The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-09

For the second time in it's history,
Scranton. yesterday. was the scene of
the conservation of a bishop. the clc-
walton Of Mons. Eugene \. Garvcy to
tho Soc of Altoona. II is u ceremony
that is given to few to see more than
once in lifetime. and than which the
Roman catholic church, with all it's
wealth Of ceremonies, has nothing
moro imposing. outside the Roman
curia, save only IN" iuvrstture of
cardinal.
Sunday, March 26. 1>a6, when Bishop
Hoban was elevated to the cpiscopacy,
Scranton witnessed this sublime spec
tarlc for the first time. 1T was then
thought only the Youngest of the spec
tators could hope to see it repeated.
Yesterdays thronG at the cathedral
contained hundreds who attended the
preceding conservation. There would
have been hundreds more Of these
same had there been room for them.
But it would require church Of
double the dimensions of the spacious
st, Peters cathedral To. accommodate
those who sought tickets of admittauce
to yesterdays event. Those who saw
the former consecration wanted to see
first tell of it were dcsirous of seeing
1t for themselves, and then in addition
were the thousands of personal friends
of the bishop-elect, i'm this city. Car
bondalc. Wilkes Barre, Wniamsport
and Pttston. especially, who would
consider it one of the greatest treats
To he present when his great honor
was To formally come upon him.
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limited to the capacity of the audi
torium, and the invitations We're rcgu-
lated accordingly. Six hundred tick
cts were allotted to Pittston and all of
these were presented. There was not
Il parish of any note in the whole diO-
Ccsc but what sent delegation and
from every diocese in the state, as well
as places in other states came friends
to rejoice with the new bishop on this
most joyous occasion. 1t was an assem-
hlaGe, too. as representative as it was
extensive, many of the most prominent
men Of the region entering into its
compositions.
\ cardinal, an archbishop, four hish-
ops and more than hundred priests
comprised the clergy present. The prcl-
alCs were the illustrious Martincll
personal representative of the pope in
the United States; Most Rev. y. j
Ryan, of Philadelphia, head of tho
Hrchdioccsan see, of which Scranton /,
n part, and one of the brainiest anC
most generally revcred churchmen il
Americas TT. Rev. Bernard j. No.
Quaid. the venerable head of the Sc,
of Rochester, Rt. Rev. John T.. Fitz.
maurice. the new bishop of Erie; Rt
Rev Edmond +. Prcndergast, auxiliary
bishop of Philadelphia, AMI Rt. Rev VI
j. Hoban, of scranton, who already
has proved to the satisfaction of hi!
people that something more than tenn
poral Judgment enters into the ScleC
tlon of the princes of the church. O
the ordnarics present, many were mel
If note, and not few We're promncn
IN the leading religious orders.
The ceremony Of itself is deSignct
I'm the ritual 10 be beautiful as we'll "A
solemn and impressive. 1t was mad
tn" more beautiful yesterday by tn
CntrdnCIng decorations of the Sanctu
any, the natural beauty of the Cathc
d1dl auditorium, the elaborate musi,
and not the least. the bright, warn
sunshine that fairly overnowed Tn
color-iloodcd interior, with the hucs
absorbed in its passage drought tn
rich stained windows.
The permanent beauty of the Sanclu
Hry, with It's white marble altars am
the crimson drapcries Of the thron
and Sacred Heart shrine were ru
HANGED by a profusc floral cmbcllish
mcnt, the whole making an cntrancm
setting for the Kaleidoscope series q
most attractive pictures that were pre-
scented by the various steps Of the corC
mony. The cardinal, purple. crimson
white and gold prcdOmiuating in tn
Ncstmcnts Of the prclatcs and thci
letinucs, were frightened i'm thoi
effect by being contrastcd with In
somhrc black Of the hundred ordinaric
surrounding them Not the least AT
tractivc of the pictures was that pre-
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