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class="infobox-data">May 25, 1870 –<br />December 27, 1883</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Odin" title="Jean-Marie Odin">Jean-Marie Odin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Leray" title="Francis Xavier Leray">Francis Xavier Leray</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Orders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ordination</th><td class="infobox-data">September 19, 1829<br />by Charles Montault des Isles</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consecration</th><td class="infobox-data">May 1, 1870<br />by <a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Horton_Rosecrans" title="Sylvester Horton Rosecrans">Sylvester Horton Rosecrans</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1805-01-10</span>)</span>January 10, 1805<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Angers" title="Angers">Angers</a>, Maine-et-Loire, France</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 27, 1883<span style="display:none">(1883-12-27)</span> (aged 78)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">French</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Napoléon-Joseph Perché</b> (1805–1883) was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third archbishop of the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_New_Orleans" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of New Orleans">Archdiocese of New Orleans</a> in Louisiana from 1870 to 1883. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Napol%C3%A9on-Joseph_Perch%C3%A9&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Napol%C3%A9on-Joseph_Perch%C3%A9&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born on January 10, 1805, Napoléon-Joseph Perché was a native of <a href="/wiki/Angers" title="Angers">Angers</a> in the Department of <a href="/wiki/Maine-et-Loire" title="Maine-et-Loire">Maine-et-Loire</a> in France. He was <a href="/wiki/Holy_Orders" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Orders">ordained</a> a priest for the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Angers" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Angers">Diocese of Angiers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Beaupreau" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaupreau">Beaupreau</a> on September 19, 1829, after which he served in the local <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Angers" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Angers">diocese</a> until 1837, when he departed for the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arriving in the United States, Perché was assigned to what was then the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Louisville" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Louisville">Diocese of Bardstown</a>. On a visit to New Orleans, he delivered a powerful sermon that was heard by Archbishop Antoine Blanc. Seeing the need for a priest who could speak French, Blanc petitioned the Vincentians to transfer Perché the Archdiocese of New Orleans. In 1846, he moved to <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, where he was appointed chaplain to the <a href="/wiki/Ursuline_Convent,_New_Orleans_(1824)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ursuline Convent, New Orleans (1824)">Ursuline Convent</a> there. Perché founded the first archdiocesan newspaper, <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Propagateur_Catholique" title="Le Propagateur Catholique">Le Propagateur Catholique</a></i>, published in French.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coadjutor_Archbishop_and_Archbishop_of_New_Orleans">Coadjutor Archbishop and Archbishop of New Orleans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Napol%C3%A9on-Joseph_Perch%C3%A9&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coadjutor Archbishop and Archbishop of New Orleans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 8, 1870, Pope Pius IX appointed Perché as <a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_Archbishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Coadjutor Archbishop">coadjutor archbishop</a> of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and <a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">titular bishop</a> of <a href="/wiki/Abdera,_Thrace" title="Abdera, Thrace">Abdera</a>. He was <a href="/wiki/Consecration#Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Consecration">consecrated</a> on May 1, 1870 by <a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Horton_Rosecrans" title="Sylvester Horton Rosecrans">Sylvester Horton Rosecrans</a>. When Bishop Jean-Marie Odin died several weeks later on May 25, 1870, Perché automatically succeeded him as archbishop.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As bishop, Perché started an extensive program of parish and school expansion in the archdiocese. He erected four new parishes in New Orleans and another 23 in the surrounding towns. Perché pushed for Catholic schools because he viewed public school education as being inadequate and too secular. Catholic schools, particularly in rural areas, were often more stable, better supported, and better attended than the public schools. By 1888, as a result of his program, more than 11,000 students were enrolled in archdiocesan schools.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdiocese_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdiocese-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To support this expansion, Perché recruited several religious congregations of <a href="/wiki/Brother_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brother (Catholic)">teaching Brothers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nun#Distinction_between_a_nun_and_a_religious_sister" title="Nun">religious sisters</a> from France. He also authorized the founding of a native congregation in 1871, the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Immaculate_Conception#Sisters_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Louisiana)" title="Congregation of the Immaculate Conception">Sisters of the Immaculate Conception</a> in Labadieville, Louisiana He also established three monasteries of <a href="/wiki/Enclosed_religious_orders" title="Enclosed religious orders">enclosed religious orders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdiocese_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdiocese-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>In 1868, Perché launched, <i>The Morning Star,</i> an English-language news paper for the archdiocese. The Reverend <a href="/wiki/Abram_Joseph_Ryan" title="Abram Joseph Ryan">Abram Joseph Ryan</a>, a poet himself, served as its editor from 1871 to 1875.<sup id="cite_ref-Archdiocese_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdiocese-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the archdiocese's shaky financial standing, Perché borrowed heavily to finance his expansion program, as well as his personal charity to the poor. By the mid-1870s, the archdiocese had amassed a $590,925 debt (over $10 million today); the Vatican decided it was time for change. On October 23, 1879, Pope Leo XIII appointed Bishop <a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Leray" title="Francis Xavier Leray">Francis Leray</a> as coadjutor archbishop and <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Administrator">apostolic administrator</a> of the archdiocese, giving him full control over its operation. it. It would take the archdiocese 25 years to stability its finances.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-Archdiocese_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archdiocese-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Napol%C3%A9on-Joseph_Perch%C3%A9&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Napoléon-Joseph Perché died in New Orleans on December, 27, 1883.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>His remains were buried beneath the <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary#Sanctuary_as_an_altar" title="Sanctuary">sanctuary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cathedral_(New_Orleans)" title="St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans)">Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis</a> in New Orleans.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Napol%C3%A9on-Joseph_Perch%C3%A9&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bperche.html">"Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perché [Catholic-Hierarchy]"</a>. <i>www.catholic-hierarchy.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-07-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.catholic-hierarchy.org&rft.atitle=Archbishop+Napoleon+Joseph+Perch%C3%A9+%5BCatholic-Hierarchy%5D&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholic-hierarchy.org%2Fbishop%2Fbperche.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANapol%C3%A9on-Joseph+Perch%C3%A9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lLIOAAAAIAAJ&dq=Napol%C3%A9on-Joseph+Perch%C3%A9&pg=RA2-PA32"><i>The Illustrated Catholic Family Annual for ...</i></a> Catholic Publication Society Company. 1882.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Illustrated+Catholic+Family+Annual+for+...&rft.pub=Catholic+Publication+Society+Company&rft.date=1882&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DlLIOAAAAIAAJ%26dq%3DNapol%25C3%25A9on-Joseph%2BPerch%25C3%25A9%26pg%3DRA2-PA32&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANapol%C3%A9on-Joseph+Perch%C3%A9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1883/12/26/archives/archbishop-perche-dying-fortysix-years-in-the-service-of-his-church.html">"ARCHBISHOP PERCHE DYING; FORTY-SIX YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF HIS CHURCH IN THIS COUNTRY"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. 1883-12-26. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-07-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=ARCHBISHOP+PERCHE+DYING%3B+FORTY-SIX+YEARS+IN+THE+SERVICE+OF+HIS+CHURCH+IN+THIS+COUNTRY.&rft.date=1883-12-26&rft.issn=0362-4331&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1883%2F12%2F26%2Farchives%2Farchbishop-perche-dying-fortysix-years-in-the-service-of-his-church.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANapol%C3%A9on-Joseph+Perch%C3%A9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Archdiocese-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Archdiocese_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Archdiocese_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Archdiocese_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Archdiocese_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archdiocese-no.org/history/recon.htm"><i>A History of the Archdiocese of New Orleans: Reconstruction and its Aftermath 1865-1888</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090916194947/http://archdiocese-no.org/history/recon.htm">Archived</a> 2009-09-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130523080025/http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/relativevalue.php">"MeasuringWorth.com"</a>. 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Church">Catholic Church titles</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Odin" title="Jean-Marie Odin">Jean-Marie Odin, C.M.</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_New_Orleans" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans">Archbishop of New Orleans</a> </b><br />1870–1883 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Leray" title="Francis Xavier Leray">Francis Xavier Leray</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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