Rt. Rev. Wm. Quarter 4^ 



Catholics of the empire city. — The Freeman's Journal 

 thus describes it : 



"At half past nine o'clock precisely, the sacred procession 

 left the sacristy, and passing along the raised dais outside the 

 sanctuary, entered in front of the great altar. First went the 

 Acolytes, Thunrifer, and the Seminarians of St. John's, followed 

 by several clergymen of New- York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and 

 other parts of the diocese, with a few from Emmetsburg College ; 

 next were — the Senior Assistant Bishop with his chaplain and 

 attendant; the three Bishops elect — Right Rev. Andrew 

 Byrne, Right Rev. William Quarter, and Right Rev. John 

 McCloskey, with their chaplains and attendants; the other 

 Assistant Bishop, with his chaplain and attendant; then the 

 Master of Ceremonies, the Deacon and Sub-Deacon, Assistant 

 Priest, and other attendants of the consecrator; the procession 

 being closed by the consecrator, the Right Rev. Bishop of New- 

 York. The clergy were in their chasubles or their surplices; 

 the Bishop elect in amict., alb., cincture, stole and cope, and 

 wearing the small cap common to the clergy; the Assistant 

 Bishops in rochets, stoles, copes and mitres, and the consecra- 

 tor in full pontificals — rochet, stole, cope, mitre, crozier, &lc. 

 The vestments of the consecrator and his attendants were of 

 the richest description, and literally dazzled the eye. The 

 mitres and copes of the Assistant Bishops were also distinguished 

 for their beauty, as was the case with the vestments of the 

 clergy generally. As the procession moved slowly forward, its 

 numbers, splendour, and magnificence of array — chasubles 

 and copes and mitres glittering in the light — presented a 

 brilliant and imposing spectacle. 



"Many of the clergy and seminarians (the latter particu- 

 larly) had not room in the sanctuary, and were in attendance in 

 the sacristy, with or without their cossacks. Altogether, the 

 number of clergy and seminarians present during the day could 

 not have been far from seventy; and to the Catholic heart it 

 must have been not the least consoling of the many reflections 



