Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-19

BISHOP d. J. O'CONNELL.
/ copyright by G. V. Buck)
RICHMOND, Va, March 1s.-The Rt.
Rev Dennis ]. O'Connell, appointed from
San Francisco recently by the Pope to
succeed the late Ri Rev Augustine Van
de Vyver, was installed as bishop of the
diocese of Richmond here this morning by
Cardinal Gibbons and the Catholic clergy
of Virginia.
The procession from the episcopal resi-
dence to the Sacred Heart Cathedral was
a. brilliant pageant Among the church
| notables present were the Marquis Ed
ward J. du Nee, the Popes private cham
berlain, accompanied by his marquise, the
Very Rev. E. R. Dyer of Baltimore, the
Very Rev. Joseph F. Hanselman of New
York and the Rev. Thomas c. O'Reilly of
Cleveland and Mother Catherine Drexel
| of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas f. Ryan, build
| ers Of the cathedral, sent a message OF
regret because Of illness in their family.
Address of Cardinal Gibbons.
! Cardinal Gibbons spoke as follows:
This is a happy and suspicious day for
the diocese of Richmond, and l offer to
|
and people, my heartfelt congratulations.
| 1T is very rarely that bishop is elect
ed to diocese with SO exceptional an APP
prevail and concurrence on the part of the
bishops. the clergy and the laity as on
| the present occasion. Your bishop is the
unanimous choice of the prelates Of this
| ecclesiastical province; he is practically
the unanimous voice of the clergy who
were entitled to vote And / have no
doubt that the bishops and clergy repre-
| sent the voice of the faithful of this
selection of your bishop / am persuaded
that all of you who have known it. Rev.
| d. j. O'Connell would have named him
as your spiritual ruler. Like the people
assembled in the Church of Milan, who
suddenly cried out, Let Ambrose be our
bishop you would have exclaimed, Let
Denis j. O'ConnelI be placed over u.s.
Ability Put to Test.
| Your bishop appears before you today,
| not as stranger whose ability and
availability are to be put to the test, but
| he stands before YOU as an old friend,
with his familiar face, as an elder brother
whose merits have been tried and APP
proved by bishops, clergy and people.
by remarkable coincidence, the ar
| rival of your bishop in this diocese as a
y
| Eternal city with the holy fathers bene-
dction upon him, was contemporaneous
with my departure from Richmond
to assume the new duties devolving on
me in the metropolitan see of Baltimore,
SO that the parishioners assembled almost
OH the same day to Welcome the COM
ing and to speed the parting guest
During the last thirty-fve years, your
bishop has filled many varied and i'm
portant posts with credit to himself and
| with honor to the church of God. For
six years after his arrival here he labor
ed zealously and fruitfully in this did,
| cese on missionary duties, during which
| time he endeared himself to the clergy
and people, who learned to appreciate his
sterling merits.
In 1883. by the invitation Of his holi-
ness Leo XIII. l repaired to Rome with
the other archbishops of the United
States to perform some preliminary work
| i'm preparation for the plenary council of
| Baltimore, and i selected then DIR. OCon-
nell as my secretary and companion. i
shall always hold in grateful remem-
| brance the singIeness of purpose and the
untiring zeal with which he discharged
the delicate and arduOus mission assigned
| to him. During the council helper
| formed the duties of one of its theolo-
| gians.
Esteem Attested.
Soon after the council he was elected
| rector of the American College in Rome,
and the presence in the sanctuary today
| of so many of the former alumni of the
| college, attests the esteem and affection
i'm which he is held by his former pupils
and schoolmates of that institution.
| Then, after an interval Of some years
i he was chosen as rector of the CathOnc
i University, in Washington, where he has
left the impress of his administrative
ability.
He subsequently was appointed aux
L.. 1psr
And, in the providence of God, had he
remained in that city and had he sur
| vived the venerable archbishop. whom
may God long preserve. he would In all
probability have succeeded him as Arch
bishop of San Francisco.
And now my dear friend, after many
trials and vicissitudes and labors, endur-
ed for God and holy church, you return
as a weary pilgrim father to the flrst
scenes Of your missionary life, and you
are welcomed once more by your children
in the faith, who receive you with open
arms. You return to your first love-
Like Ulysses, who after many wanderings
in foreign parts and after many adven-
lures by land and sea returned at last to
his cherished Ithaca and to his beloved
Penelope, SO do you come back to this
| beautiful queen, Richmond, that sits in
regal splendor enthroned on the banks of
the James. She comes to greet you with
her attendant suite. And she has cast on
her weeds of mourning and she is decked
out in garments of joy to meet you and
to take you to her heart. May your nup-
tials with your spiritual bride be happy
and fruitful.
/ Wishes Prosperous Reign.
land, knowing you as do. I am sure
that you will adorn the altar by your
faith and piety. and the pulpit by your
solid eloquence. And you Will adorn
the drawing room and public hall by your
varied accomplishments, so that not only
will your children be proud OF you. but
Virginia herself. this grand Old state.
the Ola Dominion, the Mother Of States
imen and Presidents, who has always set
. her face against the neWfangled poltti-