The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-19

mony, the plain chant was intoned
by the seminarians. At the conclusion
of the conservation ceremony proper.
the new bishops were invested with
the crosier and ring necessary to tho
episcopal order, accompanied with
prayers and admonitions.
The mass then proceeded with the
consecrator and new bishops cele.
brating It in unison at the same altar.
Then came the partaking of the COM
munion. which followed BY the in
vestiture Of the mitre and gloves pre-
viously blessed by. the consecrator
with much pomp. While the Te Deum
was intoned the new bishop was en-
throned In the episcopal seat. Later
he was led between the two assistant
bishops around the church, blessing
the congregation a. he passed along.
The final act of the function was
the bestowal Of the kiss Of peace by
the consecrator. The sermon during
the conservation was delivered by
Bishop O'Gorman Of Sioux Falls, 8. D.
liter the ceremony, the archbishop,
bishops and all the priests, were
). &.s with dinner under the trees
A % seminary ground. A public
eN H. was arranged for tonight,
rSf tends of the new bishops
an - ~. to offer congratula-
The arckb&y his nine bishops
and his 600sbfA It Of 900 now in
the province, repl> Aented q Catholic
population of 100000 souls, where at
time the first bishop of st. Paul was
consecrated sixty years before, there
had been two priests only and per-
haps 1000 children of the church. The
consecrator himself and the preacher
Of conservation the sermon, bishop
Thomas o. German Of Sioux Falls,
were the two first seminarians of the
diocese of st. Paul chosen from among
the boys Of the first parish school by
Bishop Cretin, the first bishop of st.
Paul. They were thus conducting to-
day an ecclesiastical ceremony Of the
first magnitude and of national i'm
portance in the beautiful chapel of
st. Paul seminary before the governor
of the state and his stan, before 600
priests. fifty bishops, $50 seminarians.
and Archbishop Diomede F'alconio,
the apostolic delegate to the Uoited
States.
Long before the hour for the march
to the chapel was schedules. persons
began arriving. BY 9 O'clock probably
1000 stood beneath the. great shade
trees, watching the formation. About
the grounds the seminary students
wearing their long black cassocks
surmounted by white su1plices,
stood in groups discussing in low
tones the coming ceremonies.
At $3.50 o'clock the st. Thomas
cadets. headed by their band OF nifty,
marched down over the hill from their
college to the seminary grounds.
With them came Captain Sedgwick
Rice, the commandant, in-+full army
uniform. The cadets malched in on
the campus and took position in the
shade Of one Of the great buildings.
Back cf the first company we're the
American flag and the flag of the
school.
Standing by the side of Archbishop
ireland as the procession formed, was
Father o. Enron of Minneapolis, wear
ing the most gorgeous robe Of any in
the procession. That worn by Mon
gate, was Of gray silk, contrasting
strangely with the purple robes worn
by the archbishop and the bishops
about him. Monsignor Falconio look
ed to neither left nor right as the pro-
cession moved until he reached q
point near the chapel door where
Governor Eberhart and his staff we're
standing. Then he doffed his biretta,
the oddly shaped cap which he wore.
Similar Difference was shown by all
the dignitaries as they passed the
governor and his staff.
Bishop Lawler, the new auxiliary
bishop of st. Paul, assisting Arch
bishop ireland has been for fourteen
years rector of the cathedral In st.
Paul. He was born in Rochester,
Minn., In 1862 and educated in the
university Of Louvain in Belgium. He
was ordained priest In 1885. He now
occupies the position Of chaplain on
Governor Eberhardt's star. having
held over under his appointment by
Governor johnson.
Bishop Timothy Corbett, first to rule
the diocese Of Crookston, Minn., was
born in Mendoza in 1858. He attended
the college of Maximieux, France. He
entered the priesthood in 1886 and for
twenty years has been pastor of the
cathedral in Duluth and for fifteen
years has been chancellor of the
diocese.
Rt. Rev. Vincent Wehrle, the first
bishop of Bismarck, N. D., was born
in Switzerland, fifty years ago. He
was ordained priest at Einsiedela
abbey, q noted instituted of the Bene-
dictine order land came to America
thirty years ago. After service in the
Grow Creek Indian reservation in
South Dakota he went to North Da-
kota in 1890. He founded Benedic-
tine priory now located at Richard
ton, N. D..
Bishop Heffron Of Winona, native
of New York city, attended a business
college and law school in Rochester.
Minn., and latsr studied at st. Johns
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