THE NEW CARDINALS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 17, 16 August 1889, Page 13

THE NEW CARDINALS.

Francis Maby Richard, Arcbbißhop of Paris was born at Nante*. on March 9. 1819. While Vicar-General of his native diocese, ho was appointed Bishop of Bel'ey in 1877. A. few years later Cardinal Guibert petitioned the Holy See to give him Mgr, Richard as his coadjutor in the See of Pari?, and the Cardinal's request waa granted. Cardinal Richard is the author of an important work on Hagiography.

Josppn Alfred Foulon, Archbishop of Lyons, was born at Pans in 1823. He succetded Cardinal Lavigene in 18G7, as Bishop of Nancy. Fifteen years later he was transferred aa Archbishop of Bessancon, and thence, in 1887, to the Primacy of Lyons. His u Life of Monsignor Darboy " is the well-told story of a well-spent life. Aime Victor Francis Guilbert, Archbishop of Bordeaux, was born at Cerisy-la-Foret, in the diocese of Coutances, in 1812. First appointed Bishop of Gap in 1867, he was transferred to the see of Amiens in 1879. On the death of Cardinal Dounet he was advanced to the Archdiocese of Bordeaux in 1883. He is the author of a work on " The Divine Synthesis." Peter Lambeit Goossens, Archbishop of Malin.es, is a native of Perk, in Belgium, being born tbeie in 18i7. He waß Vicar-General to Cardinal Deschamps,tbe coadjutor and also actual Bishop of Namur, becoming Archbishop of Malines in 1883. Francis De Paul Mary Charles. Count Fcho lborn, Archbishop of Prague, is the youngest of the new Cardinals, having been born at Prague in 1844. Having passed a brilliant examination for hia degree of Doctor of Theology, he became a Canon of the Metropolitan Chapter and Rector o£ the Seminary in his native city, as well as Domestic Prelate to the Pope. Appointed Bishop of Rnd weis in 1 883, he waa transferred to the Archdiocese of Prague in 1885 oq the death of Cardinal Schwaizenberg.

Acnilles Apolloni U a member of a noble family of Anagni, where he was bom in 1823. He studied at the College of Noble Ecclesiastics, and became Domestic Prelate to his Holiness, as well aa Secretary to the Congregation known as del btton governo, and was at Macerata in that capacity at the time of the Piedmontese occupation in 1860. lie then returned to Rome, and was made a Canon of St. Peter's. When the cholera broke out at Albano in 18G7, he took the management of affairs there, and his zeal and pelf-sacrifice are still remembered. The followiug year he was appointed auditor of the Rota, and finally, in 1884, Vicc-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.

Gaetano De Ruggiero was born in 181 G. He has been successively Apostolic Frotonotary, (Jonsultor of tho Sacred Congregations of Bishops and Regular?, of the Council and of the Fabric of St. Peter's. Cardinal Ruggiero belongs already to the ordor of journalists, having been at one time editor ot the Liberia Cattolicx. — New I'crJt Freeman.