Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-16
NEW BISHOP OF SIOUX CITY
Ri. Rev. P. ]. Garrigan to Be Duly In
stalled Wednesday,
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CEREMONIES
Function VIII De One of Most Inn
pressive Ever Witnessed at tho
Cathedral, Where He viii
be I'm Control.

SIOUX CITY, Ia. June 16.-(special.)-
Next Wednesday, June IS, Right Rev. p. j..
Garrigan, d. D., Of Washington, D. c., will
be installed as bishop Of the new Catholic
diocese of Sioux City, in ceremonies par
ticipated in by all the priests Of the see.
DR.. Garrigan will arrive in Sioux City
Wednesday morning from Springfield. Mass,
where he was consecrated for the bishopric
with elaborate exercises, May 20. A special
train will run from Sioux City to LeMars,
carrying prominent clergy Of the diocese
and many citizens Of Sioux City, to meet
the bishop and welcome him to his new
home.
He will be met at the depot here by a
pageant of clergy and citizens, which will
escort him by a oircuitous route to st.
Mary's church. ]. S. Lynch, st. Mary's; M.
McDermott, st. Joseph's; A. B%raunger, st.
Boniface's; A. J. Granger, st. Jean Bap-
~tiste's, will be marshals Of the day and,
with M. JoeSton, st. Jean Baptiste's, secre-
tary and treasurer, and with the priests Of
the city, Fathers p. J. o'Connor, St. Jo-
seph's; J. A. GeTlaman, st. Boniface's; L.
P. Dagnault, st. Jean Baptiste's, and Ed
ward Masteron, st. Mary's, will constitute
the committee in charge Of the installation
Omcers for the Ceremony.
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Oldest priests In the diocese in point of
service, will be dignior ex clero, and the
other officers will be: Rev. P. J. Farrelly,
Sheldon, and ]. Kuemper, Carroll, chap
lains to the bishop; Very Rev. P. Burke,
Fort Dodge, and Rev. J. Schultz. Remsen,
chaplains to Archbishop Keane; Rev. e.
Heelan, Fort Dodge, master Of ceremonies;
Rev. 8. Butler, Gilmore City, cross bearer;
Revs. NJ. Bradley, Fort Dodge, and A.
Schaefer, LeMars, acolytes; Rev. L.
Cooper, Charter Oak, thuriter; Rev. F. ].
Bruno, Alton, notary; Very Rev. B. c.
Lehman, Boone. speaker.
When Bishop Garrigan arrives at st.
Mary's church, the cathedral, he will be
handed the keys of the church by Arch
bishop Keane of Dubuque, Ia. In the cere-
monies Of installation. which will follow
in st. Mary's, Father B. C. Lehman Of
Boone will deliver the address OF welcome
in behalf of the priests OF the diocese, and
Bishop Gsrrigan will respond.
A banquet will be served, after the cere-
monies, in st. Mary's school hall by the
Catholic churches, which will be attended
by the bishop, priests and other distin-
gulshed guests. Within the week DR.. Gar
riEan will be given a banquet by the Sioux
City Commercial club.
The Catholics OF western Iowa have long
been clamoring for a diocese of their own,
and the diocese OF Dubuque had long been
considered too large. When Archbishop
Hennessy died and was succeeded by Arch
bishop Keane, the new diocese was recon-
mended. and an order followed soon in a
papal brief.
Extent of the Diocese.
The new diocese is los by 1870 miles In
size, and includes twenty-four counties,
Lyon, osceola, Dickinson. Emmett, Kossuth,
Palo Alto, Clay. Sioux, o'Brien. Plymouth,
Cherokee, Pocahontas, Buena Vista, Hum
boldt. Webster, Calhoun, Sac. Ida, Wood
bury, MononR, Crawford, Carroll, Greene
and Boone. In the diocese are ninety
three priests, seventy-seven churches with
resident priests; eighteen missions;
twenty-four stations; thirty-six schools:
l65 teachers; $500 pupils, and IS, 900 Cath
olics. When st. Mary's church was els-
waited to a cathedral, Dean T. Treacy. pas
tor thirteen years. was transferred to Car
roll, and DR.. Garrigan will have charge
Of the parish. St. Mary's church and
school were originally designed at a cost
Of about 500 900; the church has not been
completed, having been used in an unfn-
ished condition eight years. 1t will now
be completed.
About the New Bishop.
DR.. Garrigan is large in physique. i'm
pressive In manner. gracious and kindly.
For fourteen years he has been associated
with the Catholic university at Wash
ington as vice-rector. and, occupying a
central position between the academic. I'm
ancial and executive departments OF uni
versity activity, he has been peculiarly 1T