Jean-Baptiste Salpointe
Jean-Baptiste Salpointe | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Santa Fe | |
| Archdiocese | Santa Fe |
| In office | July 18, 1885 – January 7, 1894 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Baptiste Lamy |
| Successor | Placide Louis Chapelle |
| Other post(s) | Vicar General of the Arizona Missions (1864–1868) Bishop of Arizona Territory (1868–1885) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 December 1851 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1825 Saint-Maurice-près-Pionsat, Puy-de-Dôme, France |
| Died | 15 July 1898 (aged 73) Tucson, Arizona, United States |
Jean-Baptiste Salpointe (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist salpwɛ̃t]; February 22, 1825 – July 15, 1898) was a French-born prelate who serve as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico in the United States from 1885 to 1894.
Salpointe previously served as vicar apostolic of the Arizona Territory from 1868 to 1885.