The Washington times., 1901-10-29
TITULAR BISHOP OF SAMOA.
DIR. Thomas J. Conaty Honored h,
the Pope.

The brief of appointment Of Right Rev.
Thomas j. Conaty, D. D., as titular
Bishop of Samoa, was received by his
Eminence Cardinal Martinelli, the Pro-
papal Delegate. yesterday. and transmit
ted to the Bishop elect at the Catholic
University
The appointment is purely honorary. be
ing that of titular Bishop, and comes
directly from the Holy Father, through
Cardinal Rampolla, Secretary Of State.
The conservation will take place at the
university Sunday, November a HIS
Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, Chancellor OF
the university, will be the consecrator.
The two assistant Bishops will be
Right Rev. Camillus p. Macs. ID. D..
Bishop of Covington, Ky, and Sec
retary of the University Board of Trus-
tees, and Right Rev. Thomas d. Beaven,
d. D., of Springfield, Mass, the represen-
tative of ;he diocese to which the newly
elected Bishop belongs. The sermon on
the occasion will be preached by Very Rev
Thomas J. Shahan, d. D., professor OF
ecclesiastical history at the university and
editor-in-chief of the University Bulle-
tin
1t is expected that the conservation of
the rector of the university will be made
the occasion of the assemblage of large
number of Church dignitaries from all
parts of the country. The ceremony Will
take place on the Sunday Immediately
after the meetings of the trustees of the
university and of the ArchbishOps Of the
country.
The Bishop-elect was born in Ireland
in lS47, and at three years OF age was
brought to America by his parents, who
settled in Taunton, Mass, where his faith
er had previously spent eight years of his
boyhood, his parents having emigrated
there in 1881, returning TO Ireland in 1853.
After graduating from the Taunton
schools DIR. Couaty entered Montreal Col
lege in 1863 and spent four years there,
finishing his humanities. after which, in
1861, he passed to Holy Cross College,
Worcester, Mass, where he graduated in
1863 Returning to Montreal for his SEM
mary course, he was ordained priest for
the diocese of Springfield, December p,
1872 and entered Immediately upon par
ochiai work in the city Of Worcester,
where he remained in active ministry un-
til he was selected by the Bishops in Oc-
tober. 1896, and appointed by Pope Leo
Nil in the following November TO sue
ceed Archbishop keane as rector of the
Catholic University. at Washington. u. C.
He was always active in social and ed
ucational work, and from the first years
of his priesthood identified himself with
the Catholic total abstinence movement,
III NIiNiI ne rs Sun PROMINENT 1dtlOl
He assumed charge of the university in
January, 1897 and since that time has
given himself entirely to the upbuilding
of the university. In 1898 he was honored
by the Holy Father with an appointment
as domestic prelsSe, and the insignia of
this dignity were conferred upon him by
Cardinal Gibbons, in the presence of a
large gathering Of the hierarchy of the
country Another year remains OF DIR.
Conatys first term and the new honors
which have been bestowed upon him by
the Holy Father have caused the friends
Of the university TO rejoice that the work
of the right reverend rector has been so
signaliy rewarded.
Dr. Conaty has been heard on many oc-
casions during his life in public han and
pulpit on ali questions affecting the well
fare of the people and the progress of
the Church. He has always been n warm
advocate Of the peoples rights, stanch
American, and an uncompromising cha m
pion of the Church on all questions of ed
Ccation, social, and moral reform.
BishOp-elcct Conaty will continue as
rector of the university, his new tile be
ing but an added dignity to his office.