Jean-Baptiste Salpointe
Jean-Baptiste Salpointe | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Santa Fe | |
| Archdiocese | Santa Fe |
| In office | July 18, 1885 – January 7, 1894 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Baptiste Lamy |
| Successor | Placide Louis Chapelle |
| Other posts | Vicar General of the Arizona Missions (1864–1868) Bishop of Arizona Territory (1868–1885) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 20, 1851 by Louis-Charles Féron |
| Consecration | June 20, 1869 by Louis-Charles Féron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1825 Saint-Maurice-près-Pionsat, Puy-de-Dôme, France |
| Died | 15 July 1898 (aged 73) Tucson, Arizona, United States |
Jean-Baptiste Salpointe (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist salpwɛ̃t]; February 22, 1825 – July 15, 1898) was a French-born prelate who serve as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico in the United States from 1885 to 1894.
Salpointe previously served as vicar apostolic of the Arizona Territory from 1868 to 1885.