The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-27
BISHOP Of
KANSAS CITY
ENTHRONED
Has Served The EpIseopa
Church Twenty Six Years
In The Orient
dBy Associated Press.l

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Kansas City NO., June 27--ln the
! pl essence OF visiting bishops from a
half dozen Middle Western dioeeses.
scores oi clergy ir0m other cities AND
a throng Of members of his new flock,
tile Rt Rev. Sidney C. Partridge, for
sMegly bishop OF Kyoto, Japan, was
today enthroned bishop OF the Pro-
testant Episcopal diocese of Kansas
City In succession 70 the late Bishop
4 r. Atwill, The ceremony marked
The first time III the history of the
church III this country that d mission
airy bishop has been translated bacA
70 the United States for enthron-
Ement.
Other bishops present to take part
iL,ne impressive formal enthroMe.
ment ceremony were. The Rt. Rev
Daniel S Tuttle of SIT. Louis, bishop
Of Missouri the Rt. Rev. G. n An.
derson, Of Chicago, bishop Of Chica-
&c; the Rt Rev Edward W. Osborne,
ci Springfield, Ill, bishop ol Spring.
field; the Rt Rev T. ~ Morrison, OF
Davenport, la, bishop OF iowa; the
Rt Rev M T. Fawcett, of Quincy
liz bishop OF Quincy; the Rt Rev
Arthur w. Williams, OF Omaha,
bishop OF Nebraska, and the Rt. Rev.
f. X Brooke, of Oklahoma City
bishop Of Oklahoma Governor Her
bart s. Hadley Of Missouri, Governor
Walter r. Stuhbs, OF Kansas, Mayor
D A. Brown. of Kansas City, Mayor
Mitchell OF st. Joseph, Mo, and tie
/ commissioners OF Kansas City, Kans,
were present as Invited guests.
Todays ceremony began with the
celebration Of the holy communion at
the four Protestant Episcopal church
es OF the city at 1880 this morning
Tie enthronement ceremony took
place in Grace church at 10 o'clock,
conducted BY the Rev J. Stewart
Smith, rector OF ST. Marys, Of this
city and president Of the standing
committee. assisted By the clerical
Imcmbers of that committee. Bishop
Partridge was presented with the
pastoral staff, the insignia Of his OF
fee having the shape Of croOs, and
Icunduoted to The episcopal chair,
which was draped in purple and sur
rounded by banked white flowers.
Then came a solemn te deum, fol-
lowed by the holy eucharist
An address OF welcome was deliy-
cred by the Rev. Edward Henry Eckel
rector OF Christ church, ST. Joseph.
Mo- and responded 10 hy Bishop
Partridge.
Served 26 Years In orient
Bishop Partridge returns to Amerl.
ca after serving his church for rs
years In the Orient He was elected
bishop Of Kansas City, March g. last,
after 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 "a
years old, hale in health and OF al.
most athletic build and color He IS
q native OF New York He was grad
uated from Yale college In 1880 and
four years later from Berkeley a.
! Vinity school He became minister
in 1885 and won't to Shanghai as a
missionary the same year He taught
Ia st. Johns college, Shanghai, and
was chaplain Of 81 Marys hall ia
that city Until 1887 when he went us
| a missionary 10 Wu Chang, There
he stayed until 1899. On February d,
1900 he was consccratad bishop of
kyot0, Japan,
Bishop Partridge, his wife ana
daughter, arrived in this city last
week.
Following the formal ceremony OF
eiithronement today a luncheon at a
local hotel was given by the clergy
tc the bishop and the visiting bishops
land the diocesan clergy AT o'clock
this evening dinner viii be given
Bishop Partridge and the visiting
bishops at the University club This
will be followed BY public recep.
tion 10 the new bishop at the club.