The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
A PRETTY TANGLE
ANGLICAN BISHOPS CHOSEN BYI
WELSH NON-CONFORMIST Il
REVELATION OF WELSH PAPERl
CREATES STIR IN CHURCH OF
ENGLAND.
(By N. G.. w. G.. News Service.)

The indiscreet revelations of Welsh
newspaper have created a flutter not
only on Downing Street but in the
episcopal dovecotes of the Church of
England. The sensation, such as it is,
has arisen over the matter of the ap-
pointment of Bishops in the Estab
lished Church. It had always been
supposed that after the Royal congo
d'elire had been issued, in which GER
tain names were suggested, that the
Dean and Chapter of vacant Angli-
can See after having engaged in
prayer for the Divine guidance, met to
elect a Bishop for the vacant See.
That, apparently, has been the com
mon notion of the election of the Eng
lish Protestant Bishops, but in fact it
looks as if they have been elected, in
recent years at all events, in some
what the same manner that political
bosses are chosen.
Selected by Welsh Non-Conformist
The usual procedure is for the King
to recommend a certain candidate to
the electors, and this name is gener-
ally selected by the Prime Minister of
the day. But it now appears from the
Genedl Cymreig, a Welsh newspaper,
that about half the present Bishops
in the Church of England have been
selected on the advice of a Welsh
Non onformist, a Mr. Ernest Evans,
private secretary of the Prime Min.
lister.
The Royal nomination of Bishops
has in itself given considerable offense
to the more advanced section of the
anglo Catholics; but the news that
their Bishops are selected for them by
Welsh Protestant who does not even
believe in episcopacy is bitter pill tc
swallow. The Church Times, the
militant organ of the High Anglicans
comments rather bitterly on this bust
ness, and says: Eat last we know
who is the Bishopmaker. We
had supposed that the King appointed
on the advice of the Prime Minister
it appears that the Prime Minister
now appoints, on the advice of Mr.
Ernest Evans"
| This is all highly interesting, be
cause four new Bishops have been re
Gently appointed, and on their appoint
ment have done homage on taking owe
the temperatures of their Sees. TIL
knowledge that they were appointed t.
their bishoprics, not so much by tn
light of Divine guidance as by tn
perspicacity of Welch politician, will
hardly be grateful to these dignitarie
of the Church of England.
| Mr.. Evans Methods.
The method of Mr.. Evans in hittin
upon a suitable candidate for the epis
copal bench is simplicity itself. H
goes now and then to listen to tn
preaching of likely candidates for epi
copal honors, and sometimes on hi
return may be heard to say "That on
has the gift-he will do" But at tn
same time the selected ones politics
opinions weigh quite as much in tn
: scale as his gift of public oratory, an
. it is apparently quite as necessar
that his political views should con
mend themselves to the Prime Mini
ter's secretary.
1t is all very humiliating for til
, Anglo Catholics, who were highly i
dignant that their Bishops should
appointed by Welsh Baptist. b
this latest revelation makes the stu
, ton much worse, and possibly som
!. thing more will be heard from Hie
!, Church quarters.