Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-03
ARCHBISHOP KEANE IS HERE
Expresses Hops That Omaha Will Soon Be
ArchiepiscopAl See,
WANTS TO CONFER PALLIUM ON scANNELl
Archbishop Says Fourth Diocese I'm
Iowa VIII Soon BE Created,
with It's seat It City
of Des MOines.

THE next time ] ZONE TO Omaha I hope
It will be TO confer the pallium upon
Bishop Scannell when Omaha is made an
archepiscopal see" said Archbishop Keane,
metropolitan OF the province of Dubuque,
yesterday morning at the residence of
Bishop Scannell.
Archbishop Keane is spending a few days
in the city as the guest Of the bishop Of
Omaha. this being his first visit to this do
cese since he became archbishop of this
province. To a reporter he said:
My visit has nothing of an official ma
ture In It.. Bishop Scannell had invited me
to visit him. and finding a few days in
which 1 could take a little vacation l de-
cided to spend it in this city. l have been
here once before, when was rector Of the
Catholic university, and was very favorably
impressed with the city. At that time !
believed that II would only be a question
of time when Omaha would be the seat OF
an archepiscopal see, and / am Of the same
opinion still. AS Dubuque Is the seat OF a
province west OF the Mississippi river in a
growing. progressive country, l expect to
see the day when Omaha will be a similar
seat west of the Missouri river. You may
be assured that. far from being jealous OF
the advancement of this city, l will do all
l can to bring 1t about. and / hope to see
II accomplished IN q snort time.
Discussing affairs Of the province, he
said I'VE have divided the see Of Du-
buque by creating the see of Sioux City
and 1t is only a question OF time when there
will be four dioceses in Iowa, the seat OF
the one to be created being at Des Moines.
When this will be done we cannot say. The
bishop OF Sioux City will be in Omaha to-
day, and we will spend the time visiting
and meeting some of the clergy and laity
of the diocese. We are very we'll pleased
to know that there is no occasion for the
solution Of any problems at this time, and
that everything is moving smoothly and
we'll"
To Entertain the Archbishop.
Last evening Bishop scannell gave
a dinner in honor of the archbishop, Il
which were invited a number OF the
clergy of the diocese. Wednesday evenini
there will be given a banquet in his honol
at the Omaha club, at which will be about
nifty of the prominent citizens of Omaha
The parties having the banquet in charg'
have had no time to prepare a program o
toasts, but there will be remarks by
number OF the guests, including the CUES
OF honor.
Wednesday afternoon the ladies Of tn
Sacred Heart Of Park Place will tender
reception to the archbishop. and he will b
asked to celebrate mass at the chapel o
the convent Wednesday morning.
Most Reverend John James Keane. arch
bishop Of Dubuque, is a native OF Bally
shannon, County Donegal, Ireland. He wa
ordained priest at Baltimore in 1866 an
consecrated bishop in 1878 at the same city
He became rector of the Catholic universit
at Washington in 1883, which position h
held until 1896, when he went TO Rome an
was created titular archbishop OF damascus
He was made assistant at the p~ontihca
throne. canon OF the Lateran and consulto
to the propaganda. He became arehbisho
OF Dubuque July "a. 1909.