Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 15 May 1913, Page 49

Intercolonial

The Very Rev. Dean Graber will act as Administrator of the diocese of Geraldton during the absence of his Lordship Bishop Kelly, who is about to proceed to Rome.

Right Rey. Mgr, Byrne, Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Adelaide, celebrated on Sunday, April 20, the 53rd anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The , Mon Signor, who is now in his 80th year, is • engaged on the revision and enlargement of his History of the Catholic Church in South Australia. At the final meeting of the St. Patrick’s Day celebration committee in Sydney the balance sheet submitted showed a profit of £546 3s 4d. Of this a sum of £65 was allotted to each of the eight orphanages— Waitara, Westmead, Kincumber, Narellan, Ryde, Lane Cove, Baulkham 'Hills, and Liverpool. The Rev. Father J. J. Egan, of Epping (Melbourne), met with rather a severe accident recently. While driving to celebrate Mass at Woodstock the horse bolted and struck a fence, with the result that the overturned, pinning Father Egan underneath. He sustained a severe shaking, a broken collar-bone, and abrasions about the head. ' y Referring to the celebration of the silver episcopal jubilee of his Grace the Archbishop of Adelaide the Southern Cross says: — His Excellency the Governor has accepted an invitation to be present at St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on the morning of May 7, when the addresses and testimonials will be presented. In addition to the addresses to be presented by the clergy and laity of the archdiocese an address will be presented by Bishop Norton and the clergy and laity; of the diocese of Port Augusta, as well as an address from the Bishops of the province of Adelaide, which comprises South Australia, West Australia, and, the Northern Territory. An interesting letter has been received from his Lordship -Bishop Clune, dated from Smyrna, in Asia Minor. In a population, of 300,000 there are 10,000 Em opean Catholics there. The religious Orders in the archdiocese, says his Lordship, are Franciscans, Capuchins, Dominicans, Vincentians, Marist and Christian Brothers'; while the Sisters of Charity, Carmelites, Sisters of Sion, Sisters of St. Joseph, the Oblates of the Assumption, and the Dominican Nuns have flourishin convents. The Bishop celebrated the anniversary of his consecration (St. Patrick’s Day) in Smyrna. A cable message stated that his Lordship was present at the Eucharistic Congress at Malta, and had presided at one of the sittings of the English section. ‘ . v As a statement that the Archbishop of Adelaide has applied for a Coadjutor has appeared in the secular press, it may be as well to state (says the Southern Cross) that his Grace has written to Rome to ask leave to take the necessary steps towards making such an appointment, and no reply has yet been received. , The mention of any names in connection with the appointment is therefore. premature and entirely devoid of authority. Until a reply from Rome has been received no action can be taken to select a Coadjutor, and even then the names selected for submission must, according to a recent decree, be kept secret. The first step will be for the priests of the archdiocese to meet and select three names in order of merit for submission to the Propaganda in Rome., The bishops of the province will then meet and endorse the names or submit others. When all the names and reports have been received in Rome, Propaganda will make a recommendation to the Pope, with whom the final appointment rests, and who may, if he so pleases, set aside all the names submitted.