THE LATE BISHOP LENIHAN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 324, 25 February 1910, Page 5

THE LATE BISHOP LENIHAN

j A SORROWING COMMUNITY. | THE INTERMENT TO-DAY. By Telegraph. —Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Despite heavy rain, there was a long ! cortege at the funeral of the hue Bishop Lenihan to-day. The Mayor, and | city councillors, and representatives of almost everv public body, as well as ot leading business institutions, were piv- | sent; fn addition to many visiting j priests and prominent members of the Jaity. The cortege was over a mile long, and included the Garrison Band. On arrival at the Cathedral, the coffin jvas placed in front of the Sanctuary, and a short service held, the Cathedral ■Being packed to its utmost capacity. The body will lie in state at the Cathedral until midnight to-night. Hie coffin will then be closed down, and will be guarded during the night by i members of the Roman Catholic socie- , ties. ! The burial will tali" place in t'ie j Cathedral to-morro\v morning, after 1 lie | Requiem Mass, which commences at 10 I o'clock. A crypt has been excavate immediate!r in front of the high a! f -\r j at .the Sanctuary rails, and lieve the i body will be interred. Masses will commence at six o'clock to-morrow, and i will be celebrated from then till 7.3 M. I Before the 1(1 o'clock lfiass the prints ! of the diocese, together with visitvig priests, of whom thereis a great niunjier, will chant one nocturne of the pacred office with Laud's. The solemn Requiem Mass will follow, the celebrant .beincr "Bishop Grimes, with Father Brodie as deacon, and Father Darby filth-deacon. Both Fathers Brodie and Darby were ordained bv the late Bishop Lenihan. 4v r 'ltliishop Redwood, of V. ■will preside.' Jlie assistant priest- will be the Rev. Father Mahoney. who was the first born New Zealander to enier the ranks of the priesthood. The aspirants at the throne will be Mon-si-rnoy Gillan. Dean Haskett and De.ui I>htheart. The Rev. Father Holbrook will be the master of ceremonies. AreV l,!sTinp Redwood will speak briellv. and {he body of the late bishop will then be interred.