The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-16
BARTLETT RAISED
TO BISHOPS RANK
AT FARGO SERVICE
Solemn Conservation Ceremony
Held Wednesday in Ceth-
semane Cathedral

Fargo, Dec. 16.-(Py-A heritage
from st. Paul, passed down through
the ages from person to person. was
received by the Rev. Frederick Beth
une Bartlett in Gethsemane cathed-
raj in Fargo Wednesday as the hands
of three bishops Of the Episcopal
church were laid on his head, rails
ing him to the rank of bishop Of
North Dakota.
Six bishops participated in the I'M
pressive pageant which saw the Rt.
Rev. Hugh L. Burleson. assistant IL
the Most Rev. James De Wolf Perry,
D. D., presiding bishop of the church,
and one-time dean of Gethsemane
cathedral, act as chief consecrator
for the successor to the late John
Poyntz Tyler.
About the shoulders of the former
Fargo dean was thrown the carninc
robe which the late Bishop Samuel
Cook Edsall, second bishop of North
Dakota. had orn The Episcopal
ring which was placed on DR.. Bart
let's hand as the final act of the
conservation, was the gift of the con-
~gregation of st. Mary'S church, South
Manchester, Conn, in which the new
bishop was baptized and confirmed
as a boy.
Friends Send Gifts
The pectoral cross of gold he wore
following the conservation was a gift
of friends in the diocese OF Oregon
where he began his ministry in the
mission field in 1908. His vestmerits
were presented him by bishops and
friends in the Pacific province Of the
church where he worked the last five
years.
So Connecticut and the coast
clasped hands acros the continent IN
Fargo-doubly so-because today at
the same hour DR.. Bartlett knelt be-
fore his consecrators, there knelt IN
Christ's Church, Greenwich, Conn.,,
Rev. frederick G.. Budlong, to receive
the rank of coadjutor bishop of Con-
necticut. DR.. Burleson, chief consec-
rator here, was priest of the parish m
Christ's Church from 1909 to 1915. AT
the Connecticut ceremony which,
with the one in Fargo, constitute
two Of the most important religious
cNremonials of tho Christian world
this week, the chief consecrator was
the presiding bishop of the church.
VIZ. Perry.
Many PreIates Attend
Bishops Louis ChildS Sanford, BIZ
shop of San joaquin. Missionary dis
trict in California, and Coadjutor BIZ
shop Fred Ingley of Colorado. with
Or. Burleson, were the consecratofS
OF Bishop Bartlett, who comes to
North Dakota just as plans OF the
church provide for q forward move
ment among the missionary JurlS-
dictions in the United States with the
view Of building up the work OF par
ishes in those areas.
The Rt. Rev. Edward M. Gross, b.
shop of Spokane, delivered the con-
secration sermon. Bishop Elmer N.
Schmuck Of Wyoming and Bishop
Middleton S. Barnwell Of Idaho
presented the bishop-elect for con-
%secration.
There was an imposing procession
Of bishops and clergy before the con-
secration. The vested choir led the
march. The bishops, IA In all, ar
rayed in their vestments were fol-
lowed by the bishop-elect in a simple
investiture, later replaced as the
ritual went forward with the full
robes Of his rank and office.
Dean H. 8. Brewster Of Gethse-
name cathedral was master OF cere'
monies.
Tuesday night in the deanery. DR.
Bartlett and visiting clergy were al
home" to the congregation Of Geth'
sernane and friends of the church al
well as visiting clergy Of othe1
denominations.