Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-26

was master of ceremonies and great
credit is due to him that the compli-
Gated service passed off without a
hitch. Assistants to Archbishop Bour-
gade we're Vicar General Anthony
Fourchegu, of Santa Fe, and Vicar
| General Robinson, of Denver: assist
ant to Bishop N. Matz were Rev. p. A.
Philips, chancellor of the diocese of
Denver; and Rev. ]. NJ. DeSaulnier. of
Central City: assistants to Bishop H.
Granjon were Rev. p. Lassaigne, of
| Las Cruces; and Rev. J. NJ Chaucut,
of Tucson; assistants to Bishop Pita-
val were: Very Rev. James Coudert,
of Bernalillo Rev. J. B. Ballier, of
Tome: Rev. A. Cassalles. of San
Illguel; Rev. NJ. Rouillier, of Watrous;
Rev. V. Thomas, of Santa Fe Rev.
Arbogast, o. F. M, of Pena Blanca,
was cross bearer; Rev. j. Hintzen, of
Santa Fe, mitre bearer; Rev. A. Rabey-
role, of Santa Fe. was crozier bearer;
Rev. A. Jouvenceau, of Park View, no
tary; Revs. f. GARNER. of Blanco, and
S. Ceellier, of Springer, were cantors.
The altar recess of the church was
simply but effectively decorated with
tall, graceful white and red oleanders.
After the conservation this noon the
church dignitaries and clergy were
given a banquet in the dining hall of
the Sanitarium, as guests of the Sis
ters of Charity. Sixty-two members of
the Roman Catholic clergy sat down to
/ the eiaboratcly appointed and beauti-
fully set table and enjoyed a feast of
wit and eloquence as well as a feast of
the good things that the earth pro-
vides.
Brief but eloquent addresses were
made in the following order:
| BY Rev. James Coudert. of Berna-
lilo; by Rev. William Organ, of Den
yer; by Bishop j. b. Pitaval, of Santa
Fe; by Archbishop Peter Bourgade, of
Santa Fe; and by Bishop ~ Matz, of
Denver.
Owing to the great length of the con-
secration ceremony no pontiflcal mass
was said, but nevertheless the occasion
will always be remembered as an i'm
portant and Impressive event in the
history of the Roman Catholic church
at Santa Fe.
Bishop Pitaval is life long friend
of Archbishop Peter Bourgade, both
being natives of the department of Puy
de Dome, France. Bishop Pitaval will
live in the house In the bishops gar
den, adjoining the archepiscopal resi-
dence on Cathedral street. Last eve
ming number of former parishioners
! of bisnoD Fitayal called upon him and
presented, him with a fine episcopal.
ring. Denver friends presented him
with an elaborate gold chain and pee
toral cross and others remembered
him in substantial manner.
John Baptist Pitayal, auxiliary bish-
op of the diocese OF Santa Fe, was
born in France in 1858. He was edu-
Gated in the diocese of Lyons, where
he was afterward ordained sub-deacon.
In 1881 when Bishop Macheboeuf re-
turned to France with the wonderful
tales of missionary life in the west, he
so infamed the heart of the young
student that he resolved to foresske
all that he held dear in the home of his
childhood and to follow the sanity
bishop to the new field. His plan did
not meet with the approval of his par
ents, who thought the new world
fraught with untold peril, and who be-
sought their son to remain at home.
In order to escape their vigilance,
young Pitaval remained hidden in
Paris many weeks before taking pas
sage for America.
His party landed in this country in
June, 1881, and Immediately repaired
to ST. Charles college, near Baltimore,
Here Father Pitaval was ordained
deacon by Cardinal Gibbons. In De-
cember, 1884, he was raised to the
dignity of priesthood, at Loretto acad-
emy. He was first assigned to the San
Luis valley. Colorado, where he re-
mained nine years. In 1890 he was
transferred to Aspen, Colo, where he
remained until March of this year.
Durango, Colo, was his next field of
labor, and 1t was from that place that
his holiness, the pope, chose him to be
auxiliary bishop and assistant OF Arch
bishop Peter Bourgade of the archdio-
cese of Santa Fe.
Father Pitayal is eminently fitted
for the exalted position to which he
has been chosen. Besides French and
other languages, he speaks Spanish
and English fluently. His excellent ed
ucatiOn, his polished manner. his long
experience in church work, his splen-
did physique combine to make him the
man perfectly suited to assume the
episcopal dignity. He is duly appre-
ciatiYe of the honor that has been con-
ferred upon him and comes to Santa
Fe bearing great love toward the peo-
pie of New Mexico.