BISHOP BRODIE HONOURED
SILVER JUBILEE OF CONSECRATION (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, February 23. The silver jubilee celebrations of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, the Most Rev. Dr M. J. Brodie, began today and will last for three days. All members of the hierarchy in the Dominion are attending the celebrations and more than 80 other clergy, including monsignori, are attending from all parts of the Dominion. At Solemn Pontificial High Mass, which opened the celebrations, it was announced that Pope Pius XII had sent a lettter of congratulation and had conferred on Bishop Brodie the dignity of Bishop Assistant to the Papal Throne. Bishop Brodie himself was the celebrant of the Mass, for which the cathedral was specially decorated. In the afternoon, as part of the jubilee celebrations, the foundation stone of the new St. Mary’s Church in Manchester street was laid by the Metropolitan of New Zealand, Archbishop O’Shea, before a crowd of about 5000 and in the evening Solemn Vespers were held, at which addresses congratulating the bishop on his achievements in 25 years in the episcopate were presented by the clergy and laity.
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Southland Times, Issue 24368, 24 February 1941, Page 6
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