Evening star., 1941-10-23
At the solemn climax of impfes

At the solemn climax of impress
sive ceremonies the Right Rev.
Henry ST George Tucker, Presiding
Bishop of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church in the United States,
was installed in an official chair
provided for him at Washington
Cathedral yesterday.
The rites of induction were wit
messed by more than 5000 per-
sons who crowded the transept and
galleries TO capacity.
At the start of the service, a long
procession of clerical and lay dele
gates to the 18th synod of the prov
ince of Washington moved from the
Bethlehem Chapel to the south door
of the Cathedral. The Jerusalem
cross was carried in the van of the
line by a crucifer marching with
measured pace. Flags of the United
States. the church, the diocese and
the Cathedral followed. Visiting
priests. the clergy of the Washing
ton diocesan and Cathedral estab-
lishments. bishops, members Of the
Cathedral chapter and council,
members of the Diocesan Standing
Committee and of the Joint Com
mittee on the Presiding Bishops See
and officers of the Washington
Province filed through the aisles to
seats in the choir stalls in the
chancel.
Cathedral Choir Sings.
In honored places walked the
Most Rev. Arthur Dunn. Archbishop
of the West Indies; the Rev. Sion
Manoogian, representing the Ar
menian Church in the United
States; Bishop Audrey of the Bull
garian Orthodox Church in Amer
lea; Bishop Bohdan of the Ukrain-
ian National Church and represent
atives of the Polish National Catho-
lie Church, all in resplendent robes
and regalia.
Men and boys of the Cathedral
Choir, conducted by Paul Galloway,
sang The Church's One Founda-
ton" as a professional hymn.
The Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop of Washington, gave
the exhortation, beginning, Dearly
beloved in the Lord, we are gathered
together here to welcome" and led
the congregation in the Lords Pray
er and in prayers for the whole
church and for the Cathedral as
"a witness for Christ" in the Ma
tion's Capital The Right Rev.
Frank w. Sterrett, Bishop of Beth
lehem, read the 18th Psalm. and
the Right Rev. Hunter Wyatt
Brown, Bishop Of Harrisburg, the
lesson, chosen from Isaiah, vi.1-8.
Psalm 122, in q new musical form
prepared by Leo Sowerby for the
occasion, was sung as an anthem.
Meanwhile, Bishop Tucker arrived
at the south door and was met by
the chief verger, James Berkeley,
and the dean of the Cathedral, the
Right Rev. Noble C. Powell, newly
conSecrated Bishop Coadjutor of
Maryland. Joining the Presiding
Bishop to escort him to the chancel
steps were the Right Rev. Irving
Peake johnson, retired Bishop of
Colorado: the Right Rev. Paul
Matthews, retired Bishop of New
Jersey; the Rev. Ze Barney T'horne
Phillips, rector of the Church of
the Epiphany and president of the
House of Deputies of the General
Convention, and the Rev. DR..
Franklin j. Bohanan, rector of st.
Pauls- Rock Greek Church and pres
ident of the Standing Committee
of the Diocese of Washington.
Led to Choir by Bishop Freeman.
Bishop Powell introduced Bishop
Tucker, and Bishop Freeman greeted
him, taking Bishop Tucker by the
hand and conducting him through
the choir to the lofty hand-carved
oaken chair-stall built for him by
gift of Bishop Matthews. The 121st
Psalm was the hymn for the ritual
of induction.
After formal setting apart" of
the Presiding Bishops chair, BiSh-
op Freeman pronounced grant"
for his performance of his duties
there "as need and occasion may
require" Bishop Tucker replied
with an expression of thanks to the
diocese and the Cathedral Chapter,
adding: The situation in the world
today calls for unity of action, both
in the Nation and in the church.
A seat in this Cathedral, located in
the Capital where national unity of
action is effected, will serve both as
symbol of the need of similar unity
of action in the church and as an
aid to the presiding bishop in his
endeavor to promote it."
The congregation recited the
Apostles Greed and Bishop Free