1. Jean-Baptiste Lamy completed his classical studies in the minor seminary at Clermont and theological coursework in the Major seminary at Montferrand, where he was trained by the Sulpician Fathers.
12 Facts About Jean-Baptiste Lamy
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Jean-Baptiste Lamy was ordained a priest on December 22,1838.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamy was consecrated a bishop on November 24,1850, by Archbishop Martin Spalding of Louisville; Bishops Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais of Vincennes and Louis Amadeus Rappe of Cleveland served as co-consecrators.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamy wrote to Zubiria asking him to explain the change of responsibility to the New Mexico priests.
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On July 23,1853, the Vicariate of New Mexico was raised to the Diocese of Santa Fe, and Jean-Baptiste Lamy was appointed its first bishop.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamy ended the practice of concubinage widely practiced by the local priests and he suppressed religious brotherhood societies within individual communities.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamy participated in the First Vatican Council from 1869 to 1870.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamy was responsible for the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and Loretto Chapel.
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On May 1,1885, Jean-Baptiste Lamy consecrated Peter Bourgade as bishop; Bourgade would later become the fourth Archbishop of Santa Fe.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamy ended his tenure as bishop when he resigned in 1885.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamy was appointed Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus later that year.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamy died of pneumonia in 1888 and is buried under the sanctuary floor of the basilica.