Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-19
LANCASTER RECTOR
GIVES LAST RITES
In Ill Health a Year; APP
pointed by Pope Leo XIII;
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Erected, Twenty Parishes
Founded, Homes For Or
phGns Opened and District
Greatly Developed Under
Prelate'S Direction

The Right Rev. John W. Shanahan,
bishop of Harrisburg. since May l,
1899. died at 2.55 o'clock this morn
ing in St. Josephs Hosplrar, Lancas-
ter. following an operation for inter
nal ailments.
Bishop Shanahan went under the
surgeons knife on February 10 and
advices received by the clergy were
that the operation was entirely sue
Cessful and that speedy recovery
was expected. So little was death an
ticipated that hospital authorities yes
terday decided TO allow the bishop to
sit ~ for a few hours to-day. Late
Yesterday afternoon, however his con-
dition took a sudden change for the
worse and last evening internal hem
orrhases developed and all hope for
his recovery was given 40.
Or. NJ. NJ. HaSsett- tor Of s.. Pat
ricks Cathedral, and vicar general Of
the diocese, FASTENED TO the bedside
OF the dying bishop and he was with
him when the end came.
Funeral Wednesday Morning
Arrangements for the funeral Of
Bishop Shanahan were made this
morning by Archbishop Prendergast, of
Philadelphia. Prayers for the repose
OF the soul will be said in all the
churches OF the diocese tomorrow.
PontifiCal mass will be celebrated in
St, Patrick's Cathedral, Harrisburg,
on Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock
and burial will be made in the crypt
in the church.
Bishop Shanahan's body arrived in
harrisburg shortly before noon to-day
and was immediately taken to the rec
tory of ST. Patrick's Cathedral in
State street and placed in the rectory
parlor where it will remain until
taken into the Cathedral to lie in
state. When this will be done has not
yet been announced.
Bishop Shanahan's home in this
city was at 2O4O North Fifth street.
In Ill Health a Year
Bishop Shanahan had been in i'll
health for about year and fully re-
allied that his condition would mean
an operation but he refused to spare
enough time from his duties TO go to
p hospital until the last minute. Very
few Of his friends or acquaintance
knew OF his condition and it was not
until late yesterday afternoon that Il
became generally known that he was
in the Lancaster hospital. His one
ambition in life was to work for the
benefit OF the Harrisburg diocese and
ical conditions
OF UnSelfish Mind
Bishop Shanahan was a man of un-
selfish mind and this trait was promi-
nently displayed soon after he came
TO Harrisburg when he gave up the
palstial home at Sylvan Heights,
which had previously been the resi-
dence of Harrisburg bishops, for
orphan girls of the city end
the diocese. He spent much of his
time at TIE orphanage looking after
the Welfare of the children and when
fire gutted the big institution severa,
months ago he was noticeably affected.
His Early Life
Born Of Irish parents on January
s. 1916, at Silver Lake, Susquehanna
county, Pennsylvania, John W. Shana-
han was destined to become the third
bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg.
Some of his early training he received
in St Joseph's College, near Bingham
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