The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-06
DEATH
| CAME UNEXPECTEDLY.
Prclate Passed Away Last Night.
Two Brothers and Many Priests
We're at His Bedside.

death.
GREAT CARE EXERCISED.
Because of the great care exercised in
choosing the head Of an archdiocese in
the Roman Catholic church and the COM
picated system of selecting candidates.
II will be at least three or may be six
months before n successor TO Archbishop
Corrigan is selected.
The councillors the vicar generals and
the Is irremovable rectors OF the arch
diocese meet and select three names.
These three candidates are known as
dgnissimus, dignior and dignus. Next,
the seven bishops Of the archdiocese,
which includes New York and New Jer-
sey. select three names They have the
names already selected before them and
may choose them or others, as they
please.
All OF the selected names then go 20 the
Archbishops Of the whole United States,
who have the right 10 select any three
or to add three Of their own choice to
them. All of the names selected then go
To Rome, where one is selected and APP
pointed TO the vacancy by the pope.
Immediately on becoming an archbishop
the priest Is obliged by the law OF the
church TO make his will and place IL In
the hands of the senior bishop OF the
archdiocese. The senior bishop of this
archdiocese is Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid
will Is in his possession.
A NOTABLE CAREER.
Michael Augustine Corrigan, successor
of Cardinal McCloskey as head of the
great archdiocese of New York, was
the youngest wearer of the purple when
he was consecra ted bishop OF Newark In
1873. He was born I'm that city 62 years
ago.
At the wish OF his mother he was sent
10 st. Mary's college at Wilmington. Del,
then conducted by Vicar General Reilly.
From there he went 10 st. Mary's col
lege at Emmettsburg. Md. and at once
took leading place In his classes. In
his junior year he made d tour Of Europe
with his sister. whose influence had much
to do with his choice of the priesthood
as a vocation.
He was graduated In 1859 and soon after
he sailed for Europe again, with the in
tention OF entering the North American
college at Rome to study for the priest
hood He was one of the IL students who
entered when the college was opened.
His progress was rapid that as soon
as the doors were thrown open he won
number OF medals I'm competition. free to
the students of the propaganda and the
Irish and Greek colleges
He was ordained by Cardinal Patvizi in
the Lateran Basiica on Sept. 10, 1862
studies. In 1864 the degree OF Doctor
OF Divinity was conferred upon him.
When he returned to his native land
few months later Archbishop James
Roosevelt Bayley, then bishop of Newark.
appointed him Professor OF Dogmatic
Theology and Sacred Scripture at Seton
Hall college.
Soon after he was made vice president
of the college. and In 1865 he succee led
Bishop McQuaid as president IN March,
1873, he was made bishop OF Newark unon
the recommendation of Bishop Baylcy.
who had been made archbishop. and
transferred to the See of Baltimore
In September, 1850, Pope Leo elevated
Bishop Corrigan to the Office OF coad-
jutor archbishop of the archdiocese OF
New York with the right OF succession
In the archiepiscopate TO Cardinal Me-
Closkey Upon the death Of the latter
prelate in 1850 DR. Corrigan was installed
archbishop.
The most stirring events In his career
have bad TO do with the campaign he in
stituted against the Anti-Poverty so
ciety. In which the late Or. McGlynn
then pastor OF St stephens. I'm East
Twcnty-eghth street was conspicuous
figure. Or. McGlynn was finally de-
prived of his priestly functions, and the
Rev, DIR. Richard Lalor BurtselI who
acted as his ecclesiastical attorney, was
sent 10 Kingston. The agitation. While II
lasted, was acute. and the vast parish
of St stephens was disrupted. Bat Or.
NcGlynn acknowledged his faults I'm the
end and was restored 10 the pris sthood
When he died few years ago he was the
pastor OF n church I'm Newburgh. DR.
Bur,sell is still at Kingston. but lie was
recently restored to full favor by the
archbishop, and is now the archbshop's
personal representative In the immediate
neighborhood OF his parish
DR.. Corrigan was accounted one OF the
most learned prelates OF the church In
this country. Under his administration
the diocese has grown tremendously I'm
influence and Importance