History of the Catholic Church in the United States . had I the ambition of appearingthere in quality of a bishop, especially in my advanced ageand weakened by my late infirmities. Now that I am boundto undertake the arduous charge, you may imagine what con-cern and affliction it gives me to be sequestered here so long,spectator of tragic scenes, which cannot be unknown to you ;and wasting that remnant of life which ought to be employedin the service of my beloved flock. Rev. Mr. Flaget had gone to France to escape, if possible,the episcopate imposed on him, but finding that the Sover-eign Pon
History of the Catholic Church in the United States . had I the ambition of appearingthere in quality of a bishop, especially in my advanced ageand weakened by my late infirmities. Now that I am boundto undertake the arduous charge, you may imagine what con-cern and affliction it gives me to be sequestered here so long,spectator of tragic scenes, which cannot be unknown to you ;and wasting that remnant of life which ought to be employedin the service of my beloved flock. Rev. Mr. Flaget had gone to France to escape, if possible,the episcopate imposed on him, but finding that the Sover-eign Pontiff ordered him to submit, sought priests and aidfor his new diocese. While he was in France, an appeal wasmade to Cardinal Fesch in favor of Bishop Concanen, and apassport actually obtained, permitting him to come to Franceand embark. But he was afraid to undertake the journey,though he might have joined Dr. Flaget and accompaniedhim.^ Bishop Concanen to Archbishop Carroll, Augnst 9, 1809.* Bishop Carroll to F. Charles Plowden, September 19, RT REV. RICHARD LUKE CONCANEN, FIRST BISHOP OF NEWYORK, BISHOP CONCANEN. 625 Bishop Concanen reached Naples, where he succeeded insecuring passage on the Frances, Captain Haskell, for Sa-lem, Massachusetts, the only vessel permitted to clear for theUnited States. The captain consented to take him only atthe urgent request of Mr. Filicchi, of Leghorn, and theAmerican consuls, Hammet and Appleton ; but he was notto have any companion or attendant. Some excellent youngpriests, who had offered their services for his diocese, werethus compelled to remain. The vessel was to sail on Sunday,June 17th. A passport was required, and as he had one from GeneralMiollis, governor of Rome, no difficulty was anticipated ;but when Mr. Hammet, the American Consul at Naples, ap-plied in person to the Board of Police, those officials notonly pretended that his papers were unsatisfactory, but dis-patched an officer to the Bishops lodgings with a formal
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