Gustave Augustin Rouxel (February 2, 1840 – March 16, 1908) was a French-born
bishop
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of the
Catholic Church
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. He served as
auxiliary bishop of the
Archdiocese of New Orleans
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from 1899 to 1908.
Biography
Born in
Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine
Redon (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Geography
Redon borders the Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique departments.
It is situated at the junction of ...
,
France
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, Gustave Rouxel was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans on November 4, 1863. On February 10, 1899
Pope Leo XIII
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appointed him as the
Titular Bishop
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of ''Curium'' and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop
Placide Chapelle on April 9, 1899. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops
Thomas Heslin of
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and
Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón of
San Luis Potosí
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(Mexico). He continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death on March 16, 1908, at the age of 68.
He is buried in the
Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France in
.
References
Episcopal succession
1840 births
1908 deaths
People from Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine
French emigrants to the United States
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
20th-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops
French Roman Catholic bishops in North America
Roman Catholic bishops in Louisiana
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
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