Charles J. Chaput
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Charles Joseph Chaput O.F.M. Cap. |
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Charles Joseph Chaput
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| Archdiocese | Philiadephia |
| Appointed | July 19, 2011 |
| Installed | September 8, 2011 |
| Predecessor | Justin Francis Rigali |
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| Ordination | August 29, 1970 by Cyril John Vogel |
| Consecration | July 26, 1988 by Pio Laghi, John Roach, and James Stafford |
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| Born |
September 26, 1944 Concordia, Kansas |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH |
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| Ordination history of Charles J. Chaput | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | Cyril John Vogel |
| Date of ordination | August 29, 1970 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Pío Laghi |
| Co-consecrator | John Robert Roach |
| Co-consecrator | James Francis Cardinal Stafford |
| Date of consecration | July 26, 1988 |
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Bishops consecrated by Charles J. Chaput as principal consecrator
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| José Horacio Gómez | January 23, 2001 |
| James D. Conley | May 30, 2008 |
| Paul Etienne | December 9, 2009 |
| Fernando Isern | December 10, 2009 |
| Lawrence Thomas Persico | October 1, 2012 |
| Edward C. Malesic | July 13, 2015 |
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Styles of Charles Joseph Chaput |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
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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