BISHOP CLEARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14491, 4 October 1910, Page 6

BISHOP CLEARY.

CONSECRATION CEREMONY. FAREWELLS IN IRELANDThe ceremonials in connection -with the consecration of the Right Rev. Henry W. Cleary, D.D., as Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, which took place in Ennis--orthy Cathedral on Sunday, August 21, are reported at length in a Wexford paper just to hand. The Most Rev. D. Brownngg, Bishop of Ossory, was the consecrating prelate, and the Rev. John J. Rossiter, of t e House of Missions, Enniscorthy, preached the consecration sermon, taking for his text, " How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings and that preacheth peace, and of him that showeth forth good, that preacheth salvation, that saith of Sion, thy Lord shall reign.^ At the conclusion of the consecration ceremony five addresses were presented to the new' Bishop of Auckland, these being from the Enniscorthy Urban Council, the Enniscorthy Board of Guardians and District Council, the County Committee of the Gaelic League, former schoolmates of Dr. Cleary-, and Dr. deary's parishioners. To these Bishop Cleary made a lengthy and fitting reply. At two o'clock Bishop Clearey entertained a large number of his friends, both lay and clerical, to a luncheon in St. Aidan's Presbytery. The following toasts were honoured: — The Pope," " The Consecrating Prelate," " The Assistant Bishops, " The Visiting Bishops," " The Clergy," The Laity," "The Public Bodies,' and "The Chairman, the new Bishop," In replying t.o the toast, Bishop Cleary said that in the new sphere of work to which Providence had called him he had with him a devoted clergy; " and continued the speaker, "I succeed to the labours of a zealous Bishop, a man of order, method, and business talent. I succeed to the work of the pioneer bishops and priests of the oldest New Zealand See; I build upon their foundation; I breathe the air of the heights up which they struggled in toil and tears, Joaquin Miller sings of an Arab scheik, who so felt for his thristing fellow men, that he spent his life digging wells in the desert sands—and, digging wells, he, thirsting, died. So have done the pioneer bishops and priests of New Zealand. They have toilfully dug wells in what was a spiritual fountains springing into life eternaland, digging wells they, too, thirsting died, and passed beyond to the Beatitude that awaits those who hunger and thirst after justice. In succeeding to their labours, it is a joy to me to know that I am wafted to my work by a breeze of blessings and good wishes. May these circle me around about oh my distant way, and in the land I'm going to! But, whatever may betide, there shall not pass from my grateful soul precious memory of the" caressing kindness of the many loving Irish hearts that have gathered around me on my ' consecration day."