The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
DIOCESE OF DENVER,
CITY OF DENVER.
Cathedral Passionate the Topic of
Chief Importance.
Especial Correspondence. J

Especial spondence)
Through the diocese of Denver all
questions of religious Importance are
now given second place while the
momentous point of satisfactorily fill
ing the cathedral pastorate is the cyno-
sure Of all attention. So far Bishop n.
G. Natz has emphatically declined to
confirm any of the reports that have
gone atioat concerning the possible can
didates. As one Denver priest re-
marked Sunday: Every priest in the
state is a possible candidate. but there
might well be surmise as to a proba-
bile candidate The appointment will
be the most important ever made in the
diocese for various and obvious reasons.
First Of all, it Will require a man Of
indomitable zeal, who can take hold of
The shattered prospects for new ca
Thedral and build out of them some ma
Ierial plans for a place of worship
which will in a measure repay the
Catholics for their efforts at raising
the required funds. Secondly, the man
must be Of the kind that is born to
lead. The faith of the people has been
shaken unfortunately by the recent cpl
sode, and the new pastor will fight
against strong odds in order TO secure
the unstinted confidence of the congre-
cation. Bishop Matt has not said def
nitely as yet as to his intention of go
ing to the cathedral himself. but he has
b denied the report made after the con-
ference Of last week to the effect that
Rev. John j. Gibbons of Leadville
would assume charge
The entire state Of affairs at the pro-
cathedral is most unfortunate The as
sstant priests are laboring hard to dis
tract the minds of the people from the
calamity that has visited them, and
Father Calanan's sympathizers are le-
giOn. The school children have offered
their earnest prayers for his consola-
lion, but he seems dazed since the story
has become public and prefers the soil
iude of his private apartments to the
ccmpanionship of his friends and sup
porters. 1t will be practically impossi
bic to learn who Bishop Matz has de-
cided to appoint to the cathedral pas
torate for some time, as the bishop de-
sires to give the matter due consider
alton before apprising the cathedral
congregation of his intentions.
Absurd Report Denied.
Bishop Matz strenuously denied the !
report published in the daily press that t
MOnsgnor FalocniO the apostolic del /
egate. had been summoned to Denver. |
said he:
Such thing as bringing the apos-
tolic delegate all the way from Wash
ington to figure in this case is absurd.
The case rests entirely in our hands,
and viii be settled in our own way.
Monsignor Falconio would not come
here in such a matter unless ordered to
do so by higher authority.
Father Gibbons has not been called
TO fill the cathedral parish. Father Cal
lanan is still there
II cannot possibly conceive who cir
culated these false reports. l tried TO
find out, but was not successful. Who
ever it is knows them to be lies, pure
and simple. They will not let their
names be known for fear of being
found out.
i have recently declined to discuss
this matter, because think enough has
been said. l could not say or intimate
what action would be taken against
Father Callahan for the reason that no
decision Of any sort has been reached
In the matter The time for definite {
action has not yet arrived When that /
time does come l win act first and talk ]
afterward You viii be told all about /
1t then autheritatively. l cannot even Y
say now when we will act in the mat
ter"