Jean-Baptiste Lamy
French-American prelate
Jean-Baptiste Lamy, was a French-American Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Willa Cather's novel Death Comes for the Archbishop is based on his life and career, as is John Horgan's nonfiction work... Wikipedia
Born: October 11, 1814, Lempdes, France
Died: February 13, 1888 (age 73 years)