New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
FUNERAL OF BISHOP WIGGER.
REPORT THAT A NEw-YoRK PRIEST MAY
BE HIS SUCCESSOR

REPORT THAT NEw-YoRK PRIEST MAY
BE HIS SUCCESSOR.
South Orange. N J.. Jan. s CspeciaD-A large
number OF people of all ranks and conditions in
life called at Seton Hall College yesterday and
day to take last look at the face Of the Rt. Rev.
Winand Michael Wigger- Yesterday the body lay
IN state in the reception room of the college,
tired in the Bishops vestments OF chasubIe. alb
and mttre. together with his pectoral cross and
slippers Last night the body placed in
coffin and taken to the Chapel Of the Immaculate
Conception IN the college grounds, where to-day
constant stream OF people passed through, while
a number of seminarians guarded the body. To-uor-
row morning the body will be taken ST Pat
rtck's Cathedral. in Newark. wnere IT will lie in
state until the funeral At the cathedral Thurs
day the services will begin at 10 a. m by the
chanting Of the office for the dead. At 1880 o'clock
a solemn ponthcal OF requiem will be sung
by the priests OF the diocese No choir will take
part in the services Archbishop Corrigan will be
the celebrant Of the and the other officials
will be the following: Deacons of honor: The Rev.
Lawrence c. VI Carroll OF ST Patrich's Church.
OF Jersey City. and the Rev. B. H. Ter woert of
ST. Mary's Church. Of Jersey City; deacon OF the
mass. the Rev John A Stafford president Of Sc
ton Hall; sub-deacon, the Pew. DR.. Charles J.
Kelly. Of ST Mays Church. Hoboken The
mon will be preached by the Rt. Rev. James A.
McFaul. Bishop OF the diocese of Trenton The
honorary pallbearers TO be lanes Smith. jr.,
John F. Stanley. DR.. James Elliott, DR.. John 3.
Richmond Michael J. Ledwtth DR.. William Car
roll jeremiah O'RoIrke ard John B Oelkers OF
Newark; James 5 Coleman and Charles G. Herber-
mann. OF New-Yorz: James Donohue. OF Pater-
SON. and Bryan Smith. OF Hoboken
On account of the limited capacity Of the Carhe-
dral admission will be by Icket. II is expected
that over hundred OF the priests OF the diocese.
together with many other distinguished prelates,
will be present \ temporary 'nterme2t viii be
when the new Cathedral OF the Sacred Heart is
completed the body will be laid at rest in the
Among the Catholic cIerSy and laity in New-Yerl
New-York priest may succeed Bishop Wigger as
head of the diocese OF Newark. Archbishop
in naming the new Bishop. According to the
law of the Cathohc Chrrsh., when a Bishop dies
the representatives Of the clergy a whole. meet
and select the names Of three priests. any one
Bishop Then the Bishops Of the ecclesiastical
province in which the diocese is located meet and
names are forwarded 70 Rome and from them the
Pope appoints the new Bishop The diocese or
York over which Archbishop Corrigan presides.
The other Bishops Of the ProviInIce are Bishop Nc
Bishop Burke, Of Albany; Bishop Ludden, or SyTa-
cuse. Bishop Gabrtels. OF Ogdensburg; Bishop Nc
faIo. These bishops will probably meet at Arch
bishop Corrigan's residence either on Thursday,
after the funeral or Bishop Nisser' or on some
1t is reported that on the list of names submitted
New-York priests-the Rt Rev Monsgnor Mooney.
Fifty-hrst-st., ana the Rev Michael j LaveIle
rector of St Patricks Cathedral MonsisnOr
Mooney is ,viear,General oI the New;York arch
Catholic Summer School that assemblies every year
at Lake Champain: In Hlling vacant 6lsh9prlc
priest of the diocese that is without head
Catholic sees in the United states II has Catho,
popUla OF about three hundred thousand and
nT1erons parochiaI schools orphan asyIurns hos
pitals and other institutions