The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-11-04
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THREE : 5 eRIcAN pRELATEs
cHs' FOR MEMBERSHIP
Sc SACRED COLLEGE.
Highest Honors for His E&ceIlency,
the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop
Farley of New York, and Arch
bishop o'connell Of 5oston-con-
sistory to Be Held on November
27 for the Creation of Seventeen
Cardinals.
During the past week cablegram
from Rome conveyed the news that,
at Consistory to be held on No
vember 27, His Holiness, Pope Plus
X, would create seventeen Cardinals
to fill vacancies in the Sacred College.
This announcement which is of inter-
est to the whole Catholic world has
a very special significance for the
Catholics of the United States, in as
much as, at the coming Consistory,
the Red Hat will be bestowed upon
three members of the American Hier-
archy, namely, His Excellency, the
Most Reverend Diomede Falconio,
Apostolic Delegate, the Most Reverend
John M. Farley, d. D., Archbishop of
New York, and the Most Reverend
William H. O'Connell, d. D., Arch
bishop of Boston. While these Pre-
lates have not yet been officially no.
tilted of their selection for this high
est honor within the gift of the Pope,
it seems certain that the announce
ment is true. Their elevation to the
Cardinalatial dignity will give the
United States four representatives in
the Sacred College, His Eminence
Cardinal Gibbons being a member of
that august body for the past twenty
five years. 1t is believed that the
comforting of the Red Hat on His Ex-
cellency will be followed in the course
of time by his recall to Rome, where
he will be made member of the
Curia.
Other PreIates Honored.
In addition to the foregoing, the fol-
lowing Prelates will be equally hon.
ored at the coming Consistory: Arch
bishop Bourne of Westminster, Eng
land; Archbishop Annette of Paris,
France; Archbishop Cos y Machio of
Valladolid, Spain; Archbishop Vico,
Papal Nuncio at Madrid; Archbishop
di Belmonte Pignatelli, formerly Pa
pal Nuncio at Vienna, Austria; Arch
bishop Bauer of Olmutz, Moravia;
Archbishop Dubillard of Chambery,
Austria; Archbishop de Cabrieres of
Montpelier, France; Monsignor Bis
letti, Major Domo at the Vatican;
Monsignor Lugari, Assessor of the
Holy Office; Monsignor Pompili, Sec
retary of the Congregation of the
Council; Monsignor Billot, S. j.,
Consultor of the Holy Office; and
Monsignor Van Rossum, G. IS. R.,
Consultor of the Holy Office.
For the first time since the rupture
with France Cardinals have been
chosen from that country. Portugal,
on the contrary, has not been honored
by the selection of any of it's Pre-
lates for this high office. Five of the
seventeen who are to be created
Cardinals are Italians. The Church in
the British Isles is recognized by the
appointment of the Archbishop of
Westminster, the successor of the late
Cardinal Vaughan. These appoint
ments will bring the membership of
the College of Cardinals to sixty-four
which is only six short of it's full
number.
The holding of this Consistory for
the creation of such large number
of Cardinals will make the year 1911
a memorable one, and will relieve
somewhat the gloom which the jubilee
celebration Of United Italy has cast
over the official functions at the Vati-
can. It will not be entirely a year Of
mourning for the Holy See. The pro-
posed Consistory will be the fifth
held by the present Pope since his ac-
cession to the chair of Peter. The
first was held on November 8, 1903;
the second on December IL, 1905; the
third on April Is, 1907; and the
fourth on December 16 of the same
year. At these Consistories seventeen
Cardinals we're proclaimed of whom
two have since passed away. At pres
ent there are tWenty-three vacancies
in the Sacred College.
The Catholics of America rejoice
that the Holy Father has been pleased
to honor the Church in the United
States by trebling its representation
in the Sacred College of Cardinals;
and as long as the present PapaI
Delegate remains IN Washington
there will be four Cardinals in this