Evening star., 1948-01-11
papaI Delegate 10 Aci
As Installing PreIate
For New Archbishop
BY Casper Names

By Casper Names
The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the
United States, will oficiate at the
installation of the Most Rev. Pat
rick A. O'Boyle as Archbishop Of
Washington January 81 in St. Mat
thew's Cathedral, it was announced
yesterday.
The apostolic delegate also will
celebrate the solemn pontifical mass
Immediately after enforcement of
the 51-year-old prelate, who will be
consecrated as the first Archbishop
of Washington Wednesday in st.
Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
World national and city leaders
in addition to so abbots, bishops and
archbishops will attend the conse-
Grafton Wednesday. Among them
will be Myron c. Taylor, President
Truman's special representative at
the Vatican; Mayor William O'Dwyer
of New York and former New York
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, first 'di-
rector general of the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Admins
tration.
Procession to Include 500.
Msgr. O'Boyle will be consecrated
by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Arch
bishop of New York. He will be as
sisted by the Most Rev. John M.
McNamara, Auxiliary Bishop of
Washington, and the Most Rev.
Henry T. Klonowski, Auxiliary
Bishop of Scranton.
Details of the installation cere-
monies in Washington January 81
included the announcement that
more than 500 priests and ecclesias-
tics will participate in procession
from st. Matthews rectory to the
cathedral. AS the apostolic dele
gate and Archbishop O'Boyle enter
the church the choir will sing the
Gregorian antiphon (Tradent enim
| voS).
The Right Rev. Msgr. John K.
Cartwright, rector of the cathedral,
will then read the papal documents
of the archbishop's appointment,
first in Latin and then in English.
After the reading Msgr. Cartwright
will give the document to the apos-
tolic delegate, who will proceed
with the installation ritual.
Laymen's Reception Planned.
After the ritual has been COM
pleted, Archbishop Cicognani will
speak on the creation by Pope Plus
XII of the archdiocese of Wash
ington and the appointment Of
Msgr. O'Boyle as it's first archbishop.
Msgr. Cartwright will give the ad-
! dress of welcome, to which the new
archbishop will respond. The pom
tifical mass will then follow.
| A luncheon for the clergy will be
given in the Mayf1ower Hotel after
the installation ceremonies are
over. There will be a laymen's re-
ception in honor of the new arch
bishop the evening of January %
in the Catholic University gymna-
SUM. The faculties and student
body will greet the new archbishop,
who automatically becomes chancel-
lor of the university, on January q
at the college.
Four archbishops will be among
those attending the conservation
services Wednesday in New York
They are Francis J. L. Beckman,
Titu]ar of Phulii; Henry P. Rohl-
man of Dubuque, Alexandra Va
chon of Ottawa and J. Francis A.
Mcintyre, coadjutor of New Yorl-
Other guests will be representa-
tives of Protestant, Jewish and
Catholic organizations with which
Msgr. O'Boyle has been associated
fare fields. Before his appointment
as archbishop he was director of
New York Catholic Charities.
Vestments Were Worn by Pope.
Former Assistant Secretary of
State G. Howland Shaw, president
of the Welfare Council of New York
and Matthew Woll, vice-president
of the American Federation OF
Labor, are expected to be present
The white and silver vestments
Msgr. O'Boyle will wear at his con-
secration were worn by Pope Plus
XII when he was conSecrated bishop
by Pope Benedict XIV. Cardinal
Spellman also wore them when he
was conSecrated bishop. The vest
ments are now owned by Fordham
University in commemoration of the
visit by Pope Plus XII there in 1886
and of the fact that Cardinal Spell
man is an alumnuS.
The new Archdiocese of Wash
ington, consisting Of the District of
Columbia and St. Mary's, Mont
gomery, Charles, Prince Georges
and Calvert counties in Maryland
has 165, 900 Catholics in 81 parishes
The Archdiocese was created In
1899 but was still under the Arch
bishop of Washington and Balti-
more. 1t consisted only Of the Dis
trict of Columbia at the time.
The new Archbishop will occupy q
suite in the rectory of st. Patrick s
Church, Tenth and G streets NV.
until a permanent episcopal resi-
dence has been established.
University Women to Meet