Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-01
PRESIDENT OF pueuouE COL.
LEeE coNsEcRATEp AT
DUBUQUE CATHEDRAL.
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE
ACTS As coNsEcRAToR
Bishops L.nih.n, II Great Falls, and
y Glass, Of Salt Lake City, Assist in
Work-New Bishop Native Of Iowa
and Member Of Iowa Priesthood for
twenty-five Years.
Special to Times Republicans.

DupuQuc, May - LIE COHSeCTdlloH
of Rev. D. M. German, president of
Dubuque College, at st. Raphaers
cathedral here this morning as bishop
of Boise, Idaho, was marked by simple
but impressive 4 ceremonies in which
high Catholic church dignitaries, in
Guiding the Most Rev. John Bonzano,
apostolic delegate AT Washington, took
part. Great solemnity marked the pro-
ceedings which started at 9 o'clock and
continued for almost two hours.
In the absence of Archbishop j. j..
Keane, the Most Rev. John Bonzano
acted in the role of consecrator, while
Bishops Lehman, of Great Falls, Mont,
and Glass, of Salt Lake City, Utah. as
sisted him in the work. Other priests
who took part in the ceremonies follow:
Mngr. Geo. w. Heer, assistant high
priest; Rev. T. Conroy and Rev. J. j.
Breitbach, deacons of honor; Rev. A. r.
Thier deacon of the mass; Rev. d. A
German, b-deacon; Rev. ]. c. Stuart
notary; Rev. T. Collins, chaplain to
Bishop Lehman; Rev. /. ]. Semper
chaplain to Bishop Glass; Rev. A. Dress
and Rev. w. H. Schultz, chanters; Rev.
NJ. tAmbfosy, minister libri: Rev. A. S.
Peikert, master of ceremonies: Revs.
j. b. Craney, +. =. Howard and j.
Theobold, assistant masters of cere-
monies.
Eulogy by Bishop Carroll.
Bishop john j. Carroll, Of Helena.
Mont, delivered the conservation SER
mon, eulogizing the new bishop.
The Dubuque College vested choir,
III, l,ox fnr
the occasion, occupied the loft.
Members of the Fourth degree,
knights of Columbus, acted as an es-
cort to the new bishop. parading to the
church from the archbishop's home in
full regalia.
\ At the cathedral the visiting clergy
were seated in several front rows.
while the knights of Columbus and
Dubuque College cadets, who marched
to the scene of the ceremonies in mill
tary formation, sat directly behind. The
remainder of the church was open to
the public and was crowded to capacity.
Banquet to New Bishop.
Immediately following the cere-
monies at the church, the new bishop
was guest Of honor at a banquet at a
local hotel and which the visiting clergy
and officers attended. Several score of
priests from all parts of the country
were present to witness the ceremonies.
Among those here were the following:
Bishop Bowling. of Des Moines; Arch
bishop Harry. Omaha; Bishop Davis,
Davenport: Mngr. Joseph Rainer, Mil
waukee; Mngr. f. J. Mclaughlin, Gin
ton; Mgr. Pape. LeMars; Bishop Nc
Govern, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Bishop Hef-
from, Winona, Mimi; Bishop Muldoon,
Rockford, Ill.
Mngr. German is the second bishop
of the diocese. of Boise City. The do
cese comprises the state of Idaho with
an area of 1920. square miles.
!. New Bishop Native iowan.
Bishop German is native of Iowa,
having been born at Wyoming, April II.
1861. His parents came from Ireland
and his father served in the Mexican
war. After graduating from the acad-
envy at wyoming, DR.. German taught
school for several years and then en-
tered st. Joseph's College. now Du-
buaue College. He completed his aca-
demic education at st. Francis Semi
nary, Milwaukee, Wis, where he also
studied philosophy and theology, being
ordained priest in the chapel of the
seminary by Bishop Zardetti, on June
"a, 1893. The present year. therefore,
marks the silver jubilee of Bishop Cor
mans ordination.
Father Germans first pastorate was
State Center. In 1894 Archbishop Hen
messy transferred Dr. German to the
staff of Dubuque College. When DR..
Carroll, in 1904, was appointed bishop
of Helena DR. German became his sue
cessor Under his administration for
the last fourteen years the college has
been developed into one of the leading
Catholic institutions of higher learning
In the United States.