OUR NEW ARCHBISHOP.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 22, 25 September 1885, Page 13

OUR NEW ARCHBISHOP.

(Dublin Freeman, August 8.)

The Most Rev. Dr. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, was consecrated on Sunday in the Church of St. Agatha, Borne, by another Irish Prelate, whom his Holiness has singled out for the marked distinction of being the first Bisnop in Australia ever raised to the dignity of the Oardinalate. The telegram which we publish from our Special Correspondent in the Eternal City gives interesting particulars of the impressive ceremony, aud of the subsequent interview with the Holy Father with which the newly consecrated Archbishop was hoooured. Assisting his Eminence Cardinal Moran in the solemn rite of Consecration were two other distinguished Irish ecclesiastics* the Most Hey. Dr. Donnelly, Bishop of Clogher, and the Most Rev. MoDsignor Kirby, Bishop of Lita and Hector of the Irish College. The church was thronged by residents in Rome, clerical and lay, and no feature was wanting to make the ceremony a National event. Not since the days of St. Laurence O'Toole has a prelate occupied the Metropolitan See to whom the Irish race throughout the world looked with such pride and affection as are entertained for Dr. Walsh. The circumstances of his election, the incidents that marked the interval of painful suspense tbac followed, and the final ratification of the oppointment by the Holy See riveted the attention, of Irishmen all over the world. They felt that momentous issues were at stake, and their joy in the fruition of their hopes wad no more than proportionate to the anxiety with which they awaitei the decision of his Holiness. All has ended well, and the ceremony of Sunday hallowed tne victory won for liish Catholicity and Irish Nationality. In the course of the interview with Dr. Waish, his dolioess spoke affectionately of the Irish people, of their undyiug faith, and their unswerving devotion to the Holy See. They have had proof that their interests engage the tender solicitude of his Holiness, and the events in connection with the Archbishop of Dublin have drawn closer than ever before the bonds of love that join lrelaud to Rome in spiritual communion. The Archbishop will leave Rome in a few days, and will travel homewards by easy stages. With a hundred thousand welcomes and all good wishes he will be received by his countrymen, who, in his elevation, see the realisation of long-cherished hopes.