DR. CLEARY'S APPOINTMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 142, 17 June 1910, Page 6

DR. CLEARY'S APPOINTMENT.

v: ;, HIS. TOUB ABROAD.' NEW BISHOP OF AUCKLAND. ; (By Telegraph.—Own . Correspondent.) j •■•■-■■■ - -WELLINGTON, this day. The appointment of Father Cleary, of p.unedin, as Bishop of Auckland, in succession to Bishop Lenihap, jg generally regarded here as the natural outcome or a brilliant career. From the coinmencer ment of his priestly career he came into prominence, as a man of light and leading, particularly in connection wjth controversial criticism of the Catholic fa-ith, and when Dr. Verdon was appointed JJishpp of Dunedin ffir. Verdoii was then ill Victoria)' he "brought over Bather Cleary with him as edifoT of the New Zealand "Tablet," the organ of Roman Catholicism, in the Dominion. Only those who have made a study of Father Cleary's religiousjournalistic work can appreciate" the good work that he has carried out in his. capacity as editor of that journal, anil as" a reward for his services he was some two years ago invpsted •with the degree of I)octor of Diyinity.' Nothing came amiss to his pen. He could write' entertainingiy ? forcefully, and -with an evident knowledge of fa-cts, ■the result of wide and .careful study ■on a very large , range of subjects, and in his private relations with all sections of' the. community his personality and general good qualities won for him mucn. love and. admiration. For several months past he has been on a tour of North and South America, and later of Europe, seeking to found something in the nature of a Catholic Bress Association, designed to afford the public of. Australia .and New Zealand ..early and full information regarding matters ,of interest and importance " to the faith, and to deal at the earliest possible moment with items of information concerning Catholic matters which, in the view of those- most intimately concerned, need, explanation or elaboration. It was understood that during his journeyings. Dr. Cleary would visit Rome, and it is quite likely that he is in that city at the present time. ' .. .. (By Telegraph. —Own Correspondent.) PUNEDIN, this day. "The Roman Qatholics of Auckland, in securing the bishop of their own choice (the -' Dignissimus' of the clerical , nomination) have secured an ■ erudite scholar, a profound theological phiiosor pher, a practical man of the world (in ■the good sense of an abused term), an accomplished writer and speaker, and a delightfully genial iriend. The journalists of New Zealand must be allowed to .eyin.ee special interest in one who. has always been glad to claim his share in the fellowship of the craft. Bishop Cleary is in the prime of life, and we trust that .his episcopal career "will 6e long and beneficially fniitful.'VrPunedin ;>'gtar>?' .'■" '■".■•