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Show ITDgriapdiiSails Tor ;tbt Philippines I - s Silk 4- 4- ACHBISHOP CHAPELLE. - ttttt 4-.-f.-r -fff-f. ffT-T-r-Tr'" Archbishop Chapelle, - Apostolic Dele-' gate to the 'Philippines, and one of the most talked of Americans in public and ecclesiastical life today, sailed from San Francisco for Manila on the transport trans-port Sherman on last Tuesday. He was accompanied by Rev. Father Mc-Kinnon, Mc-Kinnon, who was recently appointed an army thaplain by President McKinley. The Monsignore goes to the islands as the Pope's personal representative, and is charged with the responsibility of arranging and settling Church affairs. af-fairs. Previous to the war there existed ex-isted a union of Church and State in the Spanish colonies, but. this relation terminated with the war, and the Arch, bishop will reconstruct Church matters along the lines of the government relations re-lations that have come into being within with-in the year. - Mgr. Chapelle is French by birth, being be-ing a native of Mende, in the south of France. He commenced his- classical education in the College of Enghien, Belgium, but came to the United States I .when a mere boy. He finished his education edu-cation at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. Balti-more. In 1S65 he was ordained a pries.it. Four years later the degree of Dorter of Divinity was conferred on him by the Seminary from which hei graduated. gradu-ated. For five years he was occupied in missionary work and was for five years the pastor of St. Matthew's parish. par-ish. Washington. D. C. Seven years ago he was consecrated Bishop of Santa San-ta Fe. On the death cf the late Metropolitan, of New Orleans, Bishop Chapelle was appointed to his see to succeed in title-and title-and powers. He has been president of the Ecclesiastical Conference?? of Baltimore Bal-timore and Washington. It was he whi ! selected the site of the new Catholic I Seminary at. the national capital. lie was elected a member of the charter faculty and nominated to fill the chair j of eeclesiasticay history, but was called j to the episcopacy before he entered . j upon his duties as a professor. He la j also a prominent member of the Board of Foreign Missions. |
