The New York herald., 1921-03-26
FOUR NAMES IN LINE
TO SUCCEED GIBBONS
Diocesan Bishops Expected to
]: Submit Three to Vatican
Within Two Months.
FUNERAL is ARRANGED
Notable Group Of Church Of
: ficials to Take Part in Strik-
ing Spectacle.

I special Despatch 10 TIM NEW YORK HznND.
80 BALTIMORE, March 25.--More than >
hundred Bishops. fourteen Archbishops.
Utmost all OF the priests in the diocese
OF Maryland and representatives or every
: Catholic order In the United States Will
lake part in the funeral services OF
James Cas- inal Gibbons In the cathe-
dral here next Thursday.
The. papal court will be represented
by Mgr. John Bonzano. apostolic dele
: gate to the United States and the Pope ;
~~nuncio at Washington, and the embas-
ss'es of Catholic countries at Washing
ton also will send representatives. Car
dinal ODonnell OF Boston and Cardinal
Begin Of Canada will be here. Mgr.
Ronzano will pontificate at the high
requiem mass and the funeral sermon
will be preached by Archbishop Glen
non OF ST. Louis. who preached at Car
dinal Gibbons's golden jubilee in 1911.
4" The body OF the prelate lies on the
bed in his own room and will not be
moved into the cathedral until after
Easter Sunday. 1t is dressed in purple
chasuble. the vestment worn at the mass
white alb, purple slippers and purple
hose. with the Cardinals cassock be-
: heath chasuble and alb. His hands,
crossed on his breast, hold crucifix.
The white mitre. the tall pointed hat
which he wore during ceremonials, Is on
his head. A purple spread covers the
bed. Christian Brothers have relieved
she priests of the household as watchers
= over the body, and they are the oSsy
persons admitted to the room. When the
body Is removed to the cathedral they
will be relieved by the seminarians and
delegates from the mems organizations
j of the church.
: The work Of draping tho exterior OF
The cathedral with mourning began to-
. day. There will be no mourning in The
: interior until after Easter Sunday ana
= probably not until Thursday. the day OF
the funeral. Even on that day the drap-
ing will be confined to that part OF the
church outside the chancel rail- There
will be no mourning placed about the
I, altar.
The masses will be held each day as
told in THE NEW YORK HERALD this
morning. and white robes will be worn
by the priests at each OF them until
Thursday, when they will wear black.
The funeral procession which win
Torn a part of the services promises to
be one of the most striking spectacles
Baltimore has ever seen, with Cardinals.
Archbishops, Bishops. monsignori. ABB
bots from the monasteries and repre-
sentatives Of all church organizations.
It Is believed In ecclesiastical circles
here that the next Archbishop OF Balti-
more and the successor of Cardinal
Gibbons as the primate of the Ameri-
can hierarchy will be either Bishop
William T. Russell of Charleston. 8. c.;
Bishop Dennis OConnell of Richmond.
/ Va: Bishop Thomas ]. Shahan of the
Catholic University. or Bishop Michael
j. Curley of st. Augustine, Fla. Ac-
cording to the usual custom, the
I Bishops Of the diocese will meet In
-secret concave here within the next
two months and Will discuss the merits
of the various candidates for the place
The result of this discussion will bt
the recommendatio Of three names
which will be ssnt TO the Pope. The
Pope will surely select the next Arch
bishop from these names. although he
.psts not required to do so.
The consutors OF the archdiocese
have selected Bishop Corrigan as adj
ministrator Of the archdiocese pending
the selection of an Archbishop