Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-25
HOLD CARDINAL
FUNERAL THURSDAY
Body to Be Removed to Cathe-
dral Sunday Where It VIII
Lie Three Days
DiGNlTARIES TO ATTEND

"dTCH nv t'e'N
Cardinal Gibbons. archbishop Of Balti-
more and senior prelatc of the Catholic
Church in the United States. will be
niche in the crypt under the high altar
Of the cathedral here. A slab OF marble
carved with an inscription in Latin
in the north wall Of the crypt will mark
his resting place.
Above that vauit, behind whose south
wall Vi, the six archbishops Of Mary
land who preceded him. Is the sanctuary
Of the cathedral. to which Cardinal
Gibbons parents brought him as baby
to be baptized, where he was conse-
Grated bishop. where he was later con-
secrated an archbishop and where, on
June 70, 1886. he was invested with
the robes Of the cardinnlate.
There. too, stands the throne of the
cardinal, and above the throne will hang
the cardinals hat. symbol of prince
dom In the Catholic hierarchy. There
/. will hang as long as the cathedral
Through Good Friday and Holy Sat
urday and the dawn of Easter the body
of Cardinal Gibbons will lie in his own
room, where he died.
Remove Body Sunday
On Faster Sunday night it will be
moved to the cathedral, to lie there
throughout the masses of Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, where his people
may see him for the last time, through
the high requiem mass that will be his
funeral on Thursday. and from there to
be borne to its niche in the crypt
At the funeral will gather the great
est company of churchmen ever as
sembled in the United States. In the
mass of kilograms and cablegrams that
members of the cardinals household
sent all over the world yesterday were
messages to 100 bishops, fourteen arch
bishops and countless monsignori and
priests everywhere.
Two cardinals may come TO Balti
more-Cardinal O'Connell, from Bos-
ton. and Cardinal Begin, from Canada.
Monsignor John Bonzano, apostolic
delegate in Washington, will pontificate
at high requiem mass on Thursday.
The funeral procession will contain
the cardinals, the archbishops, the
bishops. the apostolic delegate and
virtually all the priests in the diocese
Of Maryland, which includes the District
Of Columbia.
To Preach Funeral Sermon
Archbishop !. J. Glcnnon. of the
| funeral sermon. it is noteworthy it was
! Archbishop Glcnnon who preached the
! sermon nt Cardinal Gibbons golden
! jubilee in the Cathedral in October,
1911.
The death Of Cardinal Gibbons viii
not prcCipitate the removal of the pri'
mntial see of the Catholic Church il
! America. This was definitely announced
! last night by the Rev. Albert +. Smith
secretary of the late cardinal, Mt tE'
archiepiscoal residence. The seat of thu
hierarchy will remain in baltimore.
According TO the usual procedure ir
| the appointment of successor 10 the
archbishopric. the bishops Of the Balti
more province will meet in secret con
cave here within the next two months
They will discuss among themselves the
| merits of the various candidates for the
archbishorric. The result of this discus
! sion will be the recommendation of three
names. They will not be announced
but will be submitted to Rome. 1'h'
Pope will almost surely select the mex
archbishop from among these three bish
ops. although he is not required to do so
Speculation. therefore, CenterS on thu
three names that the provincial conclav'
will recommend. Out of this Spccula
ton the names of Bishop William L
Russell. of Charleston Bishop William
r. J. Curley. Of st: Augustine, ant
Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, rector of thu
Catholi" University, stand out.
! In the interregnum the affairs of tn
Baltimore diocese will be handled b!
an administrator II is understood tina
Bishop Owen B. COrrigan, vicar general
will be named TO this post by the dlo
cesan consulters today.
Rome. Mnrch 24.--(By A. 2. -
News Of the death of Cardinal Gibbon
caused the most profound grief at th
Vatican. coming as n particular shocI
to Pope Benedict who had just WRITER
n letter Of congratulation 10 the car
dinal. having heard he had recovere
his health.
Both the church and America har
lost one of their greatest men, eN
claimed the Pontiff on being informc
Of the sad event. The name of Car
dinsl Gibbons will go down in history
Hi, holiness knelt after thus Voicin
his grief. and remained long time a
the prize .dieu in the deepest prayer.
As the news spread throughout tn
Vatican expressions of the sinccres
coincidence were uttered on all sides
MonsignOr Cerretti. the papal under
secretary OF state, was especial
affected by the loss.
MaoIstrate Harris Improves