Alphonse Joseph Glorieux


Alphonse Joseph Glorieux
Bishop of Boise
ChurchCatholic
DioceseDiocese of Boise
Appointed27 February 1885
PredecessorLouis Aloysius Lootens
SuccessorDaniel Mary Gorman
Orders
Ordination14 August 1867
by Engelbert Sterckx
Consecration19 April 1885
by James Gibbons
Personal details
Born1 February 1844
Dottignies, Belgium
Died25 August 1917
Portland, Oregon, US
SignatureAlphonse Joseph Glorieux's signature

Alphonse Joseph Glorieux (February 1, 1844 – August 25, 1917), from the Glorieux de la Haverie family, was a Belgian-born missionary and prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Boise in Idaho from 1893 until his death in 1917. He previously served as vicar apostolic of the Territory of Idaho from 1885 to 1893.


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