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MASS OF EPISCOPAL ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST REVEREND KEVIN J. SWEENEY, D. D. AS THE EIGHTH BISHOP OF PATERSON WEDNESDAY, 1 JULY 2020 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Print Music and Streaming protected under OneLicense.net #A-700000 MEMORIAL OF All rights reserved. Used with permission SAINT JUNÍPERO SERRA, PRIEST Diocesan Director of Music and Organist Preston L. Dibble, M.M. CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST Cantor Janet Natale PATERSON, NEW JERSEY In early 1938, Monsignor James T. Delehanty, the first Vicar General of the new Paterson Diocese, renovated the sanctuary in order to accommodate the church’s new cathedral status – including moving the Fanning Pulpit back to the original location! In 1940, a new window with scenes from the life of Saint John the Baptist, executed by the Payne Studios of Paterson, was installed on the rear wall of the sanctuary. At the time it was the second largest stained glass window in the country. In 1965, following the liturgical changes called for by the Second Vatican Council, Monsignor Michael Hart installed a temporary “altar of sacrifice” facing the congregation. The logistical difficulties presented by the revised liturgy after Vatican II, as well as the impending 50th Anniversary of the creation of the diocese helped spark a movement for a major renovation of the Cathedral. The decision was undertaken in 1985 under Paterson’s sixth Bishop, Frank J. Rodimer. In addition to addressing a number of structural issues, the renovation included a complete redesign of the liturgical space, the enlarging of the sacristy, and the repositioning of the tabernacle, choir and organ. Bishop Rodimer rededicated the Cathedral on the morning of the Diocesan Golden Jubilee, December 9, 1987. Subsequent changes have included installing six windows of Saints from the Americas in the choir loft, a new Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini window over the Tower Entrance, and the installation of air conditioning in 2003. On September 20, 2010, a portion of the Cathedral ceiling collapsed, resulting in the closing of the Cathedral for more than six and a half years. With the inspiration and constant support of Paterson’s seventh Bishop, Arthur J. Serratelli, the latest technology was used to study the Cathedral structure, resulting in a comprehensive renovation which addressed struc- tural, liturgical and practical issues. These included a redesign of the liturgical space, the return of the organ and choir to the choir loft (with the addition of an elevator), a repositioning of the tabernacle, and a new altar, cathedra and pulpit. For the first time, a baldacchino was introduced to set off the altar. Several historic features were repurposed during this renovation. Part of the 1878 Hinchcliffe reredos and the 1987 altar are utilized in the Eucharistic reservation space. The Rood Screen incorporates part of the Mission Cross first installed in Saint John’s on January 23, 1881. The 1927 Stations of the Cross have been refurbished, as well as the marble statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The 1987 statues of Saints Peter and Paul, recalling the Cathedral’s consecration in 1890, and reminding all of the link between our local Church and the Church Universal, have been retained. A contemporary account described Dean McNulty’s vision for Saint John’s as, “… building a church large enough to afford every Catholic in the city all the conveniences of attending Mass and the sacraments and at the same time he intended to erect a structure which would be a credit to the liberality and enterprise of the congregation.” Today, as we approach the Diocesan 80th anniversary in December and look forward to the Cathedral Parish bicenten- nial in three years, the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, the largest church edifice in the Paterson Diocese, and the oldest cathedral in New Jersey, once again fulfills Dean McNulty’s vision as a beautiful home for the Diocesan Church. 31 Patrick C. Kiely, a prominent New York City architect, was engaged to design a neo-Gothic church for Saint John’s. (Kiely designed some 900 churches including the cathedrals of Boston, Chicago, Erie and Providence). The stone was quarried in Little Falls, brought to Paterson on the Morris Canal, and dressed on the site. The slate roofing came from England. Similar to medieval cathedrals, St. John’s was built by “day’s work,” the volunteer labor contributed by members of the parish. The church was sufficiently complete to allow for its dedication on July 31, 1870. Bishop William Wood of Philadelphia substituted for Bishop Bayley of Newark who was still in Rome at the First Vatican Council. While now in use, St. John’s was by no means complete. In the next twenty years many features, both exterior and interior, were finished. In 1872 McNulty purchased four additional lots for the rectory. In 1878 the temporary altar brought over from the Oliver Street church was replaced by a grand altar and reredos, painted to resemble marble, donated by Senator John Hinchcliffe. The original temporary wood structure that allowed Mass to be said on the site during construction was replaced by a new Lady Chapel connected to the main church. The minarets and spire on the tower were completed and a new organ installed. The dimensions of the new church were 180 feet deep, and 88 feet across. The interior stone columns rise to a height of 60 feet, while the front minarets rise to 120 feet, and the tower spire reaches 225 feet – the tallest building in Paterson. By 1887, the parish had succeeded in paying off the $232,000 cost of Saint John’s. Newark’s third Bishop, Winand M. Wigger, came to Paterson on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, 1890 to consecrate the church. At the time it was a rare ceremony since it was only celebrated for a church free of debt. By the time of the consecration the four “evangelist” windows in the sanctuary, as well as the two windows facing Main Street (Saints John the Baptist and Dominic), manufactured in Innsbruck, Austria, had already been installed. The remainder of the windows were installed as donors came forward. Almost from the beginning, Dean McNulty (he was named Dean of Passaic and Bergen Counties in 1886) was forced to deny rumors that he had pretensions of cathedral status for the new Saint John’s. The size of the building alone, as well as the unusual placement of the pulpit on the “Epistle side” of the sanctuary – thus leaving room for a possible cathedra on the Gospel side – helped fuel those rumors. Newark’s second Bishop, Michael A. Corrigan, speculated about a possible future Diocese of Paterson (or Jersey City) when the Trenton Diocese was split from Newark in 1881. HIS HOLINESS Of course, like any home, a church is never finished. Over the next century there POPE FRANCIS would be many additions, renovations and restorations at Saint John’s. In 1927 Dean McNulty’s immediate successor, Msgr. Edward Quirk added new lighting, a sound system, SUPREME PONTIFF new Stations of the Cross, and a new marble pulpit – donated by William Fanning – repositioned on the “Gospel side” of the sanctuary. 30 3 THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST What makes a church a cathedral? It is not necessarily the size of the building, nor its antiquity nor its beauty – although it may have all these things. Rather, a church is a cathedral because the cathedra (chair), the seat of the Bishop, “the sign of his teaching office and pastoral power in the diocesan church” (Ceremonial of Bishops) is located in this church, which has been designated for that role by the Holy See. On December 9, 1937, by the Apostolic Bull Recta Cuiusvis, Pope Pius XI designated the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Paterson as the Cathedral for the new Diocese of Paterson, erected by virtue of the same pontifical decree, and comprising Passaic, Morris and Sussex Counties in northwestern New Jersey. As early as 1816, itinerant priests, Rev. Philip Larisey, O.S.A. and Rev. Arthur Landgill, offered Mass in private homes in Paterson every few weeks. In 1820, New York’s second Bishop, John Connolly, O.P. sent one of his eight priests, newly-ordained Father Richard Bulg- er to serve the missions of northern New Jersey with his residence at Paterson. A native of Kilkenny, Ireland, Bulger was the first priest to be ordained in New York City, and the first priest to permanently reside in New Jersey. Under Bulger’s leadership, and at a cost of $1,000, a wood-frame church was built on the corner of Mill and Market Streets in 1821. It is believed the name was chosen in honor of Bishop Connolly. Almost immediately the frame church was inadequate and plans were made to expand. After a donation of land from Roswell Colt, the head of the Society for Useful Manufactures, New York’s third bishop, John DuBois, S.S. came to Paterson on November 6, 1828 to lay the cornerstone for a new brownstone church on Oliver Street. The new Saint John’s was constructed by Andrew Derrom at a cost of $15,000. A century later, the first Bishop of Paterson would be given a house on the avenue named for Derrom to use as a residence. On October 30, 1863, Bishop James R. Bayley, the first Bishop of Newark, named Father William McNulty, a 34-year-old native of Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, as 13th Pastor of Saint John’s. He was destined to become a man of legend, remaining at Saint John’s for nearly 59 years until his death on June 18, 1922.