Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-02-19
A NEW ARCHBISHOP.
Archbishop Salpointe's Resignation
rendered and Accepted and
Archbishop Chapelle
in Control.

Archbishop j. B. Salpointe has rendered
his resignation, it has been accepted by
the Holy See, and Archbishop P. L
Chapelle is now in full control of church
affairs in the jurisdiction of New Mex
leo.
After having labored most jealousy il
this missionary field since 1859, Arch
bishop Salpointe, feeling that advancing
years and in firmities no longer enabled
him to direct the arduous duties of 6
missionary bishop, rendered his resigna
ton to the Holy See sometime since. He
felt that his coadjutor had become sufii
GENTLY acquainted with the country and
the missions to take full charge. To-day
news from Rome is to the effect that the
resignation has been accepted, and Arch
bishop Chapelle elevated to the full du-
ties and responsibilities of this high
church Office.
Archbishop Salpointe is now and has
been for some months at Tucson, A. T..
where his health is much better than at
the elevation of Santa Fe. He retires
from his duties with the love and esteem
of everybody and with the hope that he
may live many years to counsel and aid his
successor in promoting the interests of
religion in this wide field of missionary
actively.
For Archbishop Chapele the NEW MEX
1cAN hears congratulatory remarks to-
day wherever it is known that he has
been called up higher. He is esteemed as
a brilliant man, possessed IN marked
degree of those broad and true principles
of American citizenship that specially fit
him for work in this field.
For nearly twenty-five years DR.. Cha
pelle was connected in one way or anoth-
er with every important event in the
Catholic church IN the archdiocese of
Baltimore. His career in Washington, as
pastor of St. Matthew's church, and the
head of a congregation counting among
it's members the diplomatic representa-
tives of all the Catholic countries in Eu-
rope, has made his name known through
out the length and breadth of the land.
A native of southern France, the future
archbishop came to this country with on
uncle, who was missionary in Hayti,
and who by appointment negotiated a
concordat between the Holy See and
that Republic in 1860. Shortly after his
arrival in this country he entered St..
Mary's seminary, and made his full theo-
logical and philosophical course in that
famous old institution. While he was a
seminarian his uncle died, and the young
student was affiliated with the archdiocese
of Baltimore. When he had completed
his course he was still too young to be
ordained, so he taught for two years in
st. Charles college. At the end of that
period, in 1865, he was ordained priest,
and then put in charge of the missions in
Montgomery county, Maryland. While
there he passed, with much success his
examination fer the degree of Doctor in
theology, which was conferred on him by
st. Mary's, Baltimore, in 1868. In 1870 no
was made an assistant at st. John g
church, Baltimore and soon afterward
became pastor of st. Joseph's church, in
that city. At the death of the pastor of
st. Matthew's church, Washington, which
occurred in 1882, he was appointed to
that charge.
Bishop Chapelle's eminence in theology
was recognized in his appointment, in
1872, to the presidency of the theological
conferences held every three months in
Baltimore. At the same time Bishop
O'Sullivan was president of similar con.
ferences in Washington. When Bishop
O'Sullivan was consecrated bishop of
Mobile in 1855, DR.. Chapelle was elected
president of the District of Columbia
conferences, resigning the presidency of
those in Baltimore. He was one OF the
board convened by Cardinal Gibbons to
prepare the decree of the last plenary
council, and was also secretary of one of
the most important committees of the
council. In the foundation of the Cath
Ollie university, as the resident member
of the executive committee, his advice
and suggestions proved extremely valua-
BILE. He selected and bought the site on
which the university buildings have been
erected. His work on the board of In
dian missions has resulted in good to the
red man, and gave Bishop Chapelle an
experience that will be of advantage to
him in New Mexico.
He was consecrated bishop in the
cathedral at Baltimore by Cardinal Glib
bons on Nov. l, 1891, and reached Santa
Fe December 6, following. Since that
time he has applied himself most studi-
ously to his work. He has visited the
greater part of this vast diocese and
confirmed thousands of children. He
went to Europe in December 1892 and
returned nine months afterward accom-
panied by six young priests and fourteen
theological students, thus providing for
the needs of the missions.
Under Archbishop Chapelle the catholics
of New Mexico, particularly the native
people, may be expected to make very
rapid advancement, not only in religious
matters, but in all respects they will be
lifted up to higher appreciation of their
duties as American citizens.