Evening star., 1947-12-31
Order Of Service Set
For Conservation Of
0'boy|e in New York
By Cospor Nonnes

By Cospor Names
The traditional, centuries-old or
der of service to be followed In the
of the Most Rev. Pat
rick A. O'Boyle as the first Arch
bishop of Washington was made
public today by Msgr. John J. Ma
guire, chancellor Of the Archdiocese
of New York. The conservation will
be held January IA In st. Patrick's
Cathedral, New York.
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Arch
bishop of New York, will be the
consecrator. Assistant consecrators
will be the Most Rev. John M Nc
Namara. auxiliary bishop Of Balti-
more and Washington and pastor Of
St. Gabriel's Church here. and the
Most Rev. Henry T. Klonowski,
auxiliary bishop Of Scranton
The Most Rev. Bryan J. McEnte-
gart, Bishop of Ogdensburg, N. Y,
will preach the sermon.
70 Head 165.000 Catholics.
The installation of Archbishop
O'Boyle as first Archbishop of Wash
ington will make him the spiritual
leader Of 165. 900 Catholics in the
District of Columbia and the adja-
cent Maryland counties of St. Marys,
Montgomery. Charles, Prince
Georges and Calvert
He will be enthroned at the
Cathedral of St. Matthew the
Apostle here on January 81 by the
Apostolic Delegate, the Most Rev.
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. The
Apostolic Delegate in 1889 installed
the late Most Rev Michael j. Cur
ley there as the first Archbishop of
Baltimore and Washington.
Msgr O'Boyle will occupy tenn
porarily a suite of rooms in the
rectory of st. Patrick's Church here
until a permanent episcopal resi-
dence has been acquired.
Procession to Start Services.
AS archbishop of Washington
he will be the ecclesiastical author
ity over 80 parishes, 1913 secular
priests, $50 priests OF religious
orders, $50 brothers and 1920
sisters of religious orders. He also
will have in his jurisdiction rs high
schools, 81 elementary schools, IA
charitable institutions and agencies.
Among them will be Catholic Uni
versity and Georgetown University.
The conservation services in New
York will begin with a pontifical
procession at $50 am. 1t will start
behind the high altar of St. Patricks
Cathedral, proceed down the south
aisle to the rear of the cathedral
and then move up the center aisle.
A cross bearer and acolytes will
head the procession. They will be
students Of Cathedral College and
st. Joseph's Seminary. Brothers,
regular clergy, secular clergy, pro-
vincials Of religious communities,
diocesan curia, seminary faculty,
the monsignori, the abbots, the
bishops, the archbishops and the
papal chamberlains and knights
will follow in that order.
Then will come the officers Of the
solemn pontifcal mass. The mass
is celebrated in connection with
Episcopal consecrations to recall
the fact that the priesthood derives
its origin from the Sacrifice OF CAL
vary. The consecrator and the con-
secrated bishop will say the same
mass, and in receiving communion
share the same host and chalice.
The various parts of the consecra-
ton ceremony will take place imme-
diately before and during the mass.
Prior OF the mass the archbishop
elect will make his profession Of
faith and take the oath Of office.
After the procession has entered
the sanctuary, Cardinal Spellman
will ascend his throne at the main
altar and put on his mass vestments.
The archbishop-elect, accompanied
by the assistant consecrators, will
60 to his private chapel at the side
Of the main altar to be vested.
Historic Vestments to Be Worn.
The vestments to be worn by Msgr.
O'Boyle were those worn by Pope
Plus XII when he was consecrated
bishop by Pope Benedict VI. These
vestments were worn by Cardinal
Spellman when he was consecrated
bishop by Pope Plus XII They are
now owned by Fordham University,
Cardinal Spellman's alma mater.
After the reading of the apostolic
mandate containing the Popes au-
thorization for the conservation.
Cardinal Spellman will examine the
archbishop-elect on the tenets of his
faith.
After the epistle and the gradual,
Cardinal Spellman will return for a
ceremony before the middle of the
altar.
Following the litany, the arch
bishop-elect stands before the con-
secrator, who takes the open book
Of the Gospels and lays it on the
neck and shoulders of the bishop
elect
The ceremony is concluded when
the consecrator bestows the kiss OF
peace on the new archbishop.
Among those attending the con-
secration will be Mrs, Robert
Parks, an aunt, and her husband;
Stephen Muldoon, an uncle, and his
wife, all of Scranton. Pa. and two
cousins, Bernard O'Boyle, a first
cousin, and William Higgins, a sec
ond cousin, both Of New York.
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