Thousands Expected To Attend Installation Mass For Philadelphia’s New Archbishop Nelson Perez

THIS IS CBS-3 "EYEWITNESSNEWS."NOW AT NOON, JUST MATTER OFHOURS, ARCHBISHOP ELECT PEREZWILL BE INSTALLED OFFICIALLYBECOMING THE NEXT ARCHBISHOPOF PHILADELPHIA.GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M JANELLEBURRELL.I'M JIM DONOVAN THIS ISEYEWITNESS AT NEWS NOWSTREAMING LIVE ON CBSN PHILLYCOUNTING DOWN TO THE HISTORICINSTALLATION OF ARCHBISHOPELECT NELSON PEREZ.AND TAKE A LOOK AT THISLIVE PICTURE OF THE BASILICAOF SAINTS PETER AND PAULA INCENTER CITY WHERE THE IS HERMOANLY GET START IN THE JUSTABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.A LOOK INSIDE OF THECATHEDRAL BAT ILKKA OF PETERAND PAUL TAX HUNDRED GUESSALSO EXPECTED TO ATTENDSTODAY'S INSTALLATION.ARCHBISHOP PEREZ WILL BECOMETHE TENTH ARCHBISHOP OFPHILADELPHIA AND WILL BE THECITY'S FIRST LATINO TO HEADTHE ARCHDIOCES.LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THEHISTORIC EVENT WITH OURREPORTERS JOE HOLE ANSWERALICIA REID BOTH AT THE BASSILL A WE BEGIN WITH JOE MOREON THE CEREMONY, JOE?Reporter: ARCHDIOCES OFPHILADELPHIA, WE WERE OVERBEYOND THE CATHEDRAL FOR THEENTIRE MORNING, AS VIPS ANDCHURCH DIGNITARIES ARRIVED FORTHIS INSTALLATION MASS.THEY ARE EXPECTING 2,500GUESTS, 500 OF THEM CLERGYALONE.SO, WE GOT TO SEE THEARCHBISHOP ELECT THIS MORNING,AS HE WAS WALKING OUT OF THECATHEDRAL.AND TIMING WAS SORT OFPERFECT, BECAUSE AS HE WASSTEPPING BY US, AND SPEAKINGWITH US, THERE ARRIVED THEPOPE'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THEUNITED STATES, THEY BOTH GOTIN HIS CAR AND WENTUNDERGROUND ARCHDIOCESHEADQUARTERS, IT IS THE PAPALN UN CRUTCH., A MAKES THE TRANSFER OF THISPROMINENT POSITION ACTUALLYHAPPEN.LET'S GO AHEAD, TAKE TAKE ALISTEN FIRST WHAT THEARCHBISHOP HAD TO TALK TO USABOUT THIS MORNING.NERVOUS?NO, VERY PEACEFUL, VERYJOYFUL.HOW DO YOU NOT BE NERVOUS?LOU DO YOU GET --I LOVE BEING AROUND PEOPLESO IT IS EASY FOR ME TO DOTHAT.SO IT IS GREAT.SO WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THISFEELS LIKE THE VERY MUCH.P AREA.OH, YES IS THAT CORRECTWHAT IT IS?THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, A LOTOF STAR STUDDED MEMBERS OF THECHURCH.I'VE SEEN A THE LOVE GREATPEOPLE HERE.IT IS GREAT WHEN WHAT ARE YOUMOST LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY?PEOPLE, SEEING A LOT OFFAMILIAR FACES, RIGHT?FRIEND, THAT I'VE KNOWN FORMANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, REALLYAWESOME.THE ARCHBISHOP ELECTCLEARLY ENGAGED IN THE MOMENT.VERY HAPPY TO GREET PEOPLE, HEWAS TALKING TO SOME FAMILYMEMBERS ACTUALLY, INBETWEENTHE TIME THAT HE HAD STEPPEDOUT OF THE BASILICA AND THENGOING INTO GREET THE POPE'SREPRESENTATIVE HERE TO THEUNITED STATES.NOW, WE ALSO CAUGHT UP WITHRETIRED ARCHBISHOP JUSTINRIGALI AND THE BISHOP FROMSCRANTON G AHEAD TAKE ISAIOLIS TONE THEIR THOUGHTS.WONDERFUL, THE LIFE OF THECHURCH GOES ON, AND THE PEOPLEGATHER TOGETHER FOR THE NEWBISHOP AND A DAY OF GRACE,HOPE, JOY.WELL TIP BEINGLY, JUST OUTOF SENSE OF FRATERNITY,BISHOPS WILL OFTEN ATTEND THEINSTALLATION OR THE ORDINATIONOF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEYMIGHT KNOW.CLEARLY THE ARCHDIOCES OFPHILADELPHIA HAS POSITION OFPROMINENCE BECAUSE OF ITS SIZEIN THE COUNTRY.AND SO INDIVIDUALS WILL COMEJUST TO SUPPORT THE NEWARCHBISHOP AND THE ROLE THATLIST BEFORE HIM AS HE EMBARKSUPON A NEW JOURNEY.THE ARCHBISHOP EXPECTINGBETWEEN 50 AND ZERO SIXBISHOPS FROM ALL ACROSS THECOUNTRY, AND ONE CARDINAL ASYOU THAT YOU MAKES FORCARDINAL JUSTIN RIGALI.COURSE WE WILL CONTINUE TOMONITOR THE VIP AREA WE'RECALLING IT, WE'LL HAVE REPORTSSTARTING CBSN FILL ANY JUST AFEW SHORT HOURS, THE STORYTHOUGH LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE