. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. aching on Pas-sion Sunday seemed greatly exhausted. He retiredearly to rest, but during the night his moans sum-moned Rev. P. T. McElhearne to his room. He foundthe Bishop seated on the side of his bed, complainingof excruciating pain in his head. A physician wassummoned and the last sacraments were these were accomplished Bishop Quarter ex-claimed, Lord have mercy on my poor sonl, andsank back as if in a deep slumber. Before his friendand physician Dr. John E. McGirr arrived, life was ex-tinct. He had expired at 3 a. m.
. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. aching on Pas-sion Sunday seemed greatly exhausted. He retiredearly to rest, but during the night his moans sum-moned Rev. P. T. McElhearne to his room. He foundthe Bishop seated on the side of his bed, complainingof excruciating pain in his head. A physician wassummoned and the last sacraments were these were accomplished Bishop Quarter ex-claimed, Lord have mercy on my poor sonl, andsank back as if in a deep slumber. Before his friendand physician Dr. John E. McGirr arrived, life was ex-tinct. He had expired at 3 a. m. on the 10th of April. As the news of this sudden bereavement spread itaffected deeply all classes, for Bishop Quarter hadwon the general esteem. After solemn masses for therepose of his soul, he was entombed beneath thesanctuary of his cathedral, on Friday, the feast of the DIOCESE OF CHICAGO. 233 Seven Dolors. Above the vault a marble cross, evenwith the floor of the church, bore a simple inscription :Rt. Rev. William Quarter, D. D., First Bishop of. ST. MARYS CATHEDRAL, CHICAGO. Chicago. Consecrated March 10, 1844; died April 10,1848, aged 42 years. • Mcairr, Life of the Rt. Rev. William Quarter, D. D. New York,1850, pp. 83-121 ; Pittsburgh Catholic, v., pp. 44, 63. His body lay 234 THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. Bisliop Quarter had made no preparations for themanagement of the diocese, and his illness was toobrief to permit him to give any directions. The near-est members of the hierarchy, the Archbishop of , the Administrator of Detroit, and others, re-garded the situation of the diocese as critical. TheVery Rev. Walter Quarter, Y. G., was made adminis-trator of the diocese, and the choice was confirmed atRome. The great influx of immigrants brought ship-fever and required exertions on the administratorspart to meet their wants, and the cholera, which soonset in, showed the resources of his zeal. The debtsincurred were too serious to permit him to undertakeany n
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