Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-20
Six Bishops Are Conse.
Grated al ST. Paul.
Great So|emnlty and Spleen.
|, dor Mark Ceremonies.
600 Priests and so Bishops With
Governor and Staff Present.

ST. Paul May 9.-With great
solemnity and splendor, for which the
Roman Catholic church is noted dur
ing important events the six new
bishops recently appointed by the Pope
to fill vacant dioceses in the Province
of ST Paul, of which Archbishop Ire
land is metropolitan. were consecrated
today.
The ceremony took place on the
grounds and in the chapel of ST. Paul's
seminary on the high bluff at the
western limits of st. Paul. overlooking
the Mississippi river The bishops
consecrated were
Rev. James O'Reilly. of Minneapolis,
bishop of Fargo n. d.
Rev John j. Lawler. cathedral of st.
Paul, auxiliary bishop of the arch
diocese of St. Paul.
Rev. Patrick r. Hebron. rector of st.
Paul's seminary, bishop Of Winona,
MINI.
Rev. Timothy Corbett, of Duluth,
bishop of Crookston. MINI.
Rev. Vincent Wehrle, of the Bene-
ulSllit VI OcI anu uOOOll VI tie lllOIldS-
terry of Richardton, n. D., bishop of
Bismarck, n. D.
Rev. Joseph f. Busch, head of the
missionary band in the archdiocese of
st. Paul, bishop of Lead, S. D.
Archbishop Ireland was the conse-
orator, and was assisted by Bishop
James McGolrick of Duluth, and Ri.
Rev. James Trobec of st. Cloud, Mimi.
Rev. Francis Schaefer was master OF
ceremonies.
AS an event of great moment in the
Catholic church, it is said by ecclesi-
astics to have been overshadowed but
once in modern times when the Pope
himself consecrated fourteen new
French bishops. and in the United
States, the only ceremony which an
proximatcd it in significance was
when Archbishop Ireland consecrated
Bishops Stanley. McGolrick and Cot
ter at the same time.
Under the direction of Rev. Father
Schaefer, the procession of about SOC
priests and $50 seminarians, formed on
the southern side of the spacious
grounds, presented striking appear
ance as it wendell it's way underneath
the great oak trees to st. Mary's
chapel, where the conservation cere-
monies We're held
Following the priests, came the
bishops. then the bishop elect. and last
the archbishop, all in the robes of their
office
An immense gathering of the laity
witnessed the procession. but owing
n no lnf hnt fI,T,,
capacity for only the priests, the pub
lie was not admitted to witness the
conservation
The conservation ceremony, which
began at 10 A. NJ. 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 in
the same language prescribed by the
council of Carthage. During the ex-
animation the bishops elect protested
categorically their belief in the diff
1erent matters of faith which have
been particularly attacked by heretics,
especially the doctrine of incarnation,
These preliminaries having been
duly observed, the solemn informing of
ard bishops-ela simultaneously be-
tokening their faith. During the
ceremony. the plain chant was intoned
by the Seminarians. At the conclusion
or the conservation ceremony proper,
the new bishops were invested with
the crosier and ring necessary to the
episcopal order, accompanied with
prayers and admontons.
The mass then proceeded with the
conSecrator and new bishop celebrat-
ing it in unison at the same altar,
Then came the partaking of COM
munion. which was followed bv the
investiture of the mitre and gloves
previously blessed by the consecrator
with much pomp. While the re 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 as he passed along.
The final act of the function was the
bestowal of the kiss of peace Nv the
consecrator. The sermon during tb,
conservation was delivered bv Rishor
OGorman of Sioux Falls. S p Afte,
the ceremony, the archbishop. the
bishops and all the priests wer.
served with dinner under the trees or
the seminary grounds. A public re.
ceptlon was arranged for tonight nor
hitting friends of the new bisbons .,
opportunity to offer coneratu,at;nn-