CHRISTCHURCH CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.
[IIY TEl.Ko7l.vrir.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CnntsTcnnßnr, Sunday. Bishop Vebdos and Monsignor Mackay arrived from Dunedin last night, to take pari in the reconseeration of the Catholic proCathedral here. They were accorded a public .welcome by Bishop Grimes and leading Catholics. To-day the ceremony of consecration was performed with High Pontificial Mass and procession, when the Bishop of Dunedin preached. In the evening an address of welcome was presented to him. Monsignor Mackay preached. The church was crowded on both occasions. The proCathedral has been moved bodily a distance of nearly a quarter oi a mile, to make room for the new Cathedral, to be commenced shortly, the foundation stone of which will be laid by Cardinal Moron, of Sydney, who comes over for that purpose. To-morrow evening the visitors will be entertained at a conversazione.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11431, 23 July 1900, Page 6
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