Cheverus, Jean Louis Anne Madeleine

Lefebre de, a Roman Catholic dignitary, was born at Mayenne, France, Jan. 28,1768. He entered: the priesthood in Paris, in 1790; came to the United States, labored among the Indians and scattered Catholics of New: England; was consecrated in Baltimore first bishop of the new see of Boston, Nov. 1 1810; declined an appointment to the archbishopric of Baltimore; was transferred to the see of Montauban, France, in 1818; was made archbishop of Bordeaux in 1820; cardinal in 18,36, and died July 19 of the same year. Bishop Cheverus endeared himself to all by his charities and good works. While in Boston he prepared, a prayer-book and a French Testament. ' See Life of Cardinal Cheverus, by Rev. J. Huen Dubourg, transl. by Robert Walsh (Phila. 1839; according to De Courcy and Shea, the real author of this book is Rev. Mr. Hamon, a Sulpician, as appears from later French editions). See De Courcy and Shea, Hist. of the Cath. Church in the United States, p. 70, 99, 508, 509; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.