The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-12-25
OLDEST MEMBERS OF CATHOLIC
HIERARCHY IN AMERICA

The Dean Of the American HER
archy, His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons,
was created Archbishop Of Baltimore
in 1877, and Cardinal in 1886. His
Eminence was born in Baltimore, 1884.
All Over seventy-five.
The senior American prelate in
point of age and ordination, is Bishop
Foley of Detroit, born in Baltimore in
1888, ordained in Rome in 1856, conse-
Grated Bishop in 1888.
Other veterans of the hierarchy fol-
low in the order named:
Bishop Chatard of Indianapolis;
born in Baltimore in 1884; ordained
in Rome in 1862, and consecrated as
Bishop in 1878.
Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul;
born in Ireland in 1888; ordained in
1861 and consecrated in 1873.
Bishop Gabriels of Ogdensburgh;
born in Belgium in 1888; ordained in
1861; consecrated Bishop in 1892.
Bishop Trobec (retired) of st.
Cloud; born in Austria in 1888; or
dained in 1865; consecrated in 1897;
resigned in 1914.
Bishop Richter, of Grand Rapids;
born in Germany in 1888; ordained in
1865 in Rome by Cardinal Patrizi and
consecrated in 1883.
Archbishop John Joseph Keane IRE
tired) of Dubuque; born in Ireland in
1899; ordained in 1866; consecrated
in 1878; resigned in 1911.
Archbishop Robert Seton, Titular of
Heliopolis; grandson Of Ven. Mother
Seton and direct descendant of Mary
Seton, one of the -four Maries," all
friends of Mary Queen of Scots. (His
Grace always wears miniature of
that unhappy queen given to Mary
Seton by Mary Stuart.) Born in New
York in 1889; ordained in 1865; is
Dean of all the Monsignori in the
United States, having been named
Frivy Chamberlain by Pope Plus TX
in 1866; created Archbishop of Hello
polls in 1903.
Archbishop John Lancaster Spald-
ing (retired) of Peoria, the greatest of
living American scholars, whose name
is not confined to this country alone;
born in Lebanon, KY, in 1910, of par
ents whose ancestors had come to
Maryland with Lord Baltimore; Or
dained in Mechlin, Belgium, in 1868;
consecrated in 1877; resigned in 1908.
Bishop Fitz Maurice of Erie; born
in ireland in 1910; ordained in 1862;
consecrated in 1899.
These Are Over Seventy.
Bishop Grace of Sacramento; born
in Ireland in 1871; ordained in 1867;
consecrated in 1896.
Bishop McGolrick of Duluth; born
in Ireland in 1871; ordained in 1867:
consecrated in 1889.
Cardinal Farley of New York; born
in Ireland in 1912; ordained in 1870;
consecrated in 1895.
Bishop Cunningham of Concordia;
1865; consecrated in 1898.
Bishop Northrop of Charleston;
born in Charleston in 1912 of con-
vert parents who were descended
from the founders of South Carolina
-Pinckneys, Bellingers, Northrops,
ETC.; ordained in Rome at the Ameri-
can college in 1865; consecrated in
1882.
Archbishop Prendergast of Phila-
delphia; born in Ireland in. 1913; Or
dained in 1865; consecrated in 1897.
Bishop Els of Marquette; born in
Germany in 1913; ordained in 1870;
consecrated in 1899.
Bishop Thomas O'Gorman of Sioux
Falls; born in Boston in 1913; Or
dained in 1865; consecrated in 1896.
Bishop Glorieaux of Boise; born in
Belgium in 1874; ordained in 1867;
consecrated in 1885.
Bishop Garvey of Altoona; born in
Carbondale, Pa, in 1916; ordained in
1869; consecrated in 1901.
Bishop Burke of st. Joseph; born
in Ireland, 1S45; ordained 1875; con-
secrated 1887.
Bishop Harkins of Providence; born
in Boston, 1845; ordained at Ste. Sui
pice, Paris, in 1869; consecrated 1887.
Bishop Alerding of Fort Wayne;
born in Kentucky in 1916; ordained
in 1868; consecrated in 1900.
Bishop Stariha (retired) of Lead,
now a resident of Laibach, Austria,
where he was born in 1S45; ordained
in 1869; consecrated 1902; retired in
1909.
Bishop Scannell of Omaha; born in
Ireland in 1876; ordained in 1871;
consecrated in 1887.
The junior member of the hierarchy
is Bishop Curley, St. Augustine. Fla.
age "a.
SUPERIOR.
Miss Violet Furniss, who is attend