CHURCH DIGNITARIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 190, 13 August 1928, Page 8

CHURCH DIGNITARIES.

BGUND FOR EUCHARIST CONGRESS. DISTINGUISHED CHURCHMEN ON NIAGARA. TO SPEND FORTNIGHT IX N.Z. Liners from all parts of the '_ r lcbe converging on Australia at the present moment are carrying to tiio Eucharist ic Congress, to be held in Sydney, distinguished leaders of the Catholic Church. It is anticipated that well over one hundred thousand adherents of Catholicism will assemble in Sydney withe impressive ceremonies that will mark the occasion. Included in the passenger list of the Niagara, which made port this afternoon, was a notable contingent. Among the number was Bishop Louis Ileylen, who for twenty - live years has presided over the world's Eucharistic Congresses, lie will preside again in Sydney, where the Congress will be in session from September i> to 20. Bishop Heylen was a clo-e i-so-ciate of Cardinal Merrier during th • German occupation of Belgium. As Bishop of Namur he was asked on one occasion to accord a royal welcome to the Emperor of Austria. He refus.-d on the grounds that the only person entitled to such an honour in Xaniur v. - .is tie King of the Belgians. On another occasion he left Xamur to avoid participation in a reception to the Kaiser, who was making an utlicial vi-:t to the old fortress town on the banks of Mv Meu-e. In works for his stricken countrymen he ably seconded Cardinal Mercier. .v>w. well advanced in years—he has' celebrated his seventy-second birthdav— Bishop Ileylen has spent his life in service to his Church. He v.as ordain -.1 a priest at Malines forty--cven vears .11:0. I after he had been personally contra u- , lated by Leo XIII. for his defence of' 300 philosophical and t hologle, 1 \ propositions expounded in the presence ' of the Pope ana an assemblage of the I Cardinals of the Church.' Another! | churchman of t!ie party who>e war services single him out for notice outside 'his own country is Prince de Crow who j served his countrymen and his i/huichj throughout tne war as Dean of Mom. of | imperishable memory. The 1110-t (lis- I tinguislied-looking member of th" par; v. i Bishop Mikes, of Zabarria. near (»u !.i ! Pesth, is also a wealthy c unt of Hu 1- i gar\. In the days of Be la KJiuu. «vhcu the Soviet for a period was in power, 1 Bishop Mikes was imprisoned for several | months. He owed his liberation to i lie ■ Italians. Of the delegation who travelled !;v j the Niagara, five are from Belgium, one 1 from Hungary, and the re.-t from ' Canada and the United States. Bishop j Deschamps, of Montreal, heads the! party from Canada. Members of the per- ! manent committee of the Congress are' Bishop Ileylen (its president." 1'm,,,.; de Groy, Mgr. La my. a 1: < 1 Ciimpt.! its sccretarv. The complete list of tlioe aboard the j Niagara is as follows ;— I I. ( a-on. ! Quebec; Prince F. de Crov. Mon~. lie!- | gium; BisllOp A. De>.-iianips. Montreal. ! Kev. I], J. Donnelly, Hn'.oki vn, X. \ ; j Rev. H. A. Floyd. Dulutli. Minn.; Kev. | riios. Hayes, Cheyenne, \\"y.ening : M-r. j Louis Ileylen. Namur, Mclgiutu: J;.-v i Father A. A. Hughes. Ro.-he-t.N. v. : j Rev. E. I'. Hoar. Rn >oklyn, N . V.; Kc\ . i E. J. Kennell, Buffalo. N.Y.; Ke, \ | Lessard, France: Rev. .1. |i. Mi; tell.! Quebec; Rt. Kev. Count Jean Mike- i Hungary; Mgr. Xunlisi. U,| Switzerland; Rev. \V. R. IMii 11 ip- ; \V- v 1 Rev. Father E. .J. Rengel. Ulean. N'.y"; Rev. Father .1. M. s tl .;fcs. Ai;tnl-iev- ! Mich.; Rev. 11. p. Saindon, Kverett. | Hash.; Mgr. Servais. Mnn-. i.,„,' Rev. Szabo Trenton, \.y. ; j;,.. ! Hamburg, N.Y.; Rev. P. \\"a.is..| Namur. Belgium: Rev. .J. V Wci-bc keSheldon. N.V.; Con,pi. If. lOanvole 1 l arts, !• ran? e. j The church pasty are not all throu di ! passengers by the mail .steamer. A hum- ! oer disembarked here and will t'ulii! an i intensive programme in \',.\v X..-, | ~|,i j before leaving Wellington in aloui',, ■ fortnight's time for Svdnev.