Month's Mind requiem mass for Thomas Galberry

1. According to the Courant, “[n]early a hundred priests officiated.”
2. John McCloskey sat on a throne to the right of Thomas Galberry’s vacant seat.
3. John Williams had been expected to attend, but he’d sent word by yesterday that he would be “unavoidably detained in Boston.”

1. Edgar P. Wadhams appeared in this article as “Edgar P. Waddams” and as “Bishop Wadhams.”
2. “Cardinal McClosky” was John McCloskey.
3. “Bishop Shaunagan” and “Bishop Shannahan” were Jeremiah Shanahan.
4. Although the article reported that McCloskey absolved Thomas McFarland’s soul, this mass was said for the “repose of the soul of the late Bishop Galberry”.

The funeral of Thomas Galberry was held on October 15, 1878.

The Courant noted that John McCloksey was a “conspicuous figure in the ceremonies,” but he appears to have had no roll beyond administering the absolution of Francis McFarland.

1. Patrick Lynch was the bishop of Charleston, SC.
2. John McCloskey was the Cardinal of New York.
3. Francis McFarland was Thomas Galberry’s predecessor as Bishop of Hartford.
4. P. A. Stanton was an Augustinian priest from Villanova.
5. Edgar P. Wadhams, Bishop of Ogdensburg, NY.
6. John Williams was Archbishop of Boston.

Unattributed.  “Month’s Mind services,” Hartford Daily Courant, November 13, 1878, page 2.

Unattributed.  “The late Bishop Galberry,” Hartford Daily Courant, November 12, 1878, page 2.