Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-11
POPE HAS NAMED
NEW ARCHBISHOP,
CURRENT REPORT
Bishop Prendergast for Phila-
delphia Archdiocese, Bishop
DOugherty Coadjutor.

PHILADELPHIA, May ia re"
yesterday that Pope Plus X. has APP
pointed the Right Rev. Edmund F.
Prendergast to the archbishopric. of the
Philadelphia see to fill the post left
vacant by the death of Archbishop
Ryan, and Bishop Denis j. Dougherty.
OF the diocese of Jaro. Philippine
Is Is, as bishop coadjutor, with the
right of succession. Formal announce
ment of the selection will be made by
Monsignor Falconio, the papal dele
gate to this country at Washington,
when official notice reaches him.
Word of the appointments has been
expected from Rome because of the
Pope's failure to forward an answer to
Bishop Prendergast's request for an
indult to permit him to confer the
honor of the priesthood on the class
of deacons now awaiting ordination at
the diocesan seminary at O~verbrook.
The arrival of this indult would grant
to Bishop Prendergast temporarily the
powers of the incumbent of a see. 1t
was absolutely essential hal it be
sent from Rome before he could per-
form this ceremony. In his present
capacity of administrator of the affairs
of the archdiocese he is fulfilling an
office that might be taken care of by
a priest pending the selection Of a
permanent head.
nIaha. ranHarnastE Caraa-
Bishop Prendergast was born in
Clormel, ireland. May, 1S43. Only lately
he celebrated tn. 6Sth anniversary OF
his birth. He came to this country in
1859 and entered the Seminary of st.
Charles Borromeo to prepare for the
priesthood, and was ordained in 1865
His first charge was at st. PauPsi
this city, and his e at .Susquehanna
Depot. He was made rector of st
Malachy's Church. Eleventh and Mas
streets, in 1884; vicar-general of the
archdiocese in 1895; appointed titulai
bishop of Sclllio and auxiliary bishop
of Philadelphia in 1896. He was con
secrated in 1897.
Bishop Dougherty was born II
Girardville, Schuylkill county, August
16, 1866. His first school training was
in the public schools of that town, anc
after graduating from these he entered
the Jesuit College of st. Mary, Mon
treal, Canada, where he remained fol
two years.
He then entered the Seminary of st
Charles Borromeo, where his excep'
tional talents excited the interest o.
his superiors, and he was sent to thu
American College at Rome to complete
his studies. He was ordained in Rom
at the Church of st. John Latern Ma,
81, 1890, and celebrated his first mass
| the following day at the altar of thu
Chair of ST. Peter in St. Peters.
He was appointed to the faculty a
the Overlook Seminary as soon as HI
returned to this country, and occupied
the chair of dogmatic theology. HI
was appointed bishop of the dioces'
of Neuva Segovia. Philippine Islands
in March, 1908, and was called tt
Rome for conservation. The ceremon.
of conservation was performed in Jun
of the same yea In the Church of st
John and st. Paul by Cardinal Satolli
This will be the third diocese IL
whose affairs he a taken a promi
nent part, for in May, 1908, he wa
changed from his charge at News
| Segovia to the diocese of Jaro. wher'
he is at present.