Accepting the crozier (crook) of his office as spiritual shepherd, the embroidered mitre which is "a helmet of protection and salvation that the wearer may seem terrible to the opponents of truth," the two small gold & silver casks of wine and golden loaves of bread which are the offerings of the faithful to its priesthood, Dr. Thomas Kiley Gorman last week donned a pair of white kid gloves (as did Jacob who covered his hands with skins of kid), was blessed and became the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Reno, Nevada....
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