LYING IN STATE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1929, Page 14

LYING IN STATE

BODY OF BISHOP CLEARY

(By Telegraph.) (Special to 'The Evening Post.")

AUCKLAND, This Day.

A solemn procession entered St. Patrick's Cathedral at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the body of the lato Bishop Cleary -was lifted from a hearso and borne into the church for the lying-in-state.

Fully robed in the Eucharistie vestments proper to the office of Bishop, the body lies in the chancel. A continuous watch will bo kept by the faithful till the body is carried out lof the cathedral for the funeral.

By special request of the late Bishop Cleary there will be no flowers s>i evidence at his obsequies. Before he died the late Bishop asked that his body be laid to rest in the little cemetery at Panmure, alongside the graves of several well-known priests who worked with apostolic zeal in the Diocese of Auckland.

The Governor-General (Sir Charles Fergusson) has telegraphed to Bishop Liston as follows: "Her Excellency and I are deeply grieved to hear of the death of Bishop Cleary, and send you our most sincere sympathy in the loss of one who will be greatly missed and for whom we had great regard." A message from the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph. Ward) reads: "I have received with deep regret your, telegram announcing the death of Bishop Cleary, and I hasten to express to you and the members of the Catholic Church in the Auckland Diocese my sincere sympathy in the loss of its distinguished head. The late Bishop Cleary possessed-a lovable personality which endeared him to a very large circle of friends, both in and out of the Church. I am very sorry that my present indisposition will prevent me from being able to personally attend the last rites."