Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-14
CATRVtIU
DIOCESE IN the
NEW WORLD
CELEBRATES
Cardinal Farley and Arch
bishop Blenk to Attend the
4O0th Anniversary Services
in Porto Rico.
MANY CHURCHMEN OF
FOREIGN LANDS COMING


lAs~Oclaleti Press COgrcsrondcugSsl
Sun Juan. Porto Rico. Feb. lt.=-ln
order 20 participate IN the fO0th an-
adversary or the creation of the first
Catholic diocese In the New World
and the same anniversary Of the arr
rival 81 the first Catholic bishop IN
the Americas. Cardinal Farley of
New York. aud Archbishop Bleak or
New orleans, who was formerly Bish-
op of Porto Rico. are among the pre-
latcs from the United States who will
come to Porto Rico for the church
celebration which viii be from Fcb-
ruaFy 90 60 %.
Together with Bishop Norris. OF
Little Rock. ARK. and Bishop Dunn.
90 hatcher Miss. Cardinal Fairly
| and Archbishop Birnk Win sail from
New York Saturday, February IS. An
Invitation has been extended to az
Catholic bishops la the United states
go attend the anniversary ceremon-
les. The hast day 81 the annlver-
sary thcre VIII be public demon
stration In connection with the Third
insular fair
The diocese of Porto Rico IL a..
oldest diocese la the Americas aud
WAS erected by Pope Julius n. In
ibii. Bishop Alfonso Manso IN"
first bishop 20 reach the New World
discovered hy Columbus reached
Porto Rico IN 1919. lie died IN 1889
and his body was buried In the ga
thedral Ia san Juan. where the re-
mains uf many of the iu,v bishops oC
the diocese have been deposited, This
cathedral marks the site of the moth
~ church Ia the Americas. aud while
much ~ the present building Is mod
ern. parts OF Il date back Co early "a
l6O0
Cardinal Farley viii offlciato al
the first ot the anniversary services.
solemn high mass "a he celebrated
sunday morning. February 20. TIL
following day. Monday Archbishop
dlcnk win ofiiciate az q special scr
vice. when the remains of Ponce d.
Icon, the first governor at Porto Rico
who died In his quest for the Snun-
tain Of youth viii b. placed In .
crypt In AN elaborate monument
erected In the cathedral
Many churchmen from other coun-
tries are to participate in the anul.
Ncrsary ceremonies. including Cardi-
nal Aimarez. Of Seville. spain. who
was elevated To- the curdiualatc with
Cardinal Farley a little more than a
year ago; Bishop Estrada. OF Havana.
Cuba. Archbishop Bernada. OF SantI-
ago. Cub; Bishop Ruiz. at Piuar del
Z Rio. and Bishop Aurelio 81 Ctenfue-
Cos cuba
Archbishop Adolto Nouci. of san.
to Domingo. who recently vas chosen
president ~ that country. has seat
word to Bishop Jones. of Porto Rico.
that his duties az president will pre-.
vent him from coming 90 San Juan.
/ Through one ct his priests President
Noucl. who still remains head - the
church in Santp Domingo. he has nd
Nisod bishop Jones that N he Ieit
i Dominican soil for eight DAYS the.r
would be- another revolutionary out
break.
( Non" of The dioccscs IN the United
states can compare la ago with tho
diocese at Porto Iilco. white ~
Augustine. ria was an established
community and had church In 1856
/ vet u did not become diocese until
/ 1870. The first diocese IN tho United
states Was that vt Baltimore. wheel
was created In i7sg New Orleans
became the next diocese Ia 1873.
while New York. Boston and Phtia-
delphia were created ~ sees In 1905.
and are the next oldest
With the coming OF this anniysr
rary celebration many interesting bits
"t church history have been dug up
from Did records
As far back a. 1888 the high cost
oi living seems Co have been pro
blcm that the first bishop In the Am
ericas reCkoned with. Tor old record
show that he ordered prepared RE-
port "un the sin Of uSury and of buy
, ing aud selling 80 inordinate prices.
I ~ the same time. records show that
/ Bishop Manso commanded that 90
decree be read IN the cathedral IN
San Juan eVhOrtinE Insurers to gp tu
confession within certain period 81
TIME. that they might receive from,
{ the bishop ar his vicar pruyisor sulu-
tary medicine for their spiritual mat
/ ady. should gny Doe rebelllous. h.
must he reported"
And only little later the church
records show that there WAS u sugar
teriif that Bishop Rodrigo Bastidas.
1 who ucceedod Bishop MahSo. thought
I needed revising budly.
The Forialeza b. the present rcs-
| denrc of the governor of Porto Rico.
while MORO Castle WAS one of IA.
Qualifications fired on hy Admiral
, ssmpson In 1898 Il still stands ln
an excellent state of preservation
Records recently found give the io-
cation ~ many Old crypls under tho
cathedral in san Juan one or those
proved 60 be- the burial place of
bishop de- Soils, who died In igti. 1f
THIS bishop the records say that NJ
entered tho priesthood after the
death OF his wife and that he had
both performed ana received an tho
sacrnnenis 81 the church" His death
followed o pilgrimage through the al.
oc'se during which Il Is recorded he
baptized 10000 Indians.
Old church documents show thnt
the present bishops palace was pur-
chased IN i73s by Bishop Sebastian
Lorenzo Plznrro, who spent 900
pesos Ia repaira."