Placide Louis Chapelle
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Archbishop Placide Louise Chapelle (August 28, 1842, Fraissinet-de-Lozère, Lozère, France – August 9, 1905, New Orleans, United States) was a French-American Roman Catholic archbishop.
Biography
Chapelle was ordained a priest in June 1865. He was appointed Coadjuter Bishop of Santa Fe, and ordained a bishop at the Baltimore Cathedral on November 1, 1888. He was consecrated by Cardinal James Gibbons. In 1894 he became the ordinary of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. He was appointed by Leo XIII to the Archdiocese of New Orleans concurrently from December 1897. The following year he became apostolic delegate in Cuba and Puerto Rico and the extraordinary envoy in the Philippines.[1]
Chapelle's mission in the Philippines was particularly difficult due to the Spanish–American War. His knowledge of English, Spanish and French, and his excellent knowledge of the American constitution, allowed him to render great service to the Holy See. He perished of yellow fever.
References
- ↑ Gerardo Alberto Hernández-Aponte, La Iglesia Católica en Puerto Rico ante la invasión de Estados Unidos de América. Lucha, sobrevivencia y estabilización: (1898–1921). Segunda edición, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia y Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigación (DEGI) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, 2013, pp. 189–190.
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| Preceded by Jean-Baptiste Salpointe |
 Archbishop of Santa Fe 1894–1897 |
Succeeded by Peter Bourgade |
| Preceded by Francis Janssens |
 Archbishop of New Orleans 1897–1905 |
Succeeded by James Blenk, S.M. |
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