Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-27
MISSIONARY BISHOP IS
TRANSFERRED BACK To
THE: UNITED STATES
First Time Foreign Mission
ary has Returned
Macy Church Notahes Pres
emf At Ceremonies
(ey Associates pro0s1

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 27:-1n
the presence of visiting bishops from
a half dozen western dtUceses, scores
of clergy from other dttes, and q
throng OF members Of his new flock,
the Rt. Rev. Sidney c. Partridge, for
merly bishop OF Kyoto, Japan, was to-
day enthroned bishop of the Protest
ant Episcopal diocese Of Kansas City
in succession to the late Bishop E. n.
Atwill. The ceremony marked the
first time In the history of the church
in this country that q missionary has
been translated back to the United
States for enthronemeht.
Other bishops present to take part
in the impressive formal enthrone-
ment ceremony were: The Rt. Rev.
Daniel 8. Tuttle of St. Louis, bishop
of Missouri; the Rt. Rev. c. P. Ander-
son of Chicago, bishop Of Chicago;
the Rt. Rev. Edward w. Osborne OF
Springfield, ILL.,, bishop of Springfield;
the Rt. Rev. T. N. Morrison Of Daven-
port, Ia, bishop Of Iowa; the Rt. Rev.
H. E. Fawcett OF Quincy, ILL.,, bishop
of Quincy; the Rt. Rev. Arthur w.
Williams Of Omaha, bishop Of Ne
braska; and the Rt. Rev. F. K. Brooke
of Oklahoma City, bishop Of Oklaho.
ma. Gov. Herbert s. Hadley Of Mis-
souri,, Gov. Walter r. Stubs Of Kan
sas, Mayor D. A. Brown Of Kansas
City, Mayor Mitchell Of St. Joseph,
NO., and the commissioners Of Kan
sas City, Kan., were present as in
vited gusts.
TOday's ceremony began with the
celebration of the holy communion at
the four Protestant Episcopal churches
Of the city at 1880 this morning. The
enthronenlent ceremony took place in
Grace church at 10 o'clock, conducted
by the Rev. J. Stewart Smith, rector
Of St. Mary's, this city, and president
of the standing committee, assisted
by the clerical members of that CON-
mittee. Bishop Partridge was pre-
sented with the pastoral staff, the in.
sigma of his Office. having the shape
of a crook, and conducted to the epis-
copal chair, which was draped in pur-
pie and surrounded by banked white
flowers. Then came solemn TIE
Deum, followed by the holy eucharist
An address OF welcome was deliv-
cred by the Rev. Edward Henry Eckel,
rector of Christ church, St. Joseph,
Mo-. and responded to by Bishop
Partridge.
Bishop Partridge returns to Amer.
ica after serving his church for rs
years in the orient. He was elected
bishop of Kansas City, March 8, last,
after a close contest with Bishop
Cameron Mann of South Dakota. He
was notified of his election by cable
and a few days later set sail for his
native land. Bishop Partridge is 81
years old, hale in health and of almost
athletic build and color. He is a ma
tive of New York. He was graduated
from Yale college in 1880, and four
years later from the Berkeley divin-
ity school, He became a minister in
1885 and went to ShangnNI as a mis-
sionary the same year. He taught in
st. Johns college, Shanghai, and was
chaplain of St. Mary's hall lin that city
until 1887, when he went as mission
ary to WI Chang. There he stayed
until 1889. On February 2, 1900, he
was consecrated bishop of Kyoto.
Japan. ~
Bishop Partridge, his wife and
daughter. arrived in this city last
week.
Following the formal ceremony of
today a luncheon at a
local hotel was given by the clergy
to the bishop and the visiting bishops
and the diocesan clergy At o'clock
this evening a dinner will be given
to Bishop Partridge and the visiting
bishops at the University club. This
will be followed by pubic recep-
tion to the new bishop at the club.