Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-11
NEW ARCHBISHOP
OF PENNSYLVANIA
ASSUMES OFFICE
Solemn Ceremony Witnessed
by Thousands Yesterday in
Philadelphia Cathedral

yesterday as archbishop of Philadel-
phia in the Cathedral of IS. Peter
and Paul. In the ceremony there
was all the high and exalted solem-
nifty that marks the ritual of the Ca
tholic Church. Nearly 5000 persons
crowded the Cathedral and knelt
humbly outside the doors during the
mighty sweep of prayer and music
that forms the solemn pontifical
mass.
There were men of national promi-
nence among the worshipers, as we'll
as prelates from every part of the
country. Mayor Smith attended,
and many prominent society people
were present.
The honored visitors of the day
who were crushed into the pews
somehow were the 500 who came
from Schuylkill county, where the
archbishop spent his boyhood in days
less scurity. and more especially the
residents of ,Girardville, Pa. where
the prelate was born.
1t was a matter of great disap-
pointment to the archbishop that his
mother, who is SS years old, was
too i'll to attend the installation. Sit
ting in the front pews, however,
were his four sisters and two broth
ers, who watched the ceremony in
tently.
Cardinal Gibbons Inducts
Cardinal Gibbons, frail, bent,
White-haired under his brilliant bi-
retta and lifted triumphantly by a
framelike spirit under the weight of
his crimson robes, formally inducted
the new primate into office. The
successor to the Most Reverend Ed
mund f. Prendergast is fourth arch
bishop of the diocese, and eighth to
preside over the see of Philadelphia,
which is regarded as among the
largest and most important in the
country
Shortly before 10 o'clock, the hour
set for the enthronement, the pro-
cession came from the Cathedral
Chapel in Summer street, crossed
Eighteenth street and walked slowly
around the lower paths of Logan
Square.
The colored vestments shone
grass and foliage, and the sun struck
darting lights from the golden cross
es.
Archbishop Dougherty was a COM
manding figure that radiated spen-
dor. All the varied beauty of the
other ecclesiastics went dim before
the cleaning cope made of cloth-o
gold that enveloped the prelate's en- |
tire figure. Upon his head was al
precious" mitre, made also of cloth
and lined with vivid red.
He bore in his hand a crozier, round
ed at the top like a shepherds crook,
and the staff is literally significant
of the new office that the archbishop
has assumed over some 5000 Cath
olics and 500 priests for whom, by
virtue of the token. he is leader of
the flock"
Bishop Presents Crucifix
When Archbishop Dougherty
reached the Cathedral door, the pro-
cession halted. Bishop John j. Nc
Cort, who has been administrator for
the diocese since the death of Arch
bishop Prerdergast, presented the
new prelate with a crucifiX. He
knelt and kissed it. When he arose
the new archbishop was given an
containing holy water. He
anointed himself and those around
him. A thurible was brought, and
the archbishop filled it with incense
He blessed it. He was incensed then
by Bishop McCort.
The Cathedral throne on which
the archbishop sits for the celebra-
tion of pontifical mass was piled
with green on top. Blazing like tri-
message above the altar
crucifiX were the Illuminated words,
"In Hoe Signo Vinces."
Toward this the procession moved,
to the rolling majesty of the "Te
Deum Laudamus' (We Praise Thee,
o Cod. At the foot of the altar the
prelates ana priests paused.
Cardinal Yields Throne
Cardinal Gibbons solemnly yielded
the archiepiscopal throne to the new
prelate and inducted the new arch
bishop. Solemn pontihcal mass fol-
lowed. The cardinal and the arch
bishop stood at the altar rail with
the officers of the mass. who were
the Rev. William T. McNally. the
Rev. Thomas f. McNally and Henry
Mccormick.
Bishop Hoban celebrated the
mass. The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Ed
- II lSCt CllethCCilOIr was
the assistant priest; the Rev. P. j.
Daley, rector of the Church of Our
Lady of Rosary, the deacon, and the
Rev. James A. Holahan, rector of
st. Gabriel's, the subdeacons.
When the gospel of the mass was
reached, the sermon was preached
by Bishop Thomas ]. Shahan, rector
of the Catholic University, at Wash
ington.
Music Is Impressive Feature
An impressive feature of the serv-
ice was the music, sung by a choir
of priests and a selected chorus COM
posed of eighty students of the Over
brook Seminary. The chorus, direct
ed by the Rev. DR.. James A. Boylan,
of the seminary faculty, sang the
"Kyrie," "Sanctus," "Benedictus"
and Ravemello's "Haec Dies" The
priests choir was led by the Rev.
William p. Kane, of the Church of
Our Mother of Sorrows.