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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 300, 31 January 1879, Page 15

JjEvho dc Fvvrrkrr of October 19, published at Lyons, France, contuiris six and a-half closely-printed columns of eulogy of the late J T gr. liupanloup, in which aie published extracts from the leading Catholic journals of France, expressive of the great loss the Church Las sustained in the demise of the venerable prelate. We translate the following paragraph from the extracts contained in this article : '•WLen in; diligence of the death of Mgr. Dupanloup, Bishop of Orlcf.ns, n ached the Vatican, His Eminence the Caidinal Secretary of Si a c. 1 y cider of His Holiness Leo XIII., immediately addressed th<- follow ins telegram to Mgr. Coullie : ' The Holy Father is deeply afflicted at the loss of so illustrious a prelate, and has ordered prayers to l>e offered up for the repose of his soul. From the fullness of his heart he blesses his successor.' " It may be proper to add that on the 2nd October, 1877, Mgr. Coullic, Bishop of Sidon, was appointed Coadjutor to Mgr. Dupanloup cum jure xuccrxxhn'tx, and, on the death of the iattcr, at once entered upon his charge of the Diocese of Orleans.