Placide Louis Chapelle

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.

Archbishop Placide Chapelle (standing, left) and Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, circa 1891

Ordination history of Placide Louis Chapelle
History Episcopal consecration Consecrated by James Gibbons (Baltimore) Date November 1, 1891
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Placide Louis Chapelle as principal consecrator Gustave Augustin Rouxel April 9, 1899 Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar July 2, 1899 James Blenk, S.M. July 2, 1899 Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada October 28, 1903 Braulio Orúe y Vivanco October 28, 1903 Bonaventure Broderick October 28, 1903 Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. May 22, 1904 Cornelius Van de Ven November 30, 1904

Biography

Chapelle was ordained a priest in June 1865. He was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe, and was 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 Philippine–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

1. 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.

External links

• Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Placide-Louis Chapelle" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Catholic Church titles
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.
Preceded by Creation of Delegation	Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines 1900–1901	Succeeded by Donato Sbarretti