The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-30
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are from 10. to II a M and from to Al
p. m. About o'clock daily he receives
men for whom he has a de-
treats with great consideration. After 8
o'clock his eminence, cannot be seen by
any one.
His mode of living is simple In the ex-
treme. Much Of his time is spent in his
library, which is one of the most extern
sive in the South. No one can meet the
cardinal without marveling at the Won
derful combination of affability and dig
nifty which are blended so cleverly. On the
street the cardinal wears tall silk hat
and dark clothes of the simplest cut.
His Rise Was Rapid.
Cardinal Gibbons was born In Baltimore
July 20. 1884; of Irish parents. During
his boyhood he was taken TO Ireland,
where he received the elements of a
liberal education. On returning to the
United States lit was determined by his
parents To- consecrate him to the service Of
God, and he entered st. Charles College,
Maryland, where he graduated with dis
tinction in 1857. Thence he went to St.
Mary's seminary where, after taking the
unsuat courses Of theology and philoso-
ply, he was ordained a priest June g.,
1851, by Archbishop Patrick Kenrick.
Father Gibbons was at once assigned to
duty, and hard duty at that time, In the
city Of Baltimore, serving first as an as
sistant priest at st. Patrick's church,
East Baltimore, under the famous Father
James Doian. Afterward he was sent
az pastor to the them humble and strug-
Cling parish of St. Bridgets Canton,
suburb of Baltimore where he also had to
serve old st. Lawrence's church. at Lo-
nasak Nd 10 PAfAnGH0
River to do so in a ferryboat oftentimes
in tho stormiest weather.
The young priest labored hard and
faithfully in this charge, and soon won
recognition from his ecclesiastical SUI
periors. His good work secured his ell
ovation in a few years to the desirable
position of private secretary to Arch
bishop Spaulding, DR.. Kenrtck's success
sor, and in this position he displayed
SO much unusual ability that he was re-
commended for the episcopate by Arch
bishop Spaulding and was appointed
bishop of Adramythum, in partibus ISM
delium and vicar apostolic OF North Caro-
lima by Pope Plus TX. On August 49,
1868 he was consecrated at the cathedral
For four years he displayed such re-
markable administrative ability that. on
the demise of Bishop McGill of Richmond
he was transferred to that see, where
he was installed on October 20, 1879, by the
late Archbishop Bayley. He continued
to display in Richmond the same great
qualities that had hitherto marked mis-
career There was a great revival or re-
ligous interest In the quiet Southern CITY
after the bishops advent. To give South
erners, In general "a better understand
ing of Catholicity he wrote plain yet
able book. explanatory of its doctrines.
entitled 1.-THE Faith of Our Fathers
which proved one of the literary success
es OF the day, and sold by the thousands
Received the Red Hat.
This little book did wonderful good for
the church. 1t has been translated In
every known language. 1t made the
bishop's name and fame world wide. In
the course of FIVE years he had erected
many churches in Richmond, and st.
Peters cathedral male academy and
parochiaI school, were founded. st. Jo-
sephs Female Orphan asylum was also
enlarged and schools established at Pc
tersburg' and Portsmouth. On May 20
1877, the bishop was appointed coadJu-
tor. with the right of succession to
Archbishop Bayley OF Baltimore, ana
was installed archbishop at the cathe-
dral. February 10, 1873. 1t was this
event which will be commemorated on
way.
On March II, 1887, he received tho red
hat of the cardinalate from Pope Leo
Kill, having previously been invested
with TIP insignia of the office at the
Baltimore cathedral
On June Z, 1887. the cardinal was well
coined on his return from Rome by one
of the most imposing public demonstra-
lions ever witnessed in Baltimore. He
was one of the founders of the Cath
ohc University and is its chancellor.
His influence at the vatican has al
ways been great, and his representations
have been the cause, 1t is said, of the
pope's famous encyclicals on the labor
question relative to popular government
in the United States. During his incum-
bency Of the see of Baltimore numerous
churches and institutions have been
erected. many additions made to st.
Mary's Seminary and st. Joseph's semi
nary founded and developed