The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
INSTALLATION OF
BISHOP O'RE|LLY
Archbishop John Ireland in Charge
of Installation Ceremony
at Fargo.
Seven Bishops and Large Number of
Clergy of the Northwest
Present.
Bishop O'Reilly Responds to Address
of Welcome by Rev. Father
Considine. ......
On Wednesday, June 1, Rt. Rev

On Wednesday, June 1, Rt. Rev.
James O'Reilly was formally installed
as Bishop of Fargo, N. D.
Following is in part the account of
the installation services as thew ap-
peared in the Fargo Forum of that
date:
At $3.50 this morning Rt. Rev. James
O'Reilly was formally declared by
installation, Bishop of Fargo, being
the first to assume that title, and the
second bishop of the Roman Catholic
church in North Dakota, his predeces-
sor, Bishop Stanley having been in
stalled bishop of North Dakota, twen-
ty-one years ago. The services in
st. Marys Cathedral were most SOL
emn and impressive and occupied al
most two hours time.
There were many callers at the bish-
ops house last evening and all day
yesterday there was a perfect stream
of visitors who called to see the
beautiful home that the ingenuity of
Rev. Father Lemieux has made so
pleasant and comfortable. The visit
ors Ntere given welcome and were
shown through the house by one Of
terday priests of the church arrived
toSbe present at the installation Of to-
day. Several were housed with the
bishop while all of the hotels had
representatives. There were in the
neighborhood of 100 of the clergy OF
North and South Dakota and Minne-
sofa in attendance.
Shortly before o'clock this morn
ing the priests assembled in the audi
an archway. Above it is the single
word welcome" while farther upon
the walks is the Latin motto, Ad
Multos Amos (for many years.) On
another arch is the inscription, Bene-
dictus qui Venet in Nomine Domini.
At 1920 to the strains of the organ
presided over by c. w. Simmons they
wended their way from the club rooms
to the outside and thence to the main
entrance of the big Cathedral and
marched down the aisle to the seats
just in front of the altar. The priests
wore their robes, cassocks, surplices
and beretta.
Seven Bishops Present
There were seven bishops present,
and they wore the purple costumes
of their orders. In this party were
Bishop Corbett of Crookston; Bishop
Trobec of st. Cloud; Bishop McGol-
rick Of Duluth; Bishop Heffron of
Winona; Bishop Lawler of st. Paul;
Bishop Busch of Lead, S. D., and Bisn-
op Wehrle of Bismarck. Archbishop
Ireland seated inside the sanctuary
with the bishops and other church
dignitaries wore the purple robes of his
office. #
While the procession was forming
and getting ready for the march to
the cathedral the Fargo council of
the knights of Columbus members
acted as guard of honor and the sir
knights were formed in double file
on each side of the walks about the
church while they kept the crowd
back. There was an immense crowd
about the doors of the church and
hundreds were unable to gain an en-.
trance.
The Installation Service.
The actual service of tn einstalla-
ton was not an elaborate one. Rev.
Father O'Driscoll, chancellor of the
diocese read the papal bull appoint
ing Rt Rev. James O'Reilly to the
see of Fargo, after which Archbishop
Ireland conducted the newly made
bishop to the throne at the same
time presenting him with the Epfsco-
pal ring. This was followed by SOL
emn high mass with Rev. P. Duerr
of LiagerWood as sub-deacon and Rev.
NJ. NJ. Corey and Rev. P. McGeougll
as master of ceremonies. The beau
tiful service of the mass occupied
the time for more than an hour and
was most impressive. At it's conclu-
sion Archbishop Ireland gave his