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    Francis Xavier Leray (April 20, 1825 – September 23, 1887) was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of...
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  • Leray or LeRay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: David Leray (born 1984), French footballer Francis Xavier Leray (1825–1887), American...
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    Perché; continuing the work of his immediate predecessor Archbishop Francis Xavier Leray, he reduced it from $324,759 to about $130,000. Janssens' tenure...
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    St. Francis Xavier Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria, located in Alexandria, Louisiana. The cathedral and related...
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    Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick...
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    bishop of Nachitoches was Reverend Francis Xavier Leray, appointed by Pius IX in 1876. During his short tenure, Leray created two new parishes and ordered...
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    Jean-Marie Odin (1861–1870) Napoléon-Joseph Perché (1870–1883) Francis Xavier Leray (1883–1887) Francis Janssens (1888–1897) Placide-Louis Chapelle (1897–1905)...
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    the administrations of St. Mary's Academy, St. Augustine High School, and Xavier University Preparatory collaborated to establish the MAX School of New Orleans...
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  • Australian politician Francis Xavier Lasance (1860–1946), American priest and writer of Roman Catholic devotional works Francis Xavier Leray (1825–1887), French-born...
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    Plenary Council of Baltimore as a theological consultant to Archbishop Francis Xavier Leray. On December 19, 1884, Durier was appointed bishop of the Diocese...
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    Archbishop Francis Xavier Leray was so impressed with Chapelle that he requested to have him for a coadjutor bishop. However, after Leray died in 1887...
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  • University New Orleans Notre Dame Seminary Our Lady of Holy Cross College Xavier University of Louisiana St. Tammany Parish Saint Joseph Seminary College...
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    Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick...
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    priest on June 30, 1861, for the Archdiocese of Baltimore by Archbishop Francis Kenrick at St. Mary's Seminary. After Gibbons' ordination, the archdiocese...
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    College of Cardinals (1920.12.07 – 1921.03.24) Titular Archbishop Francis Xavier Leray (1879.09.30 – 1883.12.28) Titular Bishop Giacomo Daddi (1884.03.24...
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    priesthood on May 30, 1992, for the Archdiocese of New Orleans by Archbishop Francis B. Schulte. After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Tran as parochial...
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  • Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick...
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    Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick...
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  • Daniel Francis Desmond (April 4, 1884—September 11, 1945) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of...
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    Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick...
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    Magdalen's Parish in Manchac, Louisiana. Martin was transferred to St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Natchitoches, Louisiana, in 1849. He was made vicar...
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    neighborhood of New Orleans at 5500 Paris Avenue, the campuses of the former St. Francis Cabrini Parish and Redeemer-Seton High School. The new location of Holy...
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    first principal), Brother August Faure, Brother John Devine, and Brother Francis Vesel. Classes were initially held in a large old home (which also served...
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    McQuillan, Sister Mary Brigid Smith, Sister Mary Osanna Cahill, Sister Mary Xavier Gaynor, and Sister Mary Ursula O'Reilly, came at the request of Rev. Jeremiah...
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    time for change. On October 23, 1879, Pope Leo XIII appointed Bishop Francis Leray as coadjutor archbishop and apostolic administrator of the archdiocese...
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  • Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick...
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    Robert W. Marshall (category Bishops appointed by Pope Francis)
    consecrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond on August 20, 2020, at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Alexandria. Catholic Church hierarchy Catholic Church in...
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    Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick...
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    Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick...
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