PRIESTS IN NEW MEXICO
(French-speaking priests are noted in red)
Most of the priests serving under Bishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy were French (highlighted in red), many of them from Auvergne, the Bishop’s region in France. The origin of the priests is indicated when known. The list is derived mainly from Nancy Hanks’ book “Lamy’s Legion“, HRM Books, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2000, and might not be complete.
For the Christian Brothers, please scroll down.
Priests found by Bishop Lamy upon his arrival in 1851 (according to Archbishop Salpointe in his book “Soldiers of the Cross“, page 282):
Jose Manuel Galiegos (Gallegos)
Jose de Jesus Leiva
Lucero
Jose de Jesus Lujan
Antonio de Jesus Martinez
Vincente Montano
Fernando Ortiz
Juan Felipe Ortiz
Ramon Salazar
Priests under Bishop/Archbishop Lamy and succeeding Archbishops:
A
Abeyta Jose Tomas de Jesus – New Mexico
Accorsini Joseph Albert – Canada & (mother was from France)
Alvernhe Simon Joseph Bartholeme – France
André Louis Lazare Marie – France
Arrufat Clément – France
Avel Etienne M. – France (Auvergne)
B
Baca Jose de Jesus Cabeza de – New Mexico
Balland Joseph Claude – France
Baron Augustine
Barrat Emile – France
Barrau Cyprien – France
Baugelin J.M. – France
Bell -America
Benevides Luis – New Mexico
Bernal Pierre – France (Auvergne)
Bernard Benedict – France (Auvergne)
Bertrom Eugene – Belgium
Besset Antoine Jean – France (Auvergne)
Birmingham Patrick
Blanchot Julien – France (Auvergne)
Bobst Carl -Switzerland
Boillat Joseph Louis -Switzerland
Borrajo Antonio Severo – Spain
Boucard Jean Baptiste François – France (Auvergne)
Bourdier Louis – France (Auvergne)
Bourgade Pierre – France (Auvergne)
Braun William -Germany
Brinker John
Brun Augustin – France
Brun Charles – France
Brun Jean-Baptiste – France
C
Cabello Manuel -Spain
Caisse L. G.
Canova Albert -Switzerland
Carpentier Jean Baptiste – France
Castanie Albert Joseph – France
Cazals Adrien – France
Cellerier François -France (Auvergne)
Cellier Claude Marie Antoine – France
Cellier Louis Leon Marius – France
Chabrier Louis J. – France (Auvergne)
Chapelle Placide Louis – France
Charrié Germain – France
Chatillon L. – France
Chavez Jose Vicente -Mexico
Chavez Manuel Felipe de Jesus -Mexico
Chavez Rafael -New Mexico
Collin Jules – France
Cooney John V. -Ireland
Coudert Joseph Marie -France (Auvergne)
Courbon Jean Baptiste – France
D
Defouri James H. – France
Degrenne H. -Honduras
DeKeuwer Stephen -Belgium
Delavelle Leon Joseph – France (Doubs)
De Lucas J.
Deraches Jules – France
Deshors Frederic – France
Docher Antoine Jean Baptiste – France
Domergue Philibert – France (Auvergne)
Dubois – France
Dumarest Michel Louis – France
Dumarest Noel – France
E
Echallier Andre Antoine – France (Auvergne)
Eguillon Pierre – France (Auvergne)
Estvelt Arnold Francis Alphonse Maria -Holland
F
Fabre A. V. – France
Farini Alfonso H.
Faure Jean P. – France
Fayet Joseph Baptiste – France (Auvergne)
Fialon Joseph – France (Auvergne)
Fitzsimons John P. -Wisconsin
Fleurant Michel – France (Auvergne)
Fourchegu Antoine – France
Francolon Jean Baptiste – France
Frenay Adolph – Germany
G
Gallegos Jose Manuel – New Mexico
Gallon Jean Baptiste – France
Garassu Robert A. – France
Garcia J. Samuel – New Mexico
Garnier Jean M. – France
Gatignol François – France (Auvergne)
Gauthier Joseph – France
Gilberton Paul Anet -France (Auvergne)
Giraud Joseph Marius – France
Girma Joseph Henri – France
Gladu Peter -Ohio
Gonzalez Florencio
Gourbeyre Alexandre – France (Auvergne)
Gourcy Joseph – France
Grange Jean – France (Auvergne)
Grom Ignatius Maria – France
Grzelachowski Alexander P. – Poland
Guérin Jean-Baptiste – France (Auvergne)
Guérovich Jean-Baptiste – France
Guyot François Marie Meen – France
H
Haelterman Alphonse – Belgium
Haelterman Ghislain – Belgium
Haggerty T. J. – Ireland
Hart Peter – Cincinnati
Hartmann Julius Johannes – Germany
Hayes Thomas Aquinas – Ireland
Hintzen C. J.
Holtmann – New Mexico
J
Jouvenceau Antoine – France (Auvergne)
Jouvenceau François Xavier – France (Auvergne)
Jouvet Felix Andreas – France (Auvergne)
Juillard Antoine N. – France (Auvergne)
Juillard Georges J. – France (Auvergne)
K
Keil Henry – Germany
Kempker Herman – Iowa
Krayer Servatius Joseph – Germany
Kuppers Peter – Germany
L
L’Esperance Pierre – France
Lacobbe
Lammert Courad – Germany
Lamy Antoine – France (Auvergne)
Lamy Jean-Baptiste – France (Auvergne)
Lassaigne Pierre – France
Latour Louis Simon – France (Auvergne)
Le Guillou – France
LePlae Mariano – France
Lestra François – France
Leyva y Rosas Jose Francisco – New Mexico
Lucero Mariano de Jesus – New Mexico
Luis Jose
Lujan Jose de Jesus -New Mexico
M
Machebeuf Joseph Projectus – France (Auvergne)
Mailluchet Leon Cesaire – France
Mariller Jean Baptiste A. – France
Martin Adrien A. – France
Martin Jean-François – France
Martin Philibert – France
Martin Pierre – France (Auvergne)
Martinez Antonio Jose de Jesus – New Mexico
Mathonet Alexandre – France
Mayeux Maxim – France
McManus
Medina Raymund – New Mexico
Merle Luis – France (Auvergne)
Migeon Lucien – France
Molinie Jules Henri – France
Montaño Jose Vicente Saturnino – New Mexico
Moog Peter – Germany
Mumbour Fernand Hubert – Germany
Munnecum Pieter Jan – Holland
N
Navet Augustine – France
Nayrolles H. J. M. – France
Novak Wilhelm Herman
Novert Eugene – France
O
O’Keefe Timothy P. – Ireland
Olier Barthelem Maurice – France
Ortiz Fernando – New Mexico
Ortiz Jose Eulogio – New Mexico
Ortiz Juan Felipe – New Mexico
Ortiz Rafael – New Mexico
Otero Jose Antonio – New Mexico
P
Pajot Joseph Louis Marie – France
Parisis Etienne – France
Paulet Eugene Antoine – France (Auvergne)
Paulhan Edouard Marie – France
Pelzer Peter – Holland
Peyron Clement – France
Picard Jean Antoine – France (Auvergne)
Pinard Jean-François – France
Pitaval Jean-Baptiste – France
Plantard Pierre – France
Pouget Henri Claude – France (Auvergne)
Pugens Joseph – France
R
Rabeyrolle Jean Pierre Adrien – France
Rallière Jean Baptiste – France (Auvergne)
Raverdy Jean Baptiste Theobald – France
Redon Auguste François Joseph – France (Auvergne)
Remuzon Joseph J. – France (Auvergne)
Rhullier F. E. – France
Ribera Jose Romulo – New Mexico
Ribera Manuel Antonio Daniel – New Mexico
Rodriguez Ramon – New Mexico
Rogieri Donato – Italy
Rolly Michel – France
Rousset Eugene – France
Roux Jean Marie – France (Auvergne)
S
Salazar Jesus Maria – New Mexico
Salazar Jose Antonio de Jesus – New Mexico
Salazar Jose Maria -New Mexico
Salazar Ramon -New Mexico
Salpointe Jean Baptiste – France (Auvergne)
Schwartz John
Seux Camille – France
Splinters John George – Germany
Stoffel Jules Nicolas – Belgium
Stratigo Francis – Italy
T
Tafoya Jose Sembrano – New Mexico
Taladrid Damas – Spain
Thomas Vincent – France
Truchard Jean Augustus – France (Auvergne)
Trujillo Juan de Jesus – New Mexico
U
Ussel Gabriel – France (Auvergne)
V
Valdez Eulogio – New Mexico
Valencia Nicolas – New Mexico
Valézy Joseph – France
Vassal Auguste Remy – France
Vaure Sebastien – France (Auvergne)
Vermare Pierre Antoine – France
Vigil Jose de la Cruz – New Mexico
Vigil Jose Miguel -New Mexico
W
Welby Michael – Ireland
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
I have a list and biographies of about 90 French Christian Brothers who worked in New Mexico since 1851. The lists are also available on the internet, but accessing them is cumbersome, because they are in twelve different files arranged according to the month in which the Brothers died. I have had no time to clean and upload the list yet. If you want information, please contact me directly.
In 1872, the La Salle Christian Brothers came to Bernalillo to establish the St. Nicholas School for Boys. They operated a farm across from Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, and a winery known as the “La France Winery”. The winery closed in 1948 when they sold the ranch. Christian Brothers who managed the ranch or worked there in recent times included Brother Amateur Victor (Victor Amblard, 1877-1938) who managed the ranch from 1930 and died there; Brother Angel Lucien “Lucian” (Louis E. Tisseyre, 1875-1945) who in 1941 was sent to operate the ranch, over-exerted himself physically in the demanding work and suffered cardiac arrest in January 1945; with him worked Brother Alexander Alfred (Edward Ricaud, 1907-2006) from August 1943; Brother Amolvin-Marie “Martin” (Jean Pierre Martin Duffau, 1884-1954) worked at the ranch from 1947 until his death; Brother Adrien Irénée (Irénée Aristide Joseph Longin, 1886-1963) spent a few months in 1950; Brother Benoît-Marie (Jean Duplain, 1892-1982) also called Benito and Benedict, worked there around 1953.
Perhaps the most illustrious of the Christian Brothers in New Mexico was Brother Gerfroy Arsène (1867-1938), born as Arsène Gustave Joseph Brouard near Orléans in France. He was among the most prominent botanists of his times. He moved to New Mexico in 1926 in search better health and remained there the rest of his life. He taught at the Sacred Heart Training College in Las Vegas and at St Michael’s College in Santa Fe. His herbarium constitutes the first extensive collections in the area since the 1840s and includes some of the earliest cryptogam records for New Mexico. Brother Arsène’s contributions to botanical knowledge of Mexico are monumental. Nearly 5,000 of his herbarium sheets are at the Smithsonian, 15,000 at the National Museum in Paris, and thousands more now reside in 48 herbaria in a dozen countries. In all, Arsène collected nearly 200 new species.