Alphonse Joseph Glorieux
Alphonse Joseph Glorieux | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Boise | |
| 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 (Archbishop of Baltimore) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1844 |
| Died | 25 August 1917 Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. |
| Signature | |
Alphonse Joseph Glorieux (February 1, 1844 – August 25, 1917), from the Glorieux de la Haverie family, was a Belgian, born in the Kingdom of Belgium, a missionary and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Boise in Idaho from 1893 for 24 years until his death in 1917. He previously served as the designated vicar apostolic from 1885 to 1893 for the old federal Territory of Idaho (existed 1863–1890), in the territorial capital city of Boise.