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Charles Chaput

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Charles Joseph Chaput
O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Philadelphia
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Charles Joseph Chaput
Archdiocese Philiadephia
Appointed July 19, 2011
Installed September 8, 2011
Predecessor Justin Francis Rigali
Orders
Ordination August 29, 1970
by Cyril John Vogel
Consecration July 26, 1988
by Pio Laghi, John Roach, and James Stafford
Personal details
Born (1944-09-26) September 26, 1944 (age 72)
Concordia, Kansas
Nationality American
Denomination Roman Catholic
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Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (pronounced "SHAP-you") (born September 26, 1944) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the ninth and current Archbishop of Philadelphia, installed on September 8, 2011. He previously served as Archbishop of Denver (1997–2011) and Bishop of Rapid City (1988–1997).

Chaput is a professed Capuchin and has a reputation for orthodoxy. A member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe, he is the second Native American to be consecrated a bishop in the United States and the first Native American archbishop. His Potawatomi name is “the wind that rustles the leaves of the tree” while his Sioux name is "good eagle".

Charles Chaput was born in Concordia, Kansas, one of three children of Joseph and Marian Helen (née DeMarais) Chaput. His father was a French Canadian who was directly descended from the French saint King Louis IX. His mother was a Native American of the Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe; his maternal grandmother was the last member of the family to live on a reservation. Chaput himself was enrolled in the tribe at a young age, taking the name Pietasa ("rustling wind").

Chaput received his early education at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Grade School in Concordia, Kansas. Deciding to become a priest at the age of 13, he attended St. Francis Seminary High School in Victoria, Kansas.


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