THE LATE BISHOP MORAN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10374, 31 May 1895, Page 3

THE LATE BISHOP MORAN.

THE VACANT SEE.

Archbishop Redwood has appointed ttie Very Rev. Fathers Lynch and Mackay (Oamaru) joint, administrators of the DunedJn dioce3e during the vacancy of the See.

The first step taken in the matte: of the appointment of a successor to a deeea3ed bishop is to convene a meeting of the "diocesan consumers'7—parish priests who., have been espuohlly appointed to confer on -matters important with the ■ bishop of; the' diocKse. The meetiDg nominates three qualified persons in order, of choice. Each " consnlter "■ present presents three name^, classified as " dignus," " dic/nior," "dignissimus," and the- peri-on receiving the largest number of designations as -."dignissimus" (most worthy) is the first choice. The names selected are then submitted to the bishops of the province, 'who, if they approve, send the list to the Propag-mda. in ' i!fomd; if they do not approve, chey sehl another list there\vibh. The Propaganda—in-this, case a committee who deal with such mattersselect from tue list or lists tw ; o names for submission to the Pope, unlest; for reasons seeming to them good they override the nominations of the biiihopts and diocesan consulters, and make, as they not uncommonly do. an independent reoommtndation/ Ths final decision restK entirely with the Pope, who generally, it is uui-Jer-stood, approves theappoiutmeut of one of the two persons whose names are placed before him by the Propaganda." We learn from an extra issued by the Tablet that ".a meeting,of the 10 senior priests of the Diocese of Douedin washeW' in St. Joseph's Cathedral at 11 o'clock jesterday morniDg! His Grace the Most Rev. Dr Redwood. Archbishop of Wellington, presided. , The object of the meeting was to select three 7 names of ecclesiastics to be submitted for the consideration of the Holy See in the matter of the vacant bishopric Ths names selected' were: Rev.' William Burke, Qaeemto,wa,dignisHmus; Very Rev. Patrick O'Leary, Lawieoce, dignior; Rev. Michael Waish, Rivertob, dignus; -The names will be. considered by 'the bishops of the Province of New Zealand, and forwarded by Archbishop, Redwood to Rome. In a document signed over 12 raonthß »gp the Most Rev. Dr Moran appointed, iri virtue of special facul-. ties of the Holy See, the Very Rev. J. Mackay (Oamaru), and Very Rev. P: Lynch (Dunedin), joint adfciuittratdrs of, the Diocese of Dunedin after his death till the appointment of a successor by tie Holy See. By his will Dr Moran has left everything, with the exception of a fe-sy trifling bequests, to his succeßsor.''

At the Jewish Synagcgue on (Wedpesday morniog the Rev.1 L. if. Harrnbn,' in the bourse of his Pentecostal "sermon;:icferred in feeling terms to the death of Bishoo Moran He rtrmrked that as Jews they had special reason to regreb the " death: of the biehop, becauee during . his residence :in Cape Colony, he'; had proved himself a warm »rid true feiend of the Jewish community thers. Owing to tlie cbntiuued.iUness of the bishop, he (Mr Harrison) had hot :been ablij to enjoy hiR ■lordship's .personal acqutiibtauce, but he h»d learned on all''sides: froiri*' h|» cWeligfonists tnat the deceased had baeu a zealous p«tor of his peeple and an eminenti cipzen 'the commuuity of Dunedin as a. .'wiiolV;' dnd the 'Roman Catholic couimunion in particul ir, had sustaipeti a great Ws. Ab he bad occasion, to nay on a similar occasujn'last year, the Talmud told them." Cliase.edi uinaiis Hoowhlorri. flesh loham ckilaclc' lomuh'lom liabow"', (the 'pious of : the nations of 'the world ha ve a ahaie'of. the future world),-; and:'he" felt sure thiit the deceased bishop was thrpughoufi hiii life a pious man Therefore, he askfd hia\-ong.edition to commeud tlie soul of -'t-he • lau'.bishop to the Almighty. lu'^counludpn the re/, gentleman callsd on his ccintrcgaviou to join him in a special prayer siiVjjh.jiriitt! to the occasion, iri which he supplicated: for the treasuring up of the soul in the bonds of/everlasting life.