Napoléon-Joseph Perché
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The Most Reverend Napoléon-Joseph Perché |
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| Archbishop of New Orleans | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Archdiocese of New Orleans |
| In office | 25 May 1870—27 December 1883 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Marie Odin, C.M. |
| Successor | Francis Xavier Leray |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 19 September 1829 by Charles Montault des Isles |
| Consecration | 1 May 1870 by Sylvester Horton Rosecrans |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 10, 1805 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France |
| Died | December 27, 1883 (aged 78) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
The Most Rev. Napoléon-Joseph Perché (1805-1883) served as the third Archbishop of New Orleans from 1870 to 1883. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans is the second-oldest diocese in the present-day United States.
Born 10 January 1805, Perché was a native of Angers, in the Department of Maine-et-Loire in France. He was ordained a priest at Beaupreau on 19 September 1829, after which he served in the local diocese until 1837, when he departed for the United States.
Arriving in his new home, Perché served the Diocese of Bardstown (now Louisville) until 1842. He then moved to New Orleans, where he served as the chaplain to the Ursuline Convent of that city. He immediately founded the first diocesan newspaper, Le Propagateur Catholique, published in French.
In 1870 Perché was chosen by the Holy See as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, being named titular bishop of Abdera, for which position he was consecrated on 1 May of that same year. He succeeded Archbishop Jean-Marie Odin, C.M., as Archbishop of New Orleans only twenty-four days later.
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