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Dubourg, Louis-Guillaume-Valentin

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Also known as: Bishop Dubourg, Louis William Valentine Dubourg

DUBOURG, LOUIS-GUILLAUME-VALENTIN. - Second bishop of Louisiana and Florida, b. at Cap François (Santo Domingo) on 16 Feb. 1766, d. at Besançon on 12 Dec. 1833. Ordained a priest in 1788 in Paris, he entered the Society of St. Sulpice. The Revolution forced him to emigrate to the United States (1794). He was rector of Georgetown College from 1796 to 1799, the year in which he became first superior of St. Mary's College in Baltimore. Appointed on 18 Aug. 1812 apostolic administrator of Louisiana and Florida, he reorganized the diocese, of which he was then named bishop. Consecrated in Rome on 24 Sept. 1815, he returned to the United States in 1817. In 1826 he left the United States and was named bishop of Montauban: he remained there until his appointment as archbishop of Besançon (25 Feb. 1833).

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BIBL.: C. M. Chambon, s. v. in Cath. Enc., V. pp. 178-79.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1953.

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De, Stefano Gabriella. “Dubourg, louis-guillaume-valentin.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1953. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/dubourg-louis-guillaume-valentin.

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De, Stefano Gabriella. “Dubourg, louis-guillaume-valentin.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1953. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/dubourg-louis-guillaume-valentin.

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  author    = {De, Stefano Gabriella},
  title     = {Dubourg, louis-guillaume-valentin},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1953},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/dubourg-louis-guillaume-valentin}
}

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