The Washington herald., 1921-03-25
Great Catholic Prelatc
Sc, Dies in Baltimore
After Long Illness.
CATHEDRAL CRYPT
TO RECEIVE BODY
Message Bearing Pope'd
Blessing Arrives Few
Minutes Before End.

BALTIMORE. March ss-Thd
funeral Of James Cardinal Gibbonz
archbishop Of Baltimore and a lead
ing Roman Catholic preiste Of the
world. who died at the age OF eighty
six this morning az the archbishop
residence, will be Held next Thurs
day morning a fhsrcsthedrsi.
A pohtincsl ssark mass will be
celebrated. prcsabiy sy csrdinai
o'conseri. Of Be<ssn. q sons other
high ysisnttary Of ~ church. The
mass -iIi seEi. at ys o'clock. The
body viii be buried IN a crypt UNDER
the altar Of TN Cathedral.
Masses will BE said daily begin-
ming Monday. On that day the Rev
Louis p stickney. rector Of the
Cathedral. will be celebrant and ten
children from each parochial school.
scadcmy and college in the diocese
will be present. On Tuesday the
mass will be for the sisterhoods ara
brotherhoods and will be celebrated
by the Rev. Eugene Connolly. chas-
oellor of the archdiocese. On
"Wednesday pontificaI high mass viii
be celebrated by Bishop Corrigan
for the lsity Of the church.
Pope senss BIessi.E.
A message from Rome signed by
Cardinal Gsspari, pApsi. secretary OF |
state. was received shortly before
the death Of Cardinal Gibbons The
message contained the blessing ana
benediction Of Pope Benedict
Cardinal Gibbons death occurred
at 1883 O'Clock.
DR.. Charles J. oDonnovsn. per
sonsI physician Of the, CARDINAL
spent most OF the morning at the
bedside OF the dying prelate.
when he left at 1l32o O'Clock Ne
notified the members of the house
hold that the Cardinal. because sf
his weakened Condition. could
1fve but a Shors- time longer. The
members If the. household then
Joined the Bon .Secour nun who had
been nursing the Cardinal since he
became i'll last November, at his
bedside. They were the Rev. Lewis
r.. Stickney. rector. Rev. Albert e
Smith. secretary 20 the Cardinal;
Rev. Connolly. chancellor OF the
archdiocese Of Baltimore. the Rev.
Edward Leonard and the Rev. VIII
liam J. Hafey.
Cardinsr. Death.
They were Joined a few minutes
later by the Cardinals confesscr.
the Rev. John Boyer. Of ST. Msry's
Seminary.
FIR. Stickney then read the prayers
for the dying and administered
again the last rites OF the church.
The run said the Cardinal bresthcd
his last at 1888 o'clock. but she did
not officially pronounce him dead
until II:37 o'clock.
Immediately after the death OF the
Cardinal Fr. Connolly. as chan
cellor Of the archdiocese oficis rs
notified Bishop Owen r. Corrigan.
auxiliary bishop Of Baltimore and
pastor Of st. Gregory's Church. OF
the death OF the prelste. Bishop
Corrigan at once sent a csbleersm
to Pope Benedict XIV. in Rome, while
Fr. Connolly sent kilograms to every
archbishop and bishop in America.
Bell Tolls TidineN
When Mayor Broening wssnoti-
fed Of the Cardinals death he ked-
the bell in the City Hall dome tolled
for several minutes and all the fags
on the municipal buildings placed al
half mast.
Pope Benedict sent his blessing to
the Cardinal in the following cable
gram:
The Holy Father. invoking
heavenly blessings and comforts on
His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons
sends TO him from the bottom Of his
heart the apostolic benediction.
The blessing was received a few
minutes before the Cardinal died.
Deeli.e Began sunday.
The final stage Of the Cardinals
Illness began on Sunday. After hsV-
ing recovered sufhciently from the
failure Of his health in November
to be able to move about his home
and even to 60 out, the Cardinal
became very much weaker on sun
day and was unable to leave MS
bed. His heart action became alarm
ingly weak and his temperature fell
on that day. Since that time his
DR.. Charles Donovan. has
been In almost constant attendance.
but it was felt that the Cardinal
could not again manifest the re-
markable recuperstive powers
which he showed several months
ago. His death had been expected
at any time since Sunday.
Cardinal Gibbons had. perhaps.
one Of the most remarkable ecclcs-
tssticsl careers since medieval
royalty. He had been a priest for
IS years. q bishop for So years.
archbishop for 43 years and for
50 years had been a member OF the
Sacred College OF Cardinals.
Hs.eres BY -Four Peatina
He had been honored as one of
the household Of four pontins-Fius
TX, Leo XIII. Ptus X and the pres
ent Pope. Benedict XIV. -
His death will be mourr<< N
every corner OF the earth. b. MI
lions Of Catholics and by er<cI4
orders. requiem prayers will y ~
fered in every church under ne -
minion OF Rome. .
Death followed an illness Il X<-
ersi weeks. the FIRST signs Of ~1||
became apparent at Havw
Grace on Sunday. Novemp< ~
While delivering a sermon <<<-<&
after having administered courf<HH4
tion to $50 children Of ST. Pal |<X