Cathedral Academy - Way Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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IlEllS SPES MEA IV Hardly had the New Year of 1894 been ushered in, when the soul of Bishop McNierny made its transitus to the beyond, and he who loved 'beauty so much in this vale of tears was carried, we pray, to a more beautiful eternity. The man who followed Francis McNierny in the episcopate was one who, as Vicar-General, was familiar with the diocese and its workings and who showed the same familiarity as Bishop. That man was the lovable Thomas M. A. Burke, who was consecrated on July 1, 1894, as Al'bany's fourth Bishop. A deeply devoted man, devoted to his Church and to his spiritual children, Bishop Burke also added immeasurably to the pulchritude of the Cathedral of the lmmaculatc Conception by donating the Stations of thc Cross which adorn the walls, the great window of the Last judgment in the south transept, and the sanctuary lampg in his episcopate. the beautiful and majestic pulpit and the magniHcent altar railing were placed in the edifice. The venerable Bishop celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the Diocese in 1897. and in 1902 the Fiftieth Anniversary of the consecration and dedication of the Cathedral. Another signiH- cant event of the tenure of Bishop Burke was the demise of Bishop Conroy, on November 21, 1895, the forty-third anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedralg his remains were interred in the Cathedral crypt at the instance of Bishop Burke. A score of years after this occurrence, the mortal remains of Rt. Rev. Thomas M. A. Burke were laid in the very same crypt thereby terminating the fruitful reign of the gentle old prelate. 1171

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RT. REV. THOMAS A. BURKE. IND 1 101

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R'I'. REV. THOMAS F. CUSACK I HG I