BISHOP MCDEVITT. The consecration of the Right Reverend Philip R. McDevitt, D. D., as Fourth Bishop of Harrisburg was the occasion of an impressive ceremony in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, 21 September, 1916. For the second time in its history a president of the American Catholic Historical Society was raised to the episcopate, the first so honored being the late Bishop of Cleveland, the Right Rev. Ignatius F. Horstmann, D. D. The new Bishop received the sacred unction from his Metropolitan, the Most Rev. Archbishop Prendergast, assisted by Bishop FitzMaurice of Erie and Bishop McCort, auxiliary of Philadelphia. The sermon was preached by the Right Rev. Monsignor James P. Turner, D. D., a life-long friend of the newly consecrated prelate. The American Catholic Historical Society was well represented at the ceremony. Two former presidents, the Right Rev. Monsignor Henry and the Right Rev. Monsignor Drumgoole acted respectively as first deacon of honor and deacon of the Mass, while the Rev. Francis P. Siegfried, for years intimately connected with the work of the Society, was the second deacon of honor. The actual president, the Rev. William J. Lallou, officiated as the master of ceremonies, and in the procession with the guard of honor to His Grace walked two of our ex-presidents, Mr. Walter George Smith and Mr. Samuel Castner, Jr. For the first time in Philadelphia, the laymen invested with Papal honors assisted in the sanctuary in full costume, Sir James Ryan in the dark green uniform of a Knight of St. Gregory, wearing the Commendatore's sash and the Grand Cross, and Mr. Edward J. Du Mee, in the scarlet coat of a private Chamberlain to His Holiness. By special authorization of the Cardinal Secretary of State, received through the Apostolic Delegate, the consecration was performed on the day set, even though the Apostolic Bulls of appointment had not then arrived. The enthronization of the new Bishop in his cathedral church of Harrisburg took place on 23 October, the Right Rev. Mons. M. M. Hassett, D. D., Administrator of the diocese, officiating. A special train carried Bishop McDevitt and his escort of sixty-seven Philadelphia priests to the capital city. The American Catholic Historical Society gave public expression to its esteem for the new Bishop of Harrisburg in a reception held in his honor on the evening of 17 November at the historic home of the Society. The library was transformed into a bower of palms, autumn leaves, and chrysanthemums, which formed an effective background for the violet robes of the prelates. The guest of honor stood on a daïs at the episcopal chair of Archbishop Kenrick and greeted the hundreds who bent to kiss his ring as they were presented by the President of the Society. The occasion was honored by the distinguished presence of His Grace, Archbishop Prendergast, and Bishop McCort. In the receiving line were: the Right Rev. Monsignor Fisher, the Right Rev. Monsignor Henry, the Right Rev. Monsignor Drumgoole, the Rev. James A. Dalton, the Rev. Alvah W. Doran, Mr. James M. Willcox, Dr. Lawrence F. Flick, Mr. Ignatius M. Dohan, and Mr. William V. McGrath. An orchestra furnished delightful music all evening and refreshments were served in the old dining-room, where Mrs. William J. Doyle acted as hostess. Appended is the text of the Resolutions which were presented by the AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY in beautifully engrossed form to Bishop McDevitt. WH HEREAS it has pleased Divine Providence through the voice of the Holy Father, Pope Benedict the Fifteenth, gloriously reigning, to elevate the Right Reverend Monsignor Philip R. McDevitt to the Apostolic dignity of the Episcopate in designating him fourth Bishop of Harrisburg; And Whereas, Monsignor McDevitt has been for many years a zealous member of the American Catholic Historical Society; for three terms its President, and always an earnest worker for the aims of the Society and a frequent contributor to its Records; Be it resolved, that we the President and the Board of Managers of the American Catholic Historical Society, in the name of the members of the Society, extend to Bishop McDevitt our sincerest congratulations and our heartiest "Ad multos annos". September the nineteenth Nineteen hundred and sixteen. Edward J. Galbally, M. F. Hanson, Thomas A. Daly, Joseph M. Engel, Jane Campbell, William J. Lallou, President, H. T. Henry, Lawrence F. Flick, Joseph J. Murphy, H. T. Drumgoole. THE LIFE OF BISHOP CONWELL BY MARTIN I. J. GRIFFIN CHAPTER XXI HOGAN RETURNS TO PHILADELPHIA.-SUMMARILY OUSTS O'MEALLY FROM HIS RESIDENCE. IS REPUDIATED BY TRUSTEES. OFFERS TO FOUND A GREEK CHURCH.LEAVES PHILADELPHIA.-MARRIES A YOUNG WIDOW.BECOMES A LAWYER.-STRANGE ESCAPADE IN NEW JERSEY.-MARRIES ANOTHER WIDOW.-ENTERS POLITICS.AN EDITOR.-U. S. CONSUL.-AUTHOR OF ANTI-CAthOLIC BOOKS. - HIS DEATH. HIS WIDOW. REMINISCENCES OF HIS CAREER. - As the summer of 1824 saw the last appearance of Rev. Wm. Hogan in Philadelphia, it is time that we should return to him and relate the close of his career. Bishop Conwell, in a letter to Mgr. Plessis, dated July 11th, 1824, introducing Mr. J. Randall, "an eminent lawyer", "a great friend to us in our troubles", informs the prelate that "Mr. Hogan has returned again and there is great confusion among the schismatics at present ". Hogan had been in Charleston, S. C., since his departure from Philadelphia, and had sent from that city, on March 28th, 1824, the formal resignation of his pastorship alluded to in the last chapter. A notice in the Catholic Miscellany of May 19th, 1824, tells how he had been occupied up to that date. REV. WM. HOGAN. We did not intend to have this name appear in our paper again, but from the many inquiries that have been made we deem it right to state that he arrived in this city from Liverpool about six weeks since,-that he preached in the Orphan House, in the German Lutheran Church, in the Baptist Church, in the Mariner's Church, and in one of the Presbyterian Churches, that, as far as we could learn, his sermons principally contained invectives against the doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church, and that he left here for Jamaica a few days since, for what purpose we know not; and that a paragraph appeared in one of the papers stating that he had resigned the pastorship of St. Mary's Church in Philadelphia upon its being given to a gentleman whom he had recommended and approved of, and another paragraph appeared after his departure stating that he would soon return from Jamaica. As to his objects and views we know nothing, and are as little concerned. Hogan returned to Philadelphia. His doings upon his arrival are related in an unsigned Ms. dated August 10th, 1824, now in the collection of Samuel Castner, Jr., who on July 11th, 1895, purchased from the author a number of valuable Catholic historical records which he had obtained in a junk shop. This document relates that, June 14th, 1824, a vessel arrived the day before reporting that it had spoken the Steamer Union at sea from Kingston, Jamaica, on the 3rd, bound for Philadelphia, "with Rev. Wm. Hogan on board". The Union arrived at Philadelphia, Friday night, June 25th, and at 5 o'clock in the morning Hogan reached his house on 4th near Spruce,-had his name replaced on the outside of the door and ordered Rev. Mr. O'Meally (who he had left in St. Mary's church in his place) to depart out of the house or he would be kicked out. Mr. O'Meally left. Next day the papers announced that Hogan would deliver a charity sermon in St. Mary's on Sunday afternoon for the benefit of the poor children. The afternoon papers declared |