Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-08
NEW ARCHBISHOP
ENTERS DIOCESE
TOMORROW NIGHT
Bells to Proclaim Arrival of
Most Rev. d. J. Dougherty
in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, July S.-The Most
Rev. d. j. Dougherty, new arch
bishop of Philadelphia, will arrive
here from Buffalo on Tuesday night,
accompanied by delegation of
Philadelphia clergy and laymen and
several priests from Buffalo. The
Philadelphians chosen to act as es-
corts are in Buffalo.
The entry of the future archbishop
will be marked by an elaborate re-
ception. His train arrives in Broad
Street Station at 7.55 o'clock. and, at
that moment church bells in every
parish of the city will ring a well
come. Edmond ]. Fitzmaurice. chair
man of the general executive COM
mittee, is in charge of the reception,
and the various rectors have agreed
to ring the bells for quarter of an
hour.
Enthronement on Wednesday
The enthronement takes places on
Wednesday morning in the Cathedral
Of IS. Peter and Paul, with Cardinal
Gibbons, primate of the American
hierarchy, officiating. Hundreds of
distinguished prelates and priests
will come from distant points to
witness the ceremony, which will
take place at 10 o'clock. Admission
to the Cathedral will be by card only.
A procession will start at $50 from
the Cathedral chapel to the main en-
trance in Logan square.
Assisting Cardinal Gibbons will be
two chaplains. the Right Rev. Mon
signor James p. Sinnott, rector of
the Church of st. Charles Borromeo,
and the Right Rev. Monsignor
Michael j. Crane, rector of st. Fran
els de Sales. The chaplains to Arch
bishop Dougherty will be the Right
Rev. Monsignor Henry T. Drumgoole,
d. D., LII. D., rector of st. Charles
Seminary, Overlook, and the Rev.
James Timmins, rector of st.
Michaefs Church, Chester.
The Right Rev. Michael J. Hoban,
d. D., bishop of Scranton, will be the
celebrant of the solemn pontifical
mass The Right Rev. Thomas ].
Shahan, S. T. D., J. U. L., LII. D.,
bishop of Germanicopolis, and rector
of the Catholic University of Ameri-
ca, Washington, will preach the SER
mon.
The Right Rev. Monsignor Nevin
F. Fisher. rector of the Church of
st. John the Evangelist, will be the
notary. He will read the papal bulls
appointing Bishop Dougherty the
Archbishop of Philadelphia,
The Right Rev. Monsignor Ed
mond j. FitZmaurice, D. D., chancel-
lor, will be the assistant priest at the
pontifical mass. The Rev. p. j. Daily,
rector of the Church of Our Lady of
the Rosary. will be the deacon, and
the Rev. James A. Holahan, rector
of st. Gabriel's, will be subdeacon
The Right Rev. Monsignor w. j.
Walsh, the Rev. Francis J. Clark
Thomas F. McNally, of the Cathe-
dral. and Henry Mccormick, of St.
Charles Seminary, will be masters of
ceremonies.
Music BY Priests
The music will be rendered by the
celebrated priests choir under the
direction of the Rev. William B.
Kane, of Our Mother of Sorrows, and
the students choir of st. Charles
Seminary, under the direction of the
Rev. James A. Boylan, D. D.
The new archbishop is we'll known
in this city. He formerly occupied the
chair of theology at the Seminary of
St. Charles Borromeo, at Overlook.
When, in June, 1903, he was chosen
as bishop of Nuevo Segovia, p. L.,
by Pope Leo, Bishop Dougherty Sc
lected a number of Philadelphia
priests as his assistants. This was
after the acquisition of the Philip
pines, when the pope wanted an
American to hold the see in the
orient.
Bishop Dougherty is one of the
most distinguished scholars of the
Roman Catholic hierarchy. He was
born in Girardville, Pa, fifty-five
years ago.