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Show - "v'' , " ; ' : Cardinal Gibbons. In unimpaired health and as strong as he was twenty years ago. Cardinal Gibbons of ' Baltimore' reached his seventy-fifth birthday anniversary on July 23,' and the occasion was quietly celebrated, cele-brated, but hundreds of letters and telegrams tele-grams of - congratulation ; from distinguished distin-guished persons in all parts of the country coun-try bore witness to the fact that the venerable primate of the church In the United'States has many friends and admirers ad-mirers throughout the land. Cardinal Gibbons was born in Baltimore, Balti-more, of Irish narents nn .Tulv s issi While he was still a boy James Gibbons Gib-bons was taken to Ireland by his father, fath-er, where he receiveed the elements of a liberal education. On his return to America he entered St. Charles college. Maryland, from which he graduated with distinction in 1S57. He then entered en-tered St. Mary's seminary, Baltimore, and after the usual course of philosophy philoso-phy and theology was ordained a priest on June 6, 1S61. He. immediately entered en-tered upon the duties, of his calling, serving first as assistant at St. ' Patrick's Pat-rick's church, and afterwards as the pastor of St. Bridget's church. Canton. A few years after his transfer to St. Bridget's he was elected by the late Archbishop Spalding as his private secretary, sec-retary, and on Aug.. 16. 1S68. was consecrated conse-crated at the cathedral Bishop of Adra-mythum Adra-mythum in Partibus Infidelium and vicar apostolic of North Carolina. He remained four, years in North Carolina and displayed such remarkable administrative-abilities that on the death of Bishop McGill he was translated to Richmond, Va., where he was installed bishop on Oct. 20, 1ST2. His administration adminis-tration in Richmond 'was marked by an almost immediate revival of religiou interest in-terest and by practical results of the most important character. In the course of five years several new churches were erected, and . St.. Peter's cathedral, male academy and parochial school was founded. By his energy also St. Joseph's female orphan asylum was enlarged, a parochial school for boys and girls was established at Petersburg, and one at Portsmouth for girls. On the 20th of May. 1S77, he was appointed ap-pointed coadjutor with the right of succession to the late Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley of Baltimore. He was installed archbishop at" the cathedral f Feb. 10, 1878. On March 17. 1887, he re-ceied re-ceied the red hat of the cardinalate from Pope Leo XIII, having previously been invested with the insignia of the office at the Baltimore cathedral. On May 25 of the same year he took possession of his titular church in Rome and, when he returned on June 17, 18S7, he was welcomed in Baltimore by one of the largest 'and most enthusaistic public demonstrations ever witnessed in that city. Cardinal Gibbons was one of the founders of ;the: Catholic university and is its chancellor. His -influence at the Vatican has always been great and, it is said that' his representations have been the cause of the Pope's famous encyclicals on the labor question relative rela-tive to popular government in the United Unit-ed States. As an author Cardinal Gibbons Gib-bons holds a high rank in the literature of his church, and his "Faith of Our Fathers" is regarded by divines of every creed as a masterpiece of logic and literary lit-erary attainment. With all his learning and attainments. Cardinal Gibbons is one of the -most modest and unassuming of men. and dearly beloved,', not only by the priests in his charge, but , by the people of all, classes, who venerate him for iris kindness, charity and truly democratic dem-ocratic affability. Neward Monitor, Aug. 7. |