ended death_date consecration article_title birth_date signature archdiocese church death_place title image_size image diocese name enthroned consecrated_by predecessor birth_place buried type ordained_by successor see ordination
20 june 1860 20 june 1860 22 november 1835 antoine blanc
 11 october 1792 signature of archbishop antoine blanc.png archdiocese of new orleans roman catholic church new orleans , louisiana , united states archbishop of new orleans 200px antoineblanc.jpg archdiocese of new orleans antoine blanc 19 june 1835 joseph rosati cm leo-raymond de neckere cm sury-le-comtal , rhône-et-loire , france st. united states louis cathedral , new orleans , louisiana , archbishop cardinal joseph fesch jean-marie odin cm roman catholic archdiocese of new orleans 22 july 1816
antoine blanc

antoine blanc -lrb- 11 october 1792 -- 20 june 1860 -rrb- was the fifth bishop and first archbishop of the roman catholic archdiocese of new orleans .
his tenure , during which the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese , was at a time of growth in the city , which he matched with the most rapid church expansion in the history of new orleans .
more new parishes were established in new orleans under his episcopacy than at any other time .
