2-889-365 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Cardinal Wiseman, Preaching, 1850. 'The ceremonial prescribed by the Roman Catholic Church for the induction of an Archbishop to his see was performed at the church of St. George's, Southwark [in London]...The customary form of prayer having been read, the mitre, which had been exchanged for a scarlet cap a short time before, was formally placed upon the head of the new Archbishop, whilst the crosier, emblematic of his authority, was also placed in his hand...The solemnities of high mass were then proceeded with; after which the Bull was publicly read, in virtue of which Cardinal Wiseman assumes the Archiepiscopal jurisdiction of Westminster'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.