View showing part of the crowd outside St. Vibiana's today waiting to glimpse the solemn processional of vested church dignitaries. Inside, in a ceremony whose origin goes back to antiquity, the new bishop was consecrated by Archbishop John J. Cantwell of the Los Angeles Diocese. McGucken, a priest and auxiliary bishop for many years in Los Angeles, went on to serve as the fifth Archbishop of San Francisco from 1962 to 1977. Photo dated: March 19, 1941.
Cathedral of Saint Vibiana (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bishops--California--Los Angeles Catholic churches--California--Los Angeles Processions, Religious--California--Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection photographs McGucken, Joseph Thomas Cantwell, John J
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