The Irish standard., 1916-02-26
How the Transfer of the
$4,000, 900 Worth Of
Property Was Made


full charge of the temporal as we'll as
the spiritual affairs of the archdiocese
of Chicago.
Archbishop Mundelein, accompa-
MED by his private secretary, DR..
Thomas Malloy; Vicar General M. ].
Fitzsimmons and Chancellor E. F. Ho-
ban, went before the judges of the ap-
pellate court and there Judge John p,
McGoorty issued formal order ap-
proving the selection of Archbishop
Mundelein as the successor of Arch
bishop Quigley.
The Archbishop of Chicago is what
is known in law as a corporation
sole''-a corporation consisting of one
person only. In the Archbishop are
vested all the titles of the Church
property in the diocese and, accord
ing to the charter issued by the state,
the appointment of new Archbishop
must be approved by court of rec
ord in the state.
The proceedings was mere legal
formality. Archbishop Mundelein met
Judges McGoorty, McSurely, Holdom,
Barnes, Pam, O'Connor, Gridley and
Goodwin in Judge McGoorty's cham
bers. Fluctuations were passed and
then the choice of Archbishop Munde-
lein was formally ratified SO far as
the law of the state goes.
BY the transfer Archbishop Munde-
lein as Archbishop takes the title to
something like $5O,OOO,OOO worth prop
erty in Cook, Lake, Du Page, Kanka-
kee, Will and Grundy counties, CON-
prsing the archdiocese. a diocese EN-.
bracing 1920 square miles.
The next and last step in the for
NAL transfer will be to file in each
of the counties complete list of all
church property that goes into the new
Archbishop's name. d. ]. O'Connor
of Cremin & O'Connor was preparing
the schedule today.
The declaration of Office by the
Archbishop follows:
Know all men by these presents
that I, George w. Mundelein, have
been appointed Archbishop Of Chicago
by his holiness, Pope Benedict the Fiji
tenth; that such appointment was
manifested by letters apostolic dated
at Rome, Italy, Dec. 8, A. D. 1915, and
forwarded to me at Brooklyn, N. Y,
where duly received them, and fur
Their declare that l accepted said ap.
pointment, and on February 9, A. D.
1916, entered upon the duties Of my
said new office; that as Archbishop
shall exercise all the functions of a
Bishop with respect to the care, gov
eminent and education of the archdio.
cese (Which is the diocese of Chicago)
in matters both spiritual and tempo.
raj. and that am now filling the Office
of the Catholic Bishop of Chicago
Il further declare that the author.
ity which the Very Rev. M. J. Fitzsim-
mons had as administrator of the arch
diocese (Which is the diocese of Chi.
cago) from the time of the disease of
the Most Rev. James Edward Quigley
ceased on Feb. 8, A. d. 1916.
"This declaration is made In com.
pliance with the provisions Of an act
of the legislature OF Illinois, approved
Feb. 20, 1861, entitled, An act to
amend an act entitled IAN act author
izing certain persons holding property
in trust for the use of the Catholic
Church and societies thereof in the
state Of Illinois to convey the same
approved Feb. "a, 1S45; also to in
corporate the Catholic Bishop of Chi
cago, and to confirm conveyances made
since Feb. "a, A. D. 1S45, heretofore
by the Catholic Bishop of Chicago.
In witness whereof l have here.
unto set my hand and affixed the cor
porate seal of the Catholic Bishop of
Chicago this 14th day of February. A.
D. 1916.
(Signed)
GEORGE w. MUNDELEIN."
State OF Illinois IS. County of Cook.
II, John p. McGoorty, judge of the
circuit court of Cook County, do here
by certify that on this day personally
came before me the Most Rev. George
w. Mundelein to me known, who hav-
ing been by me duly sworn, did de-
pose on oath and say that he has read
the foregoing instrument, in writing
by him signed and that the statements
therein made were true in substance
and in fact and that the seal thereto
affixed is the corporate seal of the
corporation known as the Catholic
Bishop of Chicago
Witness my hand this 14th day of
February, A. ID. 1916.
(Signed) JOHN P. McGOORTY,
Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook
County, ILL.,"
Rev Michael Cotter pastor at West
Pullman, Ill.,. died in Chicago on Feb.
ruary 5. Father Cotter was born in
Glouenthan County Cork, fifty-nine
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