The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-03-24

though his ecclesiastical duties car
ried him to many parts OF the country
and took him on repeated trips TO
Rome. The Cardinals parents, Thomas
and Mary Gibbons, came to this
country from Ireland in 1929, making
their home in Baltimore. They re-
turned to Ireland when the future
Cardinal was two years old and his
father died there. Mrs. Gibbons soon
returned to this country and settled
in New Orleans. where her son re-
ceived his early education in the
public schools.
ORDAINED AS PRIEST NEARLY
SIXTY YEARS AGO.
After a brief period OF work as a
clerk the future Cardinal began
studying for the priesthood in st.
Charles's College at Elhcott City, Md,
and after his graduation entered st.
'Marys Seminary in Baltimore. He
was ordained a priest at the Cathe-
.dral in Baltimore when he was TWEEN
ty-seven, receiving his final orders on
June 30. 1861.
In 1868 he was made Bishop Of the
North Carolina diocese and presided
there for four years. 1t was while in
this service that he wrote THE Faith
of Our Fathers" which had the repu-
tation of being the most widely read
book of Catholic authorship ever
written in this country.
The great executive ability shown
by the then Bishop Gibbons at
tracted the attention of his superiors
and in 1879 he was made Bishop Of
Richmond. In 1887 he was made CO.
adjutor of the See OF Baltimore, and
in the same year, upon the death Of
Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, he
was elevated to what was then the
highest ecclesiastical position of the
Catholics in the United States, being
made Archbishop of Baltimore,
which, being the Oldest was conse-
squently the primary see.
The years OF the eplsoopate of Arch
bishop Gibbons showed a repetition
OF his wonderful ability and his name
was brought to the attention Of the
Pope. He was one of the American
prelates that went to Rome IN 1883 to
discuss affairs of the church in this
/ country with the Pope and he made
such an impression that he was
! chosen to be Cardinal.
RAISED TO THE CARDINALATE
"a YEARS AGO.
The formal investiture with the
rank and insignia OF a member OF the
Sacred College took place June 30,
1885, the twenty-fifth anniversary of
hls ordination TO the priesthood.
! Cardinal Gibbons made many trips
to Rome, including one in 1908, when
he attended the funeral OF Pope Leo
! XIII. and took part In the election of
his successor, Pope Plus X. So great
had been his rise in the church tRat
| II was rumored at that time that the
| revolutionary idea OF selecting an
American TO DO Pope was being con-
sidered in Rome.
Tact and diplomacy were marked
character sites OF the Cardinal and
| the manner In which he dealt with
various problems that confronted the
Catholic Church in this country in
the last half century won him com
mendation both in Rome and In the
| United States.
Though bowed with his years the
Cardinal continued 20 lead an active
and energetic life TO the last. He had
been a vigorous opponent OF Woman
Suffrage, but when the women won
| their victory he congratulated them
and urged them TO take every advan-
tage of their new duties. He was an
ardent worker for peace before this
| 1917 aided r every effort OF the Gov
eminent IN u prosecution OF the
conflict.
AS head Of the Catholic Church in
America, Cardinal Gibbons was APP
proachable by even the poorest Of his
par 'shiOners and was a notable exc
ponent OF democracy.