New-York tribune., 1918-09-26
Gifts So Large,
Cardinal Farley
Left No Fortune
Estate Will Not Exceed in
Value That of Many a
Parish Priest
Last Act a Donation
Pontif May Select New Arch
bishop From List Now at
the Vatican
Last Act a Donation

Cardinal Farley left an estate which
will not exceed in value that of many
Il parish priest. The exact value of it
has not been announced.
The will was opened Tuesday after
noon following the funeral. Monsignor
Joseph +. Mooney, administrator of the
archdiocese, said he would not make
the will public for the present, and
added that the late Cardinals gener-
osity had left him with very small
amount of property in the last days of
his life.
Monsignor Dunn. chancellor of the
archdiocese, said Cardinal Farley had
OF late years expended practically all
of his great income in benefactions
Bishop Hickey, of Rochester, who
preached the funeral sermon, declared
act was signing three checks, gifts to
the church, to the war funds Of the
country and to the poor.
Never WithstOod an Appeal
His generosity knew no bounds" j."
said Monsignor Dunn, "as all close to
him have we'll known. He was never
from the needy or in their behalf.
"The will was drawn up in full accord
with the laws of the Church requiring
q prelate of the rank of bishop or
higher to make his will within three
months of his conservation. The will
makes three bishops executors. One of
these has died since the will was
drawn
There is much speculation in Catho-
lie lay circles as to who will be named
successor to Cardinal Farley as Arch
state that q third Cardinal will not be
elected for the United States until
after the war, but dispatches from
Rome indicate that an Archbishop will
be named by the Vatican within a few
weeks.
The old method Of selecting an arch
bishop IS said to have been abandoned.
Under the old system the suffragant
bishops would submit the names of
three Z s1r @ men. ,, designated as "dignissimus,'
"dignicr' and "dignus"; that is, "most
worthy" "worthier" and worthy"
This list was then submitted to the
Papal Delegate in Washington, who
would send it to Rome, where gen
orally the candidate recommended as
most worthy" would be named arch
bishop.
List Already at Vatican
or late years, according to high
Catholic clergy, each bishop in the
archdiocese is required to recommend
two men every year or so whom he
considers best suited for "archepisco-
pal timber" Rome has a list of names
now expressing the choice of the ten
bishops Of the New York archdiocese,
and a successor to Cardinal Farley may
be chosen from this number. However,
il was stated most emphatically that
the Vatican is not bound and has never
been bound by the code of the Church
to select an archbishop from among
the men recommended most highly by
the bishops.
Among the men most discussed now
as possible choice for archbishop are
the Right Rev Patrick J. Hayes, auxil-
iary Bishop of New York. who was
Cardinal Farley's chief assistant; the
Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph +.
Mooney, administrator Of the diocese;
and the Right Rev. Monsignor Michael
J. Lavalle, rector of st. Patrick's.
Among the laiety. it has been men
toned that Archbishop John Joseph
Glennon of st. Louis. Mo-, might be
transferred to New York He is said
to have won an immense following of
devoted admirers in the Catholic
Church throughout the country.