Evening star., 1933-10-24
High Church Dignitaries Will
0ffiCiate as School Head
Becomes Bishop.
ALTAR IMPLEMENTS
VALUED HISTORICALLY
New Head of Titular See of Modra
Native of Indianapolis, Is
in Unique Position.


OF Catholic University, will be conse-
Grated as Bishop Of the Titular See of
Modra in sacred ceremonies in the
crypt of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception at 10 am. to-
morrow.
An unusual number of church digni-
taries will witness the elevation of
Msgr: Ryan to the episcopacy. These
will include IS members of the Amer
lcan hierarchy one Canadian arch
bishop, the apostolic delegate, so mon
slgnori and more than 200 members
OF the clergy, including the presidents
OF colleges and universities and the
superiorS Of religious orders. Other wit
nesses will include so members of the
diplomatic corps. headed by Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Debuchi; the Secretaries
OF Commerce and Labor, presidents and
representatives of various secular in
stitutions and the faculty and students
Of the university itself
Most Rev. Joseph Chartrand. Bishop
OF indianapolis, will be the consecrating
prelate, with Most Rev Thomas e.
Molloy, Bishop Of Brooklyn, and Most
Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, Auxiliary Bishop
OF indianapolis, as co-consecrators
Most Rev. John T. McNicholas. o p
Archbishop Of Cincinnati, will deliver
the sermon. Most Rev. Amleto Gio-
Vannl Cicognani, the apostolic delegate.
ano Most Rev. Michael j. Curley, Arch
Dlsnop OF Baltimore and chancellor of
the university, will occupy the thrones
In the sanctuary. Right Rev. Edward
A. Pace, vice rector of Catholic Uni
versity, will be notary.
To Use Ancient Altar.
The minor altar at which Msgr. RYAN
Will begin his mass is that which was
uSeo py 6lshop John Carroll, founder
OF the American hierarchy, and It is
one OF the most priced treasures of the
university This altar was used in
month ago when Most Rev. Gerald
Shaughressy. bishop of Seattle, was
consecrated
The chalice which Bishop Chartrand
will use at the beginning of the mass
and which Msgr. Ryan himself will use
later IN the mass, is the gold vessel.
studded with jewels, which was pre-
sented to Catholic University by the
late Mrs Edith P. Dickens, a patron
OF the institution. The chasuble which
! Msgr. Ryan will wear is of gold brocade
with gold decoration made for Arch
bishop Capponi Of Pisa, Italy. in 1850.
The mitre which he will wear is the
gift of Right Rev. Alfred Ottaviana. un-
! dersecretary of state of the Vatican
tne pectoral cross was presented to
Mssr. Ryan by his faculty at the uni
VerSlty last night. The crozier Is a
gift from the alumni and the episcopaI
ring is gift from the consecratinp
prelate, Bishop Chartrand. and is a
handsome example of the jewelers. art
having a central sapphire surrounded
by 81 diamonds
Inc elevation of Msgr. Ryan to the
eplscopacy Is an official recognition of
the progress and energy" which have
characterized his administration at
Catholic University. During the past
hve years the enrolment in the Grad
uate School of the Arts and Sciences
has increased 200 per cent. In 1928. the
year Msgr: Ryan assumed office. the
student body of this department was
2o3 and today it is 635.
Native of Indianapolis.
Msgr. Ryan is a native of Indianap-
Oils, where he was born December is.
1886. He attended st. Patrick's Pa.
rochial and High Schools there and
DuqueSne University. He began his re-
Iglous studies at Mount St Mary's
Seminary of the West, at Cincinnati
and continued at the American College
at Rome. He was ordained by Cardinal
Respighi June S. 1909. at st. John
Lateran, in Rome. His first work was
as parish priest. after which he began
ms educational work at ST. Mary in the
Woods, at Terre Haute, Ind. He was
made president Of that college in 1920.
but left that position to be executive
secretary of the department of educa-
ton. National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence in Washington
His first work at Catholic University
was as instructor in philosophy. which
he began in 1922. Later he was made
associate professor and in July, 1928. he
was appointed rector of the university.
The Catholic University today issued
an explanation of its rector's new post
In the Episcopacy. A titular bishop.
this explanation pointed out, differs
from the diocesan bishop only in re-
gard to his jurisdiction, for all bishops.
OF whatever rank. receive the fullness of
the priesthood. Titular bishops cannot
perform any Episcopal functions with
out the authorization of the diocesan
bishop in whose territory they reside.
In Unique Position.
Bishop Ryan," the university's ex-
planation continues, will occupy a
somewhat unique position in the Ameri-
can hierarchy, for while most titular
bishops are named as auxiliaries to as
sist a diocesan bishop. he is at the head
of Americas national Catholic pontifi-
cal university. occupying the only posi-
tion Of its kind in the country"
The university's exposition asserts
that all members of the hierarchy are
conSecrated as bishops of some geo.
graphical or political unit. Titular
bishops. having no material jurisdic-
ton except as assistants or as deter
mined by the apostolic letter Of ap-
pointment, but still requiring a SPECIFIC
title, are named as bishops of sees once
active but now imperative: Most Of
once having q Catholic population but
now deserted because Of natural or
climatic reasons. or because they are
occupied by non-Cathoic races.
The See Of MOdra. of which Bishop
Ryan will be the titular head, is be-
lieved to have been located, according
to the Catholic Encyclopedia. between
what are now Lefke and Vezirkhan, on
the Constantinople- -Bagdad Railway. It
was mentioned by Byzantine historians
as the first large station for the i'm
perial armies in Asia Minor on the
road from Constantinople to Dorylaeum
and was an important and strategic
point. The bishops Of whom there Is
any record date from the year SIS
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