Blanc, Anthony Archbishop of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1859 September 9

AsBlanc has no secretes from Purcell he communicates to him the contents of the letter from the Cardinal prefect. Father John Quinlan is named bishop of Mobile and letters will be sent to him, but the Sacred Congregation did not agree about Blanc's coadjutor and decided that the decree of the Council of March 18, 1834 concerning the consultation with other bishops and archbishops should be carried out. Blanc is happy that Mobile is provided for. He hopes that this will be an occasion on which he and Purcell can get together. He says it is the right of the metropolitan of the place where the diocese is to consecrate the new bishop but if Quinlan wants to be consecrated in Cincinnati surrounded by his seminarians, he will yield his right provided that Purcell accompnay Quinlan to New Orleans and go with Blanc to the installation. He could send the apostolic letters by mail but BishopWilliam HenryElder who was with him at the time of receiving the letters would not object to bearing the letters, as he desires to attend the consecration. As to himself Blanc says that he feels too weak and fearful to make the journey to Cincinnati alone. He will be 67 years old by that time, 40 of which were spent in the debilitating climate of Louisiana. He has to leave for a parochial visitation now. :: II-4-o A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.