The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-01-09
THE BISHOPS FUNERAL
It Will Take Place Tomor-
row in st. Patrick's S Cath
edral, Newark.

Especial to "The Jersey City News"]
NEWARK, Jan. 9, 1901-A large number
Of clergymen and laymen called at Seton
Hall College in respect of the Rt. Rev.
Winand Michael Wigger, who for twenty
years was the beloved Bishop of the
Catholic Diocese of Newark. The body
was not in the caslSet until Monday night,
and yesterday it was removed from the
reception room in the main college build
ing to the Chapel of the Immaculate Con-
ception. The body lay in state in this
pretty UNCOVERED chapel until this morn
| ing, when it was taken to st. Patrick $
| Cathedral, this city, where it will lie in
state until Thursday morning, when the
| funeral services will be held.
| There was a steady stream of callers
at the college chapel yesterday and many
We're seen to weep when they looked upon
| the kindly face of the dead prelate. The
| casket is covered with purple velvet and
| the interior is of white satin. 1t is rich
| but plain casket. The body Is attired in
the bishops vestments, including his mi
tre. chasuble or outer vestment, a gar
ment worn while celebrating the holy
mass, his alb, pectoral cross and slippers.
He also wears his large finger ring.
| Judging by his appearance in death one
would not think that the distinguished
dignitary suffered as he undoubtedly did
in his last illness. His face presents a
peaceful and rather natural look A guard
of honor, composed of members of the
college seminary, is constantly on duty
at the bier.
Out of respect to the memory of the
dead Bishop, Father Stafford has decided
that there shall be no classes at the coli
lege until Friday.
| 1t was decided by those in charge of
the funeral arrangements to have Rev.
Lawrence C. M. Carroll, rector of St
| Patrick's Church, Jersey City, act as one
| of the deacons of honor at the funeral
| obsequies instead of Rev. c. P. Gillin, of
st. Joseph's Church, Paterson, as was or
| ig1nally intended Father Carroll was the
Bishops travelling companion on his sew
eral trips abroad and to the Bermudas,
and he was considered enc of his most in
| innate clerical friends.
| Very Rev. John J. OConnor, viear-gen-
eral of the diocese and at present the act
| ing bishop, will be in charge of the i'm
pressive ceremony known as the chanting
| of the divine office for the dead. Rev.
/ William Richmond, assistant priest at st.
Patrick's Cathedral, and Rev. George L.
| Fitzpatrisss, assistant priest at st. Mary S
| Church, Roboken, will be the leading
| chanters. The divine office for the dead
will be chanted at 10 o'clock on Thursday
morning, half hour before the pontifcal
mass of requiem is begun. The professors
/ of Seton Hall College will be the active
pallbearers.
Bishop Wigger's brother, Robert Wig
| ger, is still at the college. He will
not return to his home in New York un-
! til after the funeral He only recovered
| from an attack of pneumonia a week ago.
The music for the mass will be Greg
orian and be sung by large number of
priests of the diocese. Several archblsh-
ops and bishops are expected to be pres
| ent, and also monsignors and deans and
hundreds of priests. The interment will
be made in the Cemetery of the Holy
| Sepulchre.
The pallbearers selected are former
| United States Senator James Smith, Jr
John F. Stanley, DR.. James Elliott, DR..
| John B. Richmond, Jeremiah O'Rourke,
| former Judge Michael J. Ledwith, DIR.
William Carroll. John B. rOelkers, all OF
| Newark; Charles. G. Herbermann and
James S. Coleman, of New York; Bryan
Smith, of Hoboken, and James Donahue,
| of Paterson.