MONSIGNOR CERRETTI’S SECRETARY

New Zealand Tablet, 10 December 1914, Page 36

MONSIGNOR CERRETTI’S SECRETARY

HIGH COMPLIMENT TO NEW ZEALAND PRIEST.

; The specially contributed ‘ Roman News ’ in the Catholic Times of October 23 contains the following highly interesting item: ‘Mgr. Cerrctti, Archbishop of Corinth and first Apostolic Delegate, to Australia, who, as stated in the Catholic 'Times last week, hopes to be.-in Sydney for Christinas, has -chosen as his secretary a young priest belonging to the diocese of the Right Rev. Bishop Cleary, as he desires to have one who will be a real help to him in his work. The Holy Father, when receiving the Monsignor in audience, talked long of the mission to which the Delegate has been appointed. For the present he will make Sydney his residence, but in due time he will transfer his home to the new capital of the Commonwealth. He told me, in the course of a conversation I have had with him, that the present Holy Father is just- as enthusiastic about the progress of the Church in Australia as Pius X. was, and we all know he had great hopes of the growing Church in the land of the Southern Cross.’

Wo can ma*ke an easy guess as to the identity of the priest who has been selected for this important and responsible position, but in the of official information we cannot, of course, make any announcement.