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Consecration of Bishop Donahue
The photo shows the episcopal ordination of Rev. Stephen Donahue (1893-1982), auxiliary bishop of New York, which he received in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on May…
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Procession of the Holy Nail
A procession with the relic of the Holy Nail leaving the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Milan, 21 June 1939.…
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Mass in the ruins of St. George’s Cathedral
Prayers at the foot of the altar during a Pontifical High Mass celebrated by Archbishop Peter Amigo, Bishop of Southwark (England), in the ruins of…
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Cardinal Gerlier
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier (originally Gerlicz, after his Polish father), Archbishop of Lyon and Primate of the Gauls, sitting on the throne during a Pontifical High…
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Florence
Midnight Mass celebrated on Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord by Fr. Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign…
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Procession with the relics of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Eugenio Cardinal Tosi, Archbishop of Milan in the years 1922 – 1929, during a procession with the relics of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, February 13, 1927.…
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Armenian Synod in Rome
Bishops and other clergymen of the Armenian Catholic Church during the synod held in Rome in 1911 under the leadership of Patriarch Boghos Bédros (Paul…
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Holyoke
Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon, Ordinary of the diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, after the dedication ceremony of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Holyoke,…
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French bands
Louis-Ernest cardinal Dubois, archbishop of Paris, in a zimarra and ferraiolo of silk moire, assisted by bp. Charles Gibier, ordinary of the diocese of Versailles,…
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Bp. Butt
Joseph Butt, titular bishop of Alexandretta, i.e. Alexandria Minor, until 1933 called in Annuario Pontificio Cambysopolis, auxiliary bishop of Westminster, while putting incense during the…
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Jerusalem
Bishop of Włocławek Karol Radoński, accompanied by two assistant deacons holding the flaps of his cope, during a procession in the Basilica of the Holy…
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Abp Checa y Barba
A posthumous photo of Archbishop José Ignacio Checa y Barba, metropolitan of Quito, on the throne and in all pontifical vestments. Together with the president…
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FSSPX
In the photo one can see a beautiful set of vestments used during priestly ordination performed by Bishop Alfons de Galarreta on June 28, 2019,…
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First Chinese bishops
Holy Father Pius XI, in the centre, in pontifical vestments with a spread train of his cassock, at the consecration during a recited Holy Mass…
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Corpus Christi in Lisbon
The procession of Corpus Christi leaving the Cathedral of Saint Mary Major, led by the Patriarch of Lisbon, José Sebastião Cardinal Neto O.F.M. Disc., 1907.…
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Holy Nail
Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Archbishop of Milan, giving blessings with the reliquary of the Nail in 1938, probably on May 3, the Feast of the…
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Bp. Faveau C.M.
Bishop Paul-Albert Faveau from the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarites), titular bishop of Tamassos, the first Apostolic Vicar of Western Chekiang founded by Pope Pius…
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On St. Sebastian
Cardinal Schuster, archbishop of Milan, surrounded by the assistants during the pontifical High Mass celebrated on the day of the liturgical memorial of Saint Sebastian,…
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Lisbon
Procession of Corpus Christi in Lisbon, 1908. The Patriarch of Lisbon, Archbishop Antonio Mendes Bello, whose falda is being supported by accompanying canons in mozzettas,…
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Corpus Christi in the Ambrosian Rite
Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster assisted by honorary deacons during the procession of Corpus Christi in Milan, 1939. According to the custom of the Ambrosian rite,…
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Abp. Caruana
The solemn ingress of the first native Maltese and the last titular Archbishop of Rhodes, Maurus Caruana O.S.B., to his cathedral of St. Paul in…
