Alphonse Joseph Glorieux | |
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Bishop of Boise | |
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Church | Catholic |
Diocese | Diocese of Boise |
Appointed | 27 February 1885 |
Predecessor | Louis Aloysius Lootens |
Successor | Daniel Mary Gorman |
Orders | |
Ordination | 14 August 1867 by Engelbert Sterckx |
Consecration | 19 April 1885 by James Gibbons |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 February 1844 Dottignies, Belgium |
Died | 25 August 1917 Portland, Oregon, US |
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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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