Louis De Goesbriand
Louis Joseph Mary Theodore De Goesbriand (born August 4, 1816 in Saint-Urbain , Finistère , France, † November 3, 1899 ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Burlington .
Life
Louis De Goesbriand studied at the St. Sulpice Seminary in Paris . He received on 13 July 1840 in Paris by the Bishop of Saint Louis , Joseph Rosati CM , the sacrament of Holy Orders . He then worked in the diocese of Cincinnati until 1847 and from 1847 to 1853 in the newly founded Diocese of Cleveland in pastoral care.
On July 29, 1853, Pope Pius IX appointed him . the first bishop of the diocese of Burlington, established on the same date . The apostolic nuncio in Brazil and special envoy to the United States, Archbishop Gaetano Bedini , donated him episcopal ordination on October 30 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Albany , John McCloskey , and the Bishop of Cleveland, Louis Amadeus Rappe .
At the First Vatican Council he took part as a council father.
He found his final resting place in Resurrection Park in South Burlington .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Most Reverend Louis Joseph Mary Theodore De Goesbriand, First Bishop of Burlington. In: Homepage. Bishopric of Burlington , accessed April 1, 2015 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Burlington 1853–1899 |
John Stephen Michaud |
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| SURNAME | Goesbriand, Louis De |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goesbriand, Louis Joseph Mary Theodore De (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-American clergyman, Bishop of Burlington |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Urbain (Finistère) , Finistère department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1899 |