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Show j CONSECRATION Or THE BISHOP OE HELENA The consecration of the Right Rer. Dr. John P. Carroll, recently appointed to the vacant see of Helena, Mont., took place at St. Raphael's cathedral, cathe-dral, Dubuque, la., Wednesday, Dec. 21, the feast of St. Thomas, the apostle. About two hundred priests from the archdiocese ' of Dubuque and many from neighboring dioceses were present. The prelates present, were Archbishop Keane of Dubuque. Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee. Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis, Bishop Scannell of Omaha, Bishop Cotter of Winona, Bishop Janssen of Belleville, Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, Bishop Garrigan of Sioux City, Bishop Keane of Cheyenne, Bishop O'Reilly of Baker City, Ore.; Bishop Lenihan of Great Falls, Bishop Davis, Da-vis, coajutor to the bishop of Davenport, and Bishop Muldoon, auxiliary to the archbishop of Chicago. The archbishop of Dubuque was the cohsecra-tor, cohsecra-tor, and the assistants were the bishops of Omaha and the bishop of Baker City. The archbishop of St. Louis preached the sermon. ser-mon. Dinner was served at the Hotel' Jul icn at, 2 o'clock, and at the close of the dinner the following follow-ing addresses were delivered: Address on behalf of the Clergy of the Archdiocese, Arch-diocese, Very Bev. E. J. McLaughlin, V. F., Clinton, Clin-ton, Ta. Response to address of the Clergy, Rt. Rev. John P. Carroll, bishop of Helena. ! ' "Our Holy Father," Most Rev. S. G. Messmer, archbishop of Milwaukee. "Our Country and the Church," Bight Rev. Thomas O'Goiman. bishop of Sioux Falls. "The Great Xorthwest," Bishop O'Reilly of Baker City. Ore. "The College," alumni address, Rev. D. D. Hishen, Chicago, 111. ' ''The University." Most Rev. John J. Keane, archbishop of Dubuque. The newlv consecrated bishop is a native of Dubuque, and was for many years and up to the time of his appointment as bishop of Helena, president pres-ident of St. Joseph's college, Dubuque. . (Helena Independent.) It will be twentv-one years next March since the diocese of Helena was created, John B. Bron-del Bron-del being the first bishop of Helena. When he took' charge in the djocese, which included all Montana; there were only sixteen Catholic churches in the then territory, and when he died, Xov. 3, 3903. they numbered fifty-three. After the death of Bishop Brondel, the Montana diocese was divided, the diocese dio-cese of Great Falls, with Bishop Lenihan at its head being set aside. In the Helena diocese there are thirty-four priests and 30,500 members of the church, and in this diocese are the large schools, hospitals and academies. Bishop Cairoll, who will be the second bishop of Helena, is a young man, with high rank as a scholar. The greater portion of his work has been .along educational lines, he having had comparatively compara-tively little experience in parish or diocesan work. The new bishop is expected in Heleaa shortly after the new year and his installation will be made the. occasion of elaborate ceremonies. ' 'v K (Western "Watchman.) Some Catholic papers in the west inform us that the right to consecrate the bishop of Helena belonged, according to the canons, to Archbishop Christie, the metropolitan of that ecclesiastical province, and that he delegated Archbishop Keane to perform the ceremony. This is a mistake. Formerly For-merly archbishops had the exclusive right to consecrate con-secrate their suffragans, but now the right to consecrate con-secrate bishops belongs to the pope' alone. All consecrating prelates act as delegates of the pope. In the bulls appointing bishops the priests to be consecrated are given the right to select as their consecrators any bishop in communion with the holy see. Therefore, the bishop chosen by the con-seerand con-seerand is the delegate of the pope and he acts by authority of that, delegation. Archbishop Keane consecrated Bishop Carroll because he was asked by the latter to perform the ceremony, that, selection by the consecrand being virtually a papal delegation. |
