Jean Baptiste Lamy
August 20, 2026
Jean Baptiste Lamy arrived in Santa Fe in 1850 as the first Roman Catholic bishop appointed to serve New Mexico, where the church had long been administered from distant Durango, Mexico. He found a neglected diocese with few priests, dilapidated churches, and many scattered or lapsed parishioners…
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