Excerpt from Manual of the Public Ceremonies of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, for the Use of the Faithful Only two such Councils have thus far been held in this country. The first was convoked for May 9, 1852, by his Grace the Most Rev. Francis Patrick Kenrick, D. Archbishop of Baltimore and Apostolic Delegate. There were present at this First Plenary Council 6 Archbishops, 25 Bishops, 1 Mitred Abbot, 11 Superiors of Religious Orders and Seminaries, 12 vicars-general and a great number Oi the Rev. Clergy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.