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Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus

Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus

Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus was a French Roman Catholic bishop and later cardinal. Cheverus served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Boston in Massachusetts in the United States. He later served as bishop of the Diocese of... Wikipedia
Born: January 28, 1768, Mayenne, France
Died: July 19, 1836 (age 68 years), Bordeaux, France
Created cardinal: February 1, 1836; by Pope Gregory XVI