The Irish standard., 1902-11-01
A GRAND CEREMONY.
Tive ! Priests Raised to thee Rank
of BiShOn.

Rev. James ]. Keane We're made bish-
ops, the consecrt0r being Most Rev.
John Ireland, the Archbishop of ST.
Paul. The ceremonies required four
hours. The sacred edilice was filled
to it's utmost capacity With persons
who held tickets for admission. The
old temple was beautifully decorated
for the occasion, the affairs were
banked with ferns, roses and carna-
tons, and hundreds of candles illu-
minated the sanctuary.
AS the head of the procession enter
ed the Cathedral. the organ and vo-
Inns burst into IL triumphant march.
Three times it was repeated before
the long line of altar boys. scminar
ans, Christian BROTHERS, priests, bish
ops and archbiShopS. chaplins the
bishops elect and their attendants, and
the conSecrator. more than four
hundred in all. We're in the church,
and thrice was the choir required to
sing the words before the great gath
ering of ecclesiastical dignitaricS
were assigned to their places.
The music ceased and the cercmo-
mics of the conservation were COM
menccd ut once. Archbishop Ireland
was seated in his chair, his assistants,
Bishop Cotter and Bishop McGolricll,
at his side. The apostolic commission
was read by Very Rev. John t. Dol
phin, president of st. Thomas college,
both in Latin and English. The cX
animation of the bishops elect, their
amounting, and their invcsture pro-
ceeded according to the beautiful and
elaborate ceremonies prescribed by
the canOns of the church.
Archbishop Ireland celebrated pom
tifical high mass. The music of the
mass was under the direction of
John Gehan, leader of the cathedral
choir. He had the services of Miss
Anna McQuillan, orglnist of st.
Luke's Church, at the organ, Danz's
orchestra, and the regular cathedral
choir, reinforced by Il few voices
from the choirs of other churches.
The mass used was Gounods Mcsse
Solennellc. st. Ccciin's mass The
music was effectively and beautifully
rendered.
The sermon was delivered by Bish
op OGOrman, of Sioux Falls, S. ID.
He referred in his address to the i'm
portance of the ceremonies of consr-
Grating bishop. chasing them above
the inauguinls Of any other ecclrsi-
astical digntary. He recalled the
goat work of the bishops who have
presided over the dioccseS of Du
buque and st. Paul, and commended
the new bishops to the illustrous cN-
.amples of devotion and selfsncriticc
as eXemplitied in the lives of the
early bishops of the Northwest.
The !rchbislops present were Most
Rev. j. j. Keane Of Dubuque and
Most Rev. Alexander Christie of
Portland, Or. Tho bishops present
were Thomas O'Gornan of Sioux
Falls, S. d., John Stanley Of Fargo,
James McGolrick of Duluth, j. h.
COtter of Winom:,. Joseph 'rrohcc OF
st. Cloud, Richard Sc;llnell of Omaha
Frederick Els of Marquette, Mich, j
S. Foley of Detroit, J. JANSEN OF
Rallevile ILL.,. Il. j. O'Dca of Mes
qually, Wash, j. Il. Brondel Of ilcl
eni, Mont, and T.. J. Gnl'rgal. OF
Sioux City, Iowa. The other digni
taries were Mgr Nugent of Liverpool
Eng, Mgr. Bun of Duluth, Mgr Rl
vioux of st. Paul and Abbot Engel of
st. Cloud.
The priests of the diocese of st
Paul gave banquet to the new bisll,
ops and to the visiting archbishops,
bishops and priests at the Ryan hotel
Immediately after the ceremonies at
the Cathedral About 200 of the visit
ors accepted the invitation and most
Of the latter half Of the afternoon was
spent at the banquet.
Archbishop Ireland occupied the
post of honor, and at his right and
left were seated Bishops Keane and
Stariha, the three robed in the vest.
ments of their rank. At the same
table were seated the visiting arch.
bishops and priests and other digni.
taries.
The archbishop delivered the first
address after the coffee, abiding
pleasantly to the relations that ex-
listed among the clergy Of the diocese,
the unusual drafts that mad been
made on the diocese for material for
bishops, and to the hope which he
entertains Of satisfying any future
demands which may he made upon
him. He alluded to the great work
accomplished in the Northwest since
the first chapel was erected in st.
Paul In 1S41, and to the still grander
work which remains to be done.
He spoke of his pride in the two men
who had been elevated to the episco-
pal rank, and compared himself to
Rachel mourning for her children, but
not like Rachel in refusing to be COM
forted. He could say goodbye easier,
he said, because he had such I'M
plicit faith in the priests re-
manning under his care He gave
words of encouragement to the new