Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-23
CHOICE IS SECRET
College Of Bishops Does Not Make
Public Preference for Peoria
Diocese.
HOLDS MEETING AT CHICAGO
Probably Confirmed List of irremova
BILE MISREPRESENTATION Expected
by Easter.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-The first Roman
Catholic bishop appointed under the
new ecclesiastical relations between
the church in the United States and
the head of the church at Rome will
probably be selected from a list of
three names made up by the arch
bishops and bishops of the province
| of Chicago assembled at the residence
of Archbishop James Edward Quigley
yesterday.
The meeting was called by Arch
bishop Quigley as metropolitan of the
of Illinois. The suffragan bishops
present were Bishop John Jansen of
Belleville, Bishop James Ryan of AL
ton, Bishop Peter J. Muldoon of Rock
ford, and Bishop John Lancaster Spald-
ing of Peoria.
AS, Bishop Spalding has resigned
i from his see and the meeting was
called for the purpose of nominating
candidates for the position he left va
cant, he had no vote in the delibera.
tons, and acted in merely advisory
capacity.
List is Probably Confirmed.
The names chosen were not made
public, but it is probable that the list
made up by the votes of the irremova
BILE rectors of the Perioa diocese was
Iconfirmed. This is the almost univer
sal custom.
The list is as follows:
Dignus-Rev Henry A. O'Kelly, rec
tor of the Church of the Immaculate
Conception of Streator.
Dignior-Rev. John P. Quinn, rector
of ST. Johns church, Peoria.
Dignissimus-Rey. Francis J. O'Reil
lily, chancellor of the Peoria diocese
land rector of st. Mary's cathedral.
May Have Substituted One Name.
The only variance from this list tina
lit is thought may have been made i:
1.-THE substitution for one of the frs
1.-TWO named priests of Ri. Rev. P.
: lOReilly auxiliary bishop, and at pres
ent administrator of the diocese o
ranking of the priests as worthy,
: more worthy" and most worthy
may have been changed in the bishops
list.
This list will be formally written VI
and sent to each of the bishops t
sign Archbishop Quigley will thel
make recommendations and obServa
!. tons on the two lists and forwart
them, probably about the middle O
January, to Most Rev. Diomede FaI
. COMO, apostolic delegate to the Unite
States, at Washington.
Names Go to Rome.
The papal delegate will make hi
Recommendation and send the lis
with his own and the archbishop's ret
S Concentrations to Cardinal Merry de
i Wal, papal secretary of state and SCI
, rotary of the constitutional congreg;
ton of cardinals.
In this the procedure will be diffe
ent from that of the past. Hilbert
& the bishop has been selected by tn
g congregation for the propagation {
n the faith, the United States being col
n sidered missionary country. Thes
e names, however, will go to the congr
n CATION which selected the bishops ft
IL all the great countries of Europ
s which sits in the presence of the POI
is and with the papal secretary of sta
e as secretary.
N This body is at perfect liberty
% disregard the lists submitted by prizes
:! and bishops and the recommendation
of the archbishop land apostolic del
lie gate and select for the position al
is priest or prelate in the world.
u 1t is expected that a decision wi
s. not be reached before Easter.
s.