelli and Rev.
DR.. Rocker, secretary of the legation,
left Washington on the 1875 a. m. Bal
timore & Ohio train for Portland, Ore,
where the papal delegate conferred the
paiiium upon Archbishop Christie. The
papal delegate will be absent from
Washington for at least three weeks,
during which time DR.. Marchetti will
have charge of the legation.
Bishop Farley laid the cornerstone
of the new church of Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Sunday afternoon in the
presence of more than 1900 people. The
church is mainly for the use of Ital-
ians. When completed it will cost
about $4,000. Father Ubaldus Mara
velle is the pastor Many of his par
ishioners are laborers IA quarrymen
and the priest has prevailed upon them
to perform the labor on the new church
free of charge when they are not other
wise employed. The frescoing and
painting is also to be accomplished in
the same manner.
Bishop-elect Orth of Vancouver. B.
c., viii be consecrated at the cathedral
there next month Archbishop Christie
of Portland Will be the consecrator.
.
Rev. John P. Chadwick, chaplain in
the United States navy, was formally
notified on May II of his election as
chaplain of Gloucester naval command
of the Spanish war veterans, which is
composed of officers and enlisted men
who fought Cerveras fleet. Chaplain
Chadwick accepted the position.
Very Rev. Father James Patrick
Herman. pastor of st. Mary's church
and vicar general of the diocese of
Rochester, n. Y, died of pneumonia.
He was principal of Nazareth academy
and was one of the most widely known
priests and teachers in western New
York. For twelve years Father Kier-
nan was pastor of st. Patricks cathe-
dral in Rochester. He was born in Og-
den, N. Y, in 1855 and marticulated
from st. Joseph's provincial seminary
in Troy. He was ordained in 1892. At
the synod of 1885 he was appointed a
member of the diocesan school board,
and it was due to his efforts that the
Regents examinations were secured for
the Catholic schools of Rochester.
An official rescript from Rome, ap-
pointing Rev. DR.. Henry Granjon of
Baltimore as bishop of Tucson, Ariz.,
reached the papal legation at Wash
ington May Is. 1t is understood that
both DR.. Granjon and the bishop-elect
of Savannah, Ga, DR.. Kelley, will be
consecrated together at an early date.
The movement of the Boxers
against Christians is assuming alarm
ing proportions in China. They have
destroyed the entire village of the
Catholic converts at Laishus. seventy
miles west of Pekin. SiXty-one of the
inhabitants were killed. All the houses
were looted.