Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-19
Conservation Of Six Bish-
ops at st. Paul Draws
Thousands.
IRELAND LEADS RITES
Coincidence in Ceremony so
Years Ago Recalls Vast
Growth.

In the new world was the ceremony
performed by Archbishop Ireland I'm
St. Paul today by which for the first
time since the church came to Amer
lea six bishops were consecrated stimuli
taneously.
100000 Now, 1000 so Years Ago.
The archbishop, his nine bishops and
600 priests represented a Catholic pop
ulation of 500, 900 who. at the time the
first bishop of st. Paul was consecrated
go years before, there had been two
priests only and perhaps 1000 children
of the church.
Were First semInarfans.
The consecrator himself and the
preacher of the conservation sermon,
Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, were
the 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 today an
ecclesiastical ceremony Of the first
magnitude and of national importance
in the chapel of st. Paul seminary be
fore the governor and his stan. of 600
priests, so bishops, $50 semiIarians,
and Apostolic Delegate Falconio.
Ceremony on High BLUM.
The ceremony took place on the
grounds and in the chapel of st. Paul's
seminary the high bluff. at the west
ern limits Of st. Paul. overlooking the
Mississippi river. The bishops conse-
Grated were:
Rev. James OReilly of Minneapolis.
bishop of Fargo. N. D.
Rev. John ]. Lawler, cathedral OF st.
Paul, auxiliary bishop of the arch.
diocese of st. Paul
Rev. Patrick r. Heffron. rector of
St Paul's seminary, bishop of Winona.
MINI.
Rev. Timothy Corbett Of Duluth.
bishop of Crookston. MINI.
Rev. Vincent Wehrle of the Benedict
inc order and abbot of the monastery
at Richardton, n. D., bishop OF Bis
marck, n. ID.
Rev. Joseph F. Busch, head OF the
band in the archdiocese OF
St Paul, bishop of Lead, S. ID.
Ireland COnsecrntOr.
Archbishop ireland was the conse-
orator, and was assisted by Bishop
James McGolrick of Duluth, and Rt
Rev James Trobec of st. Cloud, Mimi
Rev. Francis Schaefer was master of
AS an event of great moment in the
Catholic church, il is said by ecclesias.
tics to have been overshadowed but
once in modern times when the pope
himself consecrated Ia new French
bishops, and in the United States. the
only ceremony which approximated it
in significance was when Archbishop
Ireland consecrated Bishops Stanley.
McGolrick and Cotter at the same
time.
Procession Formed.
Under the direction of Rev. Father
Schaefer the procession of about 500
priests and $50 seminarians. formed
on the southern side of the spacious
presented a striking appear
ance as it wended its way underneath
the great oak trees to st. Mary's
chapel, where the conservation cere-
monies were held.
Following the priests came the bish-
ops. then the bishops-elect, and last
the archbishop. all in the robes of their
office.
An immense gathering of the laity
witnessed the procession. but owing TO
the fact that the chapel had seating
for only the priests, the pub
lie was not admitted to witness the
Lasted Three Hours.
The consecration ceremony, which
began at 10 a. m. and lasted about
three hours, started with the reading
Of the apostolic commission, followed
by the taking of the oath and the ex-
animation. the latter made almost I'm
the same language prescribed by the
council of Carthage During the ex-
animation the bishops-elect professed
their belief in the differ
ent matters of faith which have been
attacked by heretics. es-
pecially the doctrine of incarnation.
These preliminaries having been
duly observed, the solemn intoning OF
the mass was begun, the consecrator
and bishops-elect simultaneously be-
their faith. During the GER
emony the plain chant was intoned by
the seminarians. At the conclusion OF
the conservation ceremony proper, the
new bishops were invested with the
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