The Washington times., 1901-11-25
M0NSIGN0R 00NATY
MADE A BISHOP.
CARDINAL GIBBONS OFFICIATES.
Elaborate Ceremonies of Consecra
ton Held in the baltimore
CnthcdrnI-Promine
Prelntes Present.

BALTIMORE. Nov. 24.-Wlth eccIesias-
ticaI pomp and ceremony Mgr. Thomas
J. Conaty. rector OF the Catholic Uni
versity, was created and consecrated
TituIar Bishop of Samos today at the
Cathedral. Cardinal Gibbons ofliciated
The ceremony lasted four hours. begin
ming at 10 o'clock. 1t rained in torrents
during the service, and the procession
from the archiepiscopaI residence was
abandoned.
Crowds Brave the Rain.
The historic cathedral, within whose
historic walls Martinelh was so recently
raised to the cardinalate, was crowded.
In the face OF binding rain and day
as grey as the stones of the venerable
sanctuary. great throngs of people crowd
ed into the seats and aisles not occupied
by the clergy and scminariaus.
The Cardinal. as consecrator and cele-
brant, was assisted by the Right Rev.
Thomas Maginnis, of Boston, and Right
Rev Thomas Griffin of Worcester Mass,
as deacons of honor. Mgr. James Lynch,
OF Utica, acted as deacon, and the Rev.
p II. Phelan, of Holyoke, sub-deacon.
The sermon, a discourse dealing with the
necessity of strengthening and perpetu-
ating the Roman Catholic educational in
stitutiOns of this country. was delivered
by the Very Rev Thomas J. Shahan who
holds the chair of ecclesiastical history
at the Catholic University.
The Assistant Consecrntors.
The assistant consecrators were Bishop
Thomas D. Beavan OF Springfield, the do
cese with which Dr. Conaty has been af
fiIiated since his ordination, and Bishop
Camilius r. Macs. of Covington The
Papal brief was read by Rev P. ]. Gar
rigan, vice rector OF the Catholic Uniyer- =
sitv.
The assistant priest rs Very Rev. A.
l.. Magnien President of St Mary's Semi
nary Baltimore. The Rev William a.
Fletcher. rector of the Cathedral was
master of ceremonies. He was assisted by
two seminarians Messrs. George Harring-
ton and Thomas Walsh. Tie Rev Barnard
Conaty, brother of the new Bishop, acted
as special master Of ceremonies.
With the exception of the proper of the
mass, which was sung by the seminerians,
the musical programme, which was elabo-
rate, was rendered by the Cathedral choir
and all orchestra directed by F. Y. Hall.
Dinner After the Ceremony.
At the close of the ceremony at 2
o'clock the archbishops and bishops pres
ent. about thirty in number went to St.
Mary's Seminary for 6inner. The arch
bishops present were: John J. Keane. of
Iowa; John J. Kahn. of st. Louis; John
Ireland, of st. Paul. Patrick J. Ryan, of
Philadelphia; NJ A. Corrigan, OF New
YORK; John J. Williams, OF Boston; Pat
rick 4. Feehan. of Chicago, and William
H. Elder of Cincinnati.
Some 300 priests were present from
distance, many being from New England
where twenty-five years of DR.. Conaty's
life were spent. The faculty OF the Cath
Ollie University and of St. Mary's Sem
mary attended in a BODY.
Bishop Conaty is fif,y-four years old. !
On November 20. 1896, the Pope appointed
him as the second rector of the Catholic |
University. His conservation fell, there
fore. on the day he would have cele-
brated the fifth anniversary Of his rector
ship.