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Show : THE NEW DIOCESE OF SI01X CITY s - A New rentury, Washington, D. .: J The gratifying, though as yet uncon-I uncon-I finned report, has reached here that ! It. Carrigan, the vice rector of the f.itholj.- University of America, has I boon made the first incumbent of the I sr.. ,,f Sioux City, which on the as-I as-I Munition that the appointment has been made, has been formed by a di-I di-I vision of the archdiocese of Dubuque. I The Apostolic Delegation is the chan- bc; through which information of this t chnraeie'r is received, but no word of- ti.-ially confirmative of-the '.announce- J jn- nt has reached there. A representa- tive of the New Century saw Mgr. T:. inker, the secretary of the delegation, S in reference to the matter. Mgr. Rook-j Rook-j cr said : . s. I There is simply no information to ' j;ive. No intimation of the change has I b-en received by us. An official noti- I li.-ation takes som time to reach here. ;jnl in the meantime we are as much 1 in the dark as far as authoritative in- I formation is concerned as the outside ""I world." i Immediately prior to going to press, j the correspondent of the New Century I .-Miied upon Mer. Marchetli, auditor of I th legation, who said: 1 "I have nothing to add to the inter- view secured by your journal with Mgr. Honker just before his departure for S Albany. ' Nothing" of a decisive charac- !! lias transpired. News of this sort I is of course, always received in this I ofli.-e and then communicated to the I T : ss. Whether the Roman correspon- ! ci!t of the organ you mentioned has I ;ic.rss to sources of trustworthy in- formation or not T cannot say. The brief, if- the rumor be true, naming Dr. i t;rriean as the bishop of Sioux City. I v ii! be a long time in reaching this j country.- In the meantime we must .-peak with that reticence which ignor- ar.ee of the facts, officially obtained, implies." Thrt probabilities. -however, point to th" iruth of the newspaper advices !l "m Rome. It seems to be generally 4 understood in ecclesiastical circles that i the cabled notice states the situation '" ith exactness. I The Wry Rev. Dr. C.anipan has for I :r,'!i years past been an important I 1'iKure 'in the Church. Dr. .Carrigan t ir.-.y snfely be called one of the cre- 1 atois of the Catholic University of AiiK ti.a That institution owes an in-; in-; calculable debt to his ardor, practical ; siiuae-ty ari.l consecration to the serv ices ..f higher education. He has stood i's til-- i-m-.'s. ntatie of the best thought and noblest aspiration in the. ; American iilin'.i.- j.riesthood. He is i an era-tor of pniver, and those who have bad the p. -ivilep.. 0f hearing him on c ertain themes, recognize his capacity I tor vivid though" reticent, eloquence. 1 -Educated broadly, he adds to his in- UUectual aopjirenients a rare knowl- I cdtre of men and events. His personal V magnetism, his active sympathy, his insight form a character that have ' made him a leader of men and move ments. is Dr. Carrigan completed his prepara- 1 lion for th-v priesthood at St. Joseph's 1 remiiiarv. Troy. N. V.. in 1S70. His first appointment was the pastorale of i St. .lohn'r church. Worcester. Mass. i After several years sjient in minister ing to the spiritual needs of a large I congregation he was recalled to his alma mater. His next charge was that f of St. Barnard's church. His career as I rc tor of this importunt parish was a I series of successes. When he finally J severed' his connection with it. it was I in a flourishing condition. He left back I of him the enviable distinction of hav- I ing built and -placed on a secure basis 1he best equipped parochial school for piimary education in the diocese. I Dr. Carrigan's interest in educational I matters, his intellectual attainments, and his training and-achievements indicated in-dicated that lie should be made the vice t 'c tor of the most important education- at undertaking ever hazarded under the I auspices of the C-athcSJo Church in America. In the triumphs and sue- esse of that institution he bos held a I eonspjctious t.place. The severance nf connection wit) the seat of learn- I iog w ill he a severe loss. He has held j In fusion qualities that are rarely found in the same character. His mas- tery of the practical details of a great; i modern university is significant of a 'i'uality of his nature which impresses I itself on all who come in contact with b.im. His academic bias is no less i marked. He is a man of books and a 1oyer of the things of the spirit. A friend of bis, as we as a friend of the x' Ccsfury. once said" of him: "Why, i Dr. Garrigan is on one side all business sagacity, and on the other side all culture." A combination of rare power in the administration of a diocese in which both elements of his character will 'have ample scope for activity. |