The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-04


friends gave a private dinner in Lon
don on June 80, in honor of the new
dignity conferred upon their distin-
guished confrere.
West African Vicar ApostoIic.--His
Holiness Pope PiAs x has accepted
the resignation of the Right Reverend
Bishop Martin Adam from the Office of
Vicar-Apostolic of Gabon in West
Africa. Mgr. Louis Martron, Titular
Bishop of Corcyra, succeeds to the
office by right of coadjutorship.
New Convert from Anglicansm.-
We are informed that the Reverend
Harry Vernon Moreton, M. A., Trinity
College, Dublin, late curate of st. Au-
gustine's, Victoria Park, London, N E.,
has been received into the Catholic
Church. This makes the twenty sew
enth clerical conversion from Angli-
canism in Great Britain during the
last fifteen months.
Cardinals Receive Biretta.-Shortly
after the Apostolic Ablegate and his
suite arrived in Madrid bearing the
biretta for Cardinal Guisasola y
Menendez, Archbishop of Toledo, the
new Cardinal received the zucchetto
and biretta from the hands of his
sovereign, King Alfonso, with full
solemnity. AS representative of the
Emperor of Austria the Archduke
Francis Ferdinand recently imposed
the biretta at Vienna on Cardinal Ger
noch, Archbishop of Gran and Primate
of Hungary, and Cardinal Piffl, Arch
| bishop of Vienna.
Assistant Bishop of Cork.-In the
College chapel, Maynooth, on Sunday,
June z, took place the conservation
of Right Rev. DR.. Coghlan, Assistant
late was the Most Rev. DR.. Harty,
Archbishop of Cashel, and the assist
ing prelates were the Right Rev. DR..
Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford, and
the Right Rev. DR.. Donnelly, Bishop of
Canea. The newly consecrated pre-
late had been senior professor of dog
matte theology in Maynooth College
| for quarter of century, in which
| position he won for himself the respect
and affection of the hundreds of stu
| dents who passed through his hands.
| They labor as priests in many lands
| and to all of them the elevation of
their reverend professor to his high
Office is an occasion Of rejoicing.
New Prince Bishop of BresIau.-
Bishop Bertram of Hildesheim has
| been appointed to the see Of Breslau
| by universal vote of the chapter. The
new Prince-BishOp is native of Hill
desheim. He was born on March IA,
1859, and in 1877 he took his bachelors
degree. Ordained priest in 1881 he
went to Rome to take his degree as
doctor in canon law. Returning to
Hildesheim, he was appointed general
secretary of the vicariate and in 1886
became assessor. In 1894 he was ap
pointed canon capitular After being
appointed vicar-general in 1906, DR.
Bertram was elected Bishop of Hill
desheim the following year. At Bres
lau he will have charge Of 100000
Catholics. The new Bishop has
tact and perseverance as well as
energy and winning personality. To
his interest in art and ecclesiastical
history we owe a collection of valuable
works.
Monsignor Robinson's Bequests.-
The late Monsignor Croke Robinson
the famous preacher, who was disin
herited by his Protestant Parson ia.
Their on entering the Catholic Church
out of an estate of $4,000 left $4,000 to
various charities.
Presentation to Cardinal Gasquet.-
Not only Catholics, but the large circle
of admirers of Cardinal Gasquet who
recognize his worldwide reputation
| in the field of letters, history, and
Biblical research, are aiding in the
move to make a presentation to him
in honor of his elevation to the Car.
dinalate, and a committee has been
formed for that purpose. 1t includes
the Duke of Norfolk, who is president
of the Catholic Union of Great Britain
Lord Denbigh, president of the Catho.
lie Association; Lord Clifford of Chud.
leigh, the Bishop of Newport, Lord
Lovat and others. At a recent meet
ing at Norfolk House it was resolved
that Cardinal Gasquet presentation
Fund be opened at the London Joint
Stock Bank, Pail Mall branch.
Scholar Withdraws Bigotry Charge.
Mr.. Arthur Gray, the master of Je.
sus College, Cambridge, recently in.
dulged in a. specific charge of bigotry
against the Irish Hierarchy and on the
matter being promptly refuted by a
prominent Catholic layman, Mr.. Gray
addressed letter to the Irish Times
in which he said: My attention has
| been drawn to a letter in your issue
1 of May 10 by Mr.. Doyle, chairman OF
the Mas (Co. Kildare) Board OF
Guardians, in which he points out that
l was mistaken in a statement which
made at meeting in Cambridge on
May Is, to the effect that the Roman
Catholic Bishop has isued orders that
no graduate of Trinity College should
be appointed to the post of dispensary
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