ENGLAND—Appointment of a Bishop

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 40, 7 December 1905, Page 27

ENGLAND— Appointment of a Bishop

The news from Rome to the effect (says the ' Catholic Times ') that Monsignor Canon Cowgill has been promoted from the position of secretary to that of Coadjutor to the Bishop of Leeds will be received with sincere satisfaction throughout the diocese. Monsignor Cowgill is not less the choice of the Holy Father and the Bishop than of the clergy and laity, with whose work and wishes the duties of his position have long made him familiar. His fitness for his new post is so well known that when it was reported that a Coadjutor was about to be selected by the Holy, See, his name at once occurred to the Catholic public as that of a priest eminently qualified to fill the responsible office. Under Dr. Gordon's administration, steady and constant progress has been achieved by sturdy, unremitting energy. The diocese has been equipped with first-rate ecclesiastical buildings and educational institutions, and everything possible has been done to meet the requirements of the missions. That wise policy will be continued, and as Monsignor Cowgill is popular with all classes, it may be safely assumed that there will be no slackening of co-operation with the episcopal efforts.