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Jean-Baptiste Lamy (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist lami]; October 11, 1814 – February 13, 1888), was a French-American Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Archbishop Lamy. The novel is based on the life of Jean-Baptiste Lamy (1814–1888), and partially chronicles the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. The capture of the Southwest by the United States in the Mexican–American War is the catalyst for the plot.
Lamy of Santa Fe, his life and times is a 1975 biography of Catholic Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy, written by American author Paul Horgan and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for History . [ 1 ]
Feb. 4—Six thousand people filled the Cathedral of St. Francis the morning of Feb. 16, 1888 for a four-hour funeral service. The Mass honored Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy, who had died of ...
The cathedral was built by Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy between 1869 and 1886 on the site of an older adobe church, La Parroquia (built in 1714–1717). An older church on the same site, built in 1626, was destroyed in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. The new cathedral was built around La Parroquia, which was dismantled once the new construction was ...
Jean Lamy played a crucial role in the establishment of the Archdiocese Santa Fe. Named its bishop, Jean Lamy had traveled and eventually arrived in Santa Fe in the summer of 1851. Once there, Lamy was informed that the clergy did not yet recognize him as bishop because the previous bishop, Zubiría, had not yet confirmed the change.
Archbishop Lamy's Chapel, on Bishop's Lodge Rd. in Tesuque, New Mexico, was built in 1874.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]It was built by Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy for use as a retreat from his duties as the representative of the church.
Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy and his successor, Jean Baptiste Salpointe, unsuccessfully attempted to suppress the brotherhood in the latter part of the 19th century as a part of the "Americanization" of the Church in New Mexico, driving its membership underground, with some seeking refuge in Penitente Canyon. For this reason, Los Penitentes ...