Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1902 — LAST RITES OVER CORRIGAN [ARTICLE]

LAST RITES OVER CORRIGAN

L» ld to Beat In Crypt of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. New York dispatch: The body of the Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan, D. D., Archbishop of New York, was interred in the crypt of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in the presence of eight Archbishops, eighteen Bishops, more than 1,000 priests and a great multitude of people; The great funeral was conducted with all the impressive solemnity and ceremony of his church and was attended by a remarkable gathering of the clergy.

Almost with the break of day crowds began to assemble at the cathedral and when the hour of the funeral arrived a vast throng had assembled to pay last reverence to the dead prelate. At the close Of the service a death mask of the Archbishop was taken. The body was placed in a casket, which was taken to the crypt under the high altar and placed in a van’t beside the bodies of Archbishop Hughes and Cardinal McCloskey. Bishop McQuaid of Rochester said the final prayers.

A wreath of Easter lilies, white roses, and snowballs was received at the Cathedral from President Roosevelt. Another wreath bore the name of John W. Mackay. Rome cable: A requiem mass for Archbishop Corrigan was sung in the Church of the American College, Bishop Mac Donnell celebrating.