COPYRIGHT, 1889,

BY

JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS.

TO THE

MEMORY OF

John Carroll,

THE PATRIARCH OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH,

AND TO THE

Prelates and Clergy

OF THE UNITED STATES,

HEIRS OF HIS FAITH AND HIS MISSION,

THIS VOLUME

IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED

ON THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE

CREATION OF OUR HIERARCHY.