Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-09
CITY IN MOURNING
FOR BISHOP TAKEN
BY SUDDEN DEATH
Many Sorrow for Right Reverend
Richard Scannell, Whose Active
and Useful Life Ended by
Attack of Pneumonia.
BODY TO BE TAKEN TO CHURCH
Noted Prelates and Priests from
Omaha and Many Other Cities
Will Be Here.
TWO ARCHBIsHoPs WILL COME

Distinguished archbishops, bish-
~ops and priests of the Catholic
churches in various cities of the
middle west will come to Omaha to
participate in the funeral ceremon-
les for Right Reverend Richard
Scannell, bishop of the diocese of
Omaha, whose death from pneu-
monia at the age of almost II
years, occurred early Saturday
morning.
The funeral services will be held
Wednesday morning at st. Johns
church, Twenty-fifth and California
streets, and will begin at $3.50
O'Clock. Burial will be in Holy
Sepulcher cemetery. For a con-
siderable time before the funeral
and burial, the body of the distin-
guished prelate will lie in state.
Two Archbishops Coming.
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque, Ia,
metropolitan of the province Of which
the Omaha diocese is a part, will be the
celebrant of the pontificar requiem mas
and will also administer the final abso-
luton at the close of the services at the
church.
4 Archbishop ireland OF st. Paul, Mimi,
<will deliver the funeral sermon. Last alb
solutions will be said following the ser
mon by Bishop McGovern of Cheyenne,
Bishop Then of Lincoln, Bishop Davis
of Davenport and Bishop Garrigan of
Sioux City.
Clergy Who VIII Assist.
The pontifical requiem mass at the
church will be preceded by the chanting
of the divine office, beginning at $3.50
Wednesday morning. In the mass Arch
bishop KeAne will be assisted by Very
Rev. f. y. McMenamy, president and
rector of Creighton university: Rev.
James Aherne of st. Agnes parish and
Rev. Pacifieus lohnen Of st. Joseph's
parish.
Rev. ]. r. Mccarthy of st. Peter S
church will be deacon of the mass and
Rev. Ferdinand Schnuettgen of Harting-
ton, Neb., win act as sub-deacon. Rev.
James w. stenson of st. Philoneha's .
parish and Rev. Hugh Gately. who was
secretary to Bishop Scannell. will also
assist.
HO0y to Lie
The body of the deceased prelate will
lie in state at the bishops house, sos
North Thirty-sixth street from $3.50 a. m.
to 8 p. m. Tuesday. This was decided
upon in order to give more opportunity
for the public to gain a last view of the
bishops features.
The original plan was to have the body
lie in state at the church from 8 p. m.
4hn HfY,,n Of
Wednesday morning. This will also be
carried out, so that the body will lie in
stabe at both the house and the church
at different times, to afford ample oppor-
tunity for the deceased bishops many
/. admirers to pay their respects to his
memory.
Special Guard of Honor.
A special guard of honor will watch
the body while it lies in state and when
it is taken from the house to the church
Visiting prelates and priests of the
church and priests of the Omaha parishes
will accompany the body from the house
to the church Tuesday afternoon. The
escort will also include large representa-
tions from the Catholic societies of the
city. among them the knights of Column
bus and members of the Polish, Bohe-
milan, Italian and other church lodges,
many of them in uniforms and regalia.
Impressive Ceremony.
The cortege will undoubtedly be one of
the largest and most impressive ever
held in Omaha. and will mark the great
love and respect in which the deceased
prelate was held by members of the
church during his long period Of ministry
here.
Body at Bishops House.
The body is now at the bishops house,
sos North Thirty-siXth street, where
death occurred. Rt. Rev. Patrick Nc
Govern. bishop of Cheyenne, who was a
close personal friend of Bishop Scannell'
has arrived in Omaha and. with Omaha
priests. Is at the residence.
In conformity with the binding custom
for funerals of Catholic clergy. the body
.Ein be buried rather than cremated, and
there will be no flowers Priests in
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