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Vol XXVI. No. 5
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MAY 31, 1945
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Bishop of Raleigh
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MOST REVEREND VINCENT S. WATERS, D. D.
On June 5, in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, in Raleigh,
North Carolina, the Most Reverend Vincent Stanislaus Waters, D D
‘will be formally installed as the third Bishop of Raleigh. Bishop
Waters, a native of Roanoke, Virginia, was Consecrated on May 15, at
the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, in Richmond. Ordained to the
priesthood in Rome, fourteen years ago, Bishop Waters has served
as a priest of the Diocese of Richmond, and at the time he was named
' 5? }. • ? Hol, ness Pope Pius XII to succeed the Most Rev. Eugene J
McGuinnesS, D. D„ now Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa’
: was .Serving as Vice-Officialis and Director of the Diocesan Missionary
. Band. (Ph6to—Courtesy of The Raleigh News-Observer).
Most Reverend Vincent S. Waters, D. D.
Consecrated as Bishop of Raleigh at the
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond
(Special to The Bulletin)
RICHMOND, Va.—With solemn
and impressive ceremony, in the
presence of an Archbishop, ten
Bishops, two Abbots, numerous
Monsignori, hundreds of priests,
and a congregation of Religious
and laity which filled to capacity
the spacious Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart in Richmond on May
15, the Most Rev. Vincent S.
Waters, D. D„ was consecrated as
the third Bishop of Raleigh.
The Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton,
Bishop of Richmond, was the
Concecrator, with the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, Bishop of
Charleston, and the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savan-
liah-Atlanta, Co-consecrators.
The sermon at the Mass of Con
secration was delivered by the
Right Rev. Monsignor Jeremiah F.
Minihan, Chancellor of the Arch
diocese of Boston.
Members of the Hierarchy pres
ent included the Most Rev. Fran
cis J. Spellman, Archbishop of
New York and Miiltary Vicar, the
Most Rev. Willim J. Hafey, first
Bishop .of Raleigh, now Bishop of
Scranton; tile Most Rev. Edmond
J. Fitzmaurice, Bishop of Wilming
ton; the Most Rev. John F. O’Hara,
C. S. C„ Bishop of Buffalo; the
Most Rev. Joseph P. Hurley,
Bishop of St. Augustine; the Most
Rev. Joseph John M. McNamara,
Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore and
of Washington; the Most Rev.
Arsepe Turquetil, O. M. 1., Mis
sionary Bishop of Iludson Bay; and
the Most Rev. Albert L. Fletcher,
Auxiliary Bishop of Little . Rock.
Also present were the Right Rev.
Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B.’ Abbot
—Ordinary of Belmont, and the
Right Rev. Francis Sadler, O. S.
B„ Abbot of St. Lob’s, Abbey, Fla.
REAPS PAPAL MANDATE
The Right Rev’ Msgr. John A.
Kelliher, Ph. D., Officialis of the
Dioceseof Richmond, acted as
notary and read from the pulpit
first in Latin,’and then in Fng-
lish, the Decree of His Holiness
Pope Pius; XII, transmitted
through the Most Rev. Atnelto
Givannl Cicbgnani, Apostolic Dele
gate to ’ the United States," and
authorizing the Episcopal consecra
tion.
Special chaplains to the Bishop-
elect yere the Rev. Vernon J.
BoWe^' and the Rev. Chester P.
Miehaety-who has been associated
with him in the work of the Mis-
.sion^ B.ai)d pf the Diocose of Rich
mond ‘
, The .Rt, Rev Msec Leo J- Ryan,
in Diocese of
NEW BISHOP BLESSES MEMBERS OF IIIS FAMILY—At the
Rnieimwi 0f J he , ‘iccemony at which he was' consecrated Bishop of
l i fi f ; Fniii 0 nS ^u V ' y inc f nt S ’ Waters js pictured as lie imparted
a ?? 1 blessing t0 nlcn )ber.s of his family. Among those
Who attended the consecration of Bishop Waters were his "father
Michael T ’ ^ brother; Sifter S’
Michael of the Society of Medical Missionaries, Santa Fe N M Mrs
Pa fPW,? m r h a t nd F i? nk Drisco11 , both of Roanoke, his sisters!
(Photo—Courtesy of The Richmond Times-Dispatch).
ROBERT HANNEGAN, who will
take office as Postmaster General
of the United States on July 1,
v/ill be the speaker wlien the North
Carolina Jefferson Day dinner is
held in Raleigh on June 2. The din
ner, originally scheduled for April
18, was postponed on account of
the death of President Roosevelt.
Mr. Truman was to have been the
speaker, but his elevation to the
presidency eliminated him and Mr.
Hannegan was invited in his stead.
THE FAMOUS PAINTING in
Milan of the Last Supper by Leo
nardo da-Vinci is still heavily
sahdbagged and probably undam
aged, according to information re
ceived by the ©ffice of War In
formation in Washington. Al
though a bomb fell in a nearby
cloister, the painting, located on
a wall of the refectory of the
Monastery of Santa Maria delle
Grazie, was not hit, advices state.
Vicar General oi The
Richmond, was . assistant .priest.
The Rt, Rev. Msgr. Arthur R.
Freeman, P, A., Vicar General of
the Diocese of Raleigh, and the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. William F. O’Brien',
of Durham, N. C., were the dea
cons of honor. The Rev. Francis
J. Byrne, S. T. D., was deacon of
the Mass, the Rev. ^homas E.
0,’Coiinell,. spb-deacQij 1 -
The Rty.Rev. Msgu James Gilse-
nan, V. F., Roanoke and the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. James A. Brennan, P.
R. , Richmond, were chaplains to
Bishop Walsh; the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Dennis k A. Lynch, Chancellor of
the Diocese of 'Raleigh, and the
Very Rev. Msgr. J. Lennox Fed
eral, rector of the Cathedral in
Raleigh, were chaplains to Bishop
O’Hara.
The Rev. Thomas Finnegan was
sub-deacon of the Cross; the Rev.
Walter J. Schmitz, 1 " S. C., master
of ceremonies to Bishop Ireton;
the' Rev) Cornelius M. Cuyler, S.
S. , master of ceremonies to the
bishop-elect; the Rev. Robert O.
Hickman and the Rev. Justin D.
McClunn, assistant masters of
eerdmony.'
Other chaplains to the Bishop-
elect were the Very,Rev. Edward
. F., ..mitre; the Rev.
L. Stephens, V. F„. mitfe, *.»«.*.
Kenneth J. Riser,/ ring; the Rev)
Harold-/F. Nott, erozier, aind the
Rev. Anthony Korkemaz, gloves.
Bearers of the offertory gifts were:
The ".Rev. Carroll Dozier and the
Rev. Paul V. Heller, candles; the
Rev. Robert F. Beattie and the
Rev. Robert E, O’Kane, bread; the
Rev. Francis L. Brandlcan and the
Rev. Longmlre Speight, wine.
Masters of ceremony for the
procession were the Rev. Robert
Hickman for the Bishops; the Rev.
Leo A. Massei, for Monsignori, the
Rev. Justin D. McClunn, for priests
and the Rev. Thomas Finnegan, for
altar boys. The acolytes were the
Rev. Leo Creamer and the Rev. J.
Bernard Moore.
The traditional music through
out the ceremony, which lasted
three hours, was directed by the
Rev. Francis J. Blakely, Director of
Music for the Diocese of Rich
mond.
AMONG CONGREGATION
Among those attending the con
secration and the first upon whom
Bishop Water bestowed his bless
ing, were his father, Michael B.
Waters, of Roanoke; his brother,
John T. Waters, of Roanoke; his
sis tea's, Sister Mary Michael, of
the Society of Medical Mis
sionaries, Santa Fe,” N. M.; Mrs.
Paul T. Smith and Mrs. T. Frank
Driscoll, of Roanoke.
Prominent among those who
made up the vast congregation
were Governor Colgate W. Dar
den, of Virginia, and Mayor Gra
ham H. Andrews, of Raleigh.
Following the services a luncheon
for the clergy was served at the
John Marshall Hotel..
Monsignor Minihan's sermon had
as its text: “I will you pastor;
according to my own, heart, and
they, shall feed you witty knowlr
edge and doctrine," and em
phasized the role of the Bishops
of the Church in maintaining purity
of doctrine and unity among' the
faithful during the centuries of
.the Church’s history. In the course
of his discourse, Monsignor Mini
han said: >.
RECALLS HISTORY
'To the minds Of many here
today,” said Monsignor Minihan,
"must pome the memory, of other
.and similar Scenes that have been
’ enacted in the long history of this
ye,ndrabie Diocese. From, ttye, ranks
of: *’ Virgy .others
,liave been summoned by the Yicgr
tyt Christ to assume the djgnity
and responsibility pf - the. episco
pate— i men/of exemplary jives, a.ncf
of_ true apostolic spirit, who have
shed ^enduring lustre on their own
names and brougtyt 'great;glory to
tlip Cnurety tdiey sejryi..
(‘Hither also have, come honored
and beloved prelates to labor in
tilts portion of God’s, vineyard—
Wtyelan,, McGill, Keane, Van do
Vyver, O’Connell, Brennan and
Ireton. Great, aijty Holy Ristyops.
these, who liiHje honored this gee
by; ! their personal, virtues and. by
their life-long devotion ' to the
religious interests of their people.
(‘Over this ’ diocese still hovers
the spirit of Janies Cardinal Gib
bons, educated and cultured
gentleman, distinguished American
citizen iind peerless ecclesiastical
leader. ' His name is' indelibly
stamped on the briefest pages of
thd;history of the Catholic Church
in America, and the memory of his
remarkable achievements will al
ways be an ■ Inspiration wherever
ehui-chmen gather: Nearly three-
quarters of a century ago this
grOat churchman came to this city,
a Gif' *- ’--nond from the Catho
lic flock' in North' Carolina; by
happy coincidence, the Catholic
flock in Richmond this day sends
to the brethren in North Carolina
one of tiie ablest and most be
loved of its elergy—Bishop Vincent
Stanislaus Waters.”
NATIVE OF VIRGINIA
Bishop Waters was born' in
Roanoke on August 15, 1904, the
son of Michael Bernard Waters
and the late Mrs. Mary Frances
Crowley Waters. He received his
early education at St. Andrew’s
School, Roanoke and later attend
ed Belmont Abbey College, Bel
mont, N. C. He began his study
for the priesthood at St. Charles
College, Catonsville, Md., from
which he graduated in 1926. After
two years of study at St. Mary’s
Seminary, in Baltimore, Bishop
Waters went to Rome, where he
completed his theological course
at the North American College.
He was ordained in Rome, in 1931,
by His Eminence Francesco Cardi
nal Marchetti-Selvaggiani, now
Vicar General of Rome.
Returning to the United States
in 1932, Bishop Waters received
his first appointment as a priest of
the Diocese of Richmond, assistant
pastor of Holy Cross Church,
Lynchburg. In 1936 he was made
assistant rector of the Sacred
Heart Cathedral in Richmond,
where lie served as assistant Chan
cellor.
In June, 1943, he was appoint
ed director of the Diocesan Mis
sion Band, and since January of
last year, has served also as Vice-
Officialis of the Diocese.
DIOCESE OF. RALEIGII
The Diocese of Raleigh was
created in 1924 from a part of
the Vicariate Apostolic of Nortli
Carolina, which had been estab
lished in 1868 by His Holiness
Pope Phis IX.
The first 'V>*- Apostolic of
North Carolina was the late James
Cardinal Gibbons, who became
Archbishop of Baltimore, after
having served' as Bishop of Rich
mond.
Cardinal Gibbons was succeeded
as Vicar Apostolic of North Caro
lina by the Right Rev. John J.
Keane, who was consecrated in
1876, and who later became rector
of the Catholic University of
America and then Archishop of
Dubuque. The next Vicar Apostolic
of North Carolina was the Right
Rev. Henry P. Northrop, later
Bishop of Charleston, whose suc
cessor as Vicar Apostolic, in I8S8,
was tiie Right Rev, Leo Haid, O.
S. B„ Abbot of. Belmont. The
Diocese of Raleigh was established
shortly after the deatli of Bishop
Haid,. in 1924.
The Most Rev. William J. Hafey,
now Bishop of Scranton, was the
first Bishop of Raleigh, being
succeeded in 1938 by the Most Rev.
Eugene J MeGuinness, now Co
adjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City
and Tulsa. „ .
In area, the Diocese of Raleigh -
now embraces all Of the State of'
North Carolina," with the excep
tion of Gaston County, which is
under the jurisdiction of .the
Abbot-Ordinary of Belinont. '
Bistyop Waters * celebrated 1 frig
first Solemn Pontifical Mass at
■the Cathedral in Richmond oil May
20, and offered another Solemn
•Pontifical Mas.s on MA'y 27,, in Ills-
home parish . church, St. ' An
drew’s, Roanoke. ’', > * ' " ! i
Bishop Waters will bp formally
installed as Bishop 1 of Raleigh, on
June 5, in the Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart: ini that city:
TROOPS ON GUAM ERECT
100 CHAPELS; REBUILD
WAR-DAMAGED CHURCHES
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
HONOLULU. — With a speed
that amazes- the island natives,
American forces have constructed
more than 100 chapels on Guam,
in addition to patching up a num
ber of damaged churches and
building a new church in the
large resettlement village of Sina-
jana, a delayed dispatch from Sgt.
Ralph W. Myers, of Houston, Tex.,
Marine Combat, Correspondent, re
ports.
In the new government-built,
church, the Most Rev. Leone An
gelo Olana, Vicar Apostolic of
Guam, who lias returned after
more than three years of war
time exile during which he was a
prisoner of the Japanese for 21
months, offered this first public
Muss.
In the dozen patched-up, pre
war churches, soldiers kneel side
by side with natives at Mass, while
hundreds of other troops attend
their religious duties in the 100 or
more chapels that dot the island.
Sergeant Myers reports. At Easter
chaplains worked with time-table
efficiency in camps spread over
hundreds of square miles, and
provided all troops with the op
portunity to attend Holy Week
and Easter services. Casualties •
from Hvo Jimn have services
brought to them in Hie wards of
Fleet hospitals.