Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-10-24 | Page 1 | Venerable Bishop Assists

VENERABLE BISHOP ASSISTS In Consecration of Rov. Edward Osborne Os-borne as Bishop Coadjuator. BOSTON, OcL 21. Leading officials of tho Episcopal general convention participated partici-pated In tho consecration of Rev. Father Edward Osborno of this city, for many years superior of tho American branch of the Society of Mission PrleBts of St. John, the Evangelist, as bishop coadjutor coadju-tor of tho diocese of Springfield. 111., hero today. A foaturo of tho coromony was tho presenco of thc venerable bishop of that diocese, Right Itov. Georgo Franklin Seymour, D. D. LL. D. Assisting Bishop Seymour were Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York and Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts William Nichols of California participated partici-pated In the ceremony. Right P.ev. Arthur Ar-thur L. Williams, bishop coadjutor of Nebraska, who was tho preacher, referred-to referred-to tho United States as a "sect-ridden country," and to Boston as a city "of fads and numerous cults." Continuing, ho expressed the hope that tho church now called Episcopal might bo known as tho American Catholic church.