DECEASED BISHOP

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 293, 11 December 1929, Page 10

DECEASED BISHOP

FUNERAL TO-MORROW.

i SERVICE IN CATHEDRAL

BROADCASTING ARRANGED.

GREAT CONGREGATION EXPECTED

The Solemn Pontifical Mass of Requiem to be sung in St. Patrick's Cathedral to-morrow niOriiing Will be broadcast by station IYA. Those Unable to gain admission to the church will be able to follow the progress Of the Mass and hear the sermon by means of ainOhN tiers in Hobson Street. Representatives Of nearly every denomination have already signified their" Intention Of attending the funeral, and requests for reservations in the cathedral have been received from innumerable public bodies and local organisations. To-night priests and prelates will recite the Solemn Office of the Dead, before the high altar, at 7.30, following which the lid of the casket will be replaced, and the lying in state will be at an end. Unfortunately the aged Archbishop, the Most Rev- Francis Redwood, is 1 unable to bo present for the iast rites, since lie must officiate at the OrdinatiOh of priests at the Marist Seminary, Greenmeadows. His Grace, Archbishop O'Shea, coadjutor archbishop, Will preside, and the celebrant at the Pontifical High Mass, which Will precede the funeral, Will-be Bishop Liston* Tlie Rt. Rev. Dr. Bfodie, Bishop of Christ; church, who was deacon at the Reqiiieni Mass fOr Bishop Lenihah, Will preaeli the panegyric, arid the Bishop of JDuip edih, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Whyte, wiii have a place of horioui? in the sanctuary. The . funeral Will leave the cathedral for 'Pahmure at 11.45, or thefeaboUts. ' From fifr early hour, traffic Will be suspended iii the streets contiguous to tlie eathedfal, aiid traffic officers will Jass Ohiy those cars Whose occupants present an official ticket. All attending in a representative capacity will be -granted traffic tickets by the Adriiiliia,tfatOr of the Cathedfah the Revs Df. BUxtoii. Albert Street wiii be Used as a car-parking area for the general public- From 9.30 a.m. admission t6 the cathedral Will be by -visiting', fiafd only, so that those attending in a fgfire* sentative capacity may have seats. The. order of the funeral procession Will -Dei—The cfbss-bearer alid acolytes, B6y , Scohts, SaCred Heart Cdilegfe bOyfli Sacred Heart College old boys, Hibernians in regalia, members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, members of the Holy "Name Society in regalia, the general body of men of the Catholic laity, cars of the general public, cars of the official representatives, cars of the Religious, Cftr's . containing the Archbishop ahd feislidpSj the hearse, flanked by the pallears containing the clergy, and cap COht&ihihg the Marist Brothers. Ttlio children of the Catholic schools Will tie assembled at several points along •tlie rOutSj Which Wilt bo by way of Hobson Street and Customs. street to , Qlieeii .Street, thence by Way of I Mpe Road, Symoiids Street, Khyber Pass Read and BroadWay to the Great SOdtli Road,-aiid SO to Pahhiure. One : g'r'Oilp Will be , assembled in Hobson Street} another in the vicinity Of Graftofi ahd a third near the intersection of Broadway and Remuera Road. -Tlios§ Siar'chiflg in the procession WUI fee divei-ted at Wakefield street, where mlses will fed available for their ■jjOrt to Officers and.pdiiCenieh Will be oh- duty at'Panffiufo to ensure that there wiii fee no eorigestiOri Of traffic.