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Bp Burton
George Burton, the fifth bishop of Clifton knew how to pose for a portrait photo.
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Pompons are so enjoyable
Netherlands, episcopal ordination. The minister of sacred ordiantion was cheerful bishop Bekkers, the ordinary of Hertogenbosch, in cappa magna on the photo. The consecrated one was…
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St. Patrick
The dedication of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on 5 October A.D. 1911, which was made by Archbishop John Joseph Huges in the presence…
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Card. Urbani
The Patriarch of Venice, cardinal Urbani.
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Kard. Serédi
The Prince Primate of Hungary Jusztinián cardinal Serédi O.S.B. in winter cappa magna with ermine cape with tails.
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Mustela erminea
Ermine in its winter fur :)
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Missa coram
Consecration during a solemn Mass which was celebrated from the faldstool by papal delegate abp. Godfrey in the Westminster cathedral in the presence of papal…
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Episcopal consecration
Episcopal consecration in the cathedral of St. Vibiana in Los Angeles, March 19, 1941. The newly consecrated bishop Joseph McGucken is sitting on the faldstool, whereas…
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A tail rolled up
On the right there is a monisgnor in a choir cassock with a train rolled up, on which he donned a rochet and a cotta.
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Card. Mercier
Cardinal Désiré Mercier in a summer cappa magna, whose train, against the rules, is carried by two train-bearers in page’s attire.
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Pacelli
Under the baldachin, assisted by honorary canons, there is papal nuncio Eugenio Pacelli in a summer cappa magna.
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McIntyre and Spellman
Abp. McIntyre during enthronisation in the Los Angeles cathedral: the crosier is handed over to him by card. Spellman. Both of them were fierce opponents…
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The Spanish cappa magna
José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez, the archbishop of Guadalajara, in the Spanish cappa magna. He relentlessly defended the freedom of the Church in Mexico, supporting…
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Tu es Petrus
κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ πύλαι ᾅδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς. In the…
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The Divine Liturgy in the Apostolic Palace
The Divine Liturgy celebrated by the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Cyrille VIII Geha, in the presence of Holy Father Pius X in the Hall of…
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Pontifical blessing in the Ambrosian Rite
Card. Schuster, surrounded with assisstants, turned to the cross held by a cross-bearer wearing a cape, is giving solemn blessing at the end of a…
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Εἰς μίαν, Ἁγίαν, Καθολικὴν καὶ Ἀποστολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν
Et unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam.
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Milanese Rite at St. Peter
Mass in the Ambrosian Rite celebrated at the time of the Second Vatican Council by the Archbishop of Milan, cardinal Montini, in the presence of…
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Tu es Petrus
Archbishop Coussa kissing the John XXIII’s ring on the day of his episcopal consecration conferred in the Melkite Rite in the Sistine Chapel.
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Ambrosian Rite
The Ambrosian Rite in the Milan cathedral. On the throne is sitting card. Schuster, whereas next to him is standing the Master of Ceremonies with a…
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One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
Holy Father John XXIII with a dikirion and a trikirion in his hands during the Divine Liturgy [the source of the photo: Custodite Cæremonias Domini!…
