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MACHEBACHEBEUF, Joseph, R. C. bishop, born in
Riom, France, 11 August, 1812. He received his early education in the schools of
the Christian Brothers, and in the college of Riom, studied philosophy and
theology in the Sulpician Seminary of Montferran, and was ordained in 1836.
He then spent three years in missionary labor in France,
and in 1839, at the request of Archbishop Purcell, came to the United States,
where he labored ten years in the diocese of Cincinnati, and then in New Mexico
until 1860, part of the time serving as vicar-general.
He was next sent to Colorado, where he was thrown from
his carriage while descending a spur of the Rocky Mountains, and lamed for life.
He was appointed vicar-general of the territory, built the first church in
Denver, and gradually formed parishes, erecting other churches and obtaining
priests for them.
In 1868 he had built eighteen churches in the territory,
besides founding a convent of the Sisters of Loretto, and an academy and a
school for boys in Denver. He was consecrated bishop of Epiphania in partibus
infidelium, and vicar-apostolic of Colorado on 16 August, 1868. His
vicariate embraces Colorado and Utah. The Roman Catholic population, which
originally consisted of a few thousand Mexicans and miners, now exceeds 50,000.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, by John Looby Copyright ©
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MACHEBACHEBEUF, Joseph, R. C. bishop, born in Riom, France, 11 August, 1812. He received his ***Earn education in the schools of the Christian Brothers, and in the college of Riom, studied philosophy and theology in the Sulpitian Seminary of Montferran, and was ordained in 1836. He then spent three years in missionary labor in France, and in 1839, at the request of Archbishop Purcell, came to the United States, where he labored ten years in the diocese of Cincinnati, and then in New Mexico until 1860, part of the time serving as vicar-general. He was next sent to Colorado, where he was thrown from his carriage while descending a spur of the Rocky Mountains, and lamed for life. He was appointed vicar-general of the territory, built the first church in Denver, and gradually formed parishes, erecting other churches and obtaining priests for them. In 1868 he had built eighteen churches in the territory, besides founding a convent of the Sisters of Loretto, and an academy and a school for boys in Denver. He was consecrated bishop of ***Epiphania in Partibus Infidelium, and vicar-apostolic of Colorado on 16 August, 1868. His vicariate embraces Colorado and Utah. The Roman Catholic population, which originally consisted of a few thousand half-civilized Mexicans and miners, now exceeds 50,000.
