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Jean-Baptiste Lamy (October 11, 1814 – February 13, 1888), was a French-American Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Feb 13, 2012 · The man chosen by Blessed Pius IX to restore the Faith to the troubled American Southwest was the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Lamy, who died on the 13th of February in the year of Grace 1888.
Jun 27, 2018 · The French priest Jean Baptiste Lamy (1814-1888) was a pioneer Catholic prelate in the American Southwest. He established a flourishing diocese and became the first archbishop of the Santa Fe Province. Born in Lempdes, France, on Oct. 11, 1814, Jean Baptiste Lamy was educated in his native country.
Jun 21, 2021 · Jean-Baptiste Lamy was the first archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and had to deal with obstinate clergy and a terribly uncatechized flock.
Jun 13, 2017 · That the padre and the new bishop, Jean-Baptiste Lamy, should clash was inevitable. New Mexico Territory, severed from Durango, was made a diocese within an American archdiocese, with French-born Lamy sent out as bishop.
The novel is based on the life of Jean-Baptiste Lamy (1814–1888), and partially chronicles the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. The capture of the Southwest by the United States in the Mexican–American War is the catalyst for the plot.
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Apr 6, 2018 · Willa Cather’s novel Death Comes for the Archbishop is based on the true story of Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Machebeuf. The two French priests, renamed Bishop Jean Marie Latour and Joseph Vaillant in the novel, go to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to reinvigorate the diocese, recently added to U.S. territory at the end of the Mexican-American War.
