Gustave Augustin Rouxel Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Gustave A. Rouxel
Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans
Church:Catholic Church
See:Titular See of Curium
Appointed:February 10, 1899
Term:April 9, 1899 - March 16, 1908
Ordination:November 4, 1863
Consecration:April 9, 1899
Consecrated By:Placide Louis Chapelle
Birth Date:February 2, 1840
Birth Place:Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Death Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, US

Gustave Augustin Rouxel (February 2, 1840 – March 16, 1908) was a French-born bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans from 1899 to 1908.

Biography

Born in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, France, Gustave Rouxel was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans on November 4, 1863. On February 10, 1899 Pope Leo XIII appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Curium and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Placide Chapelle on April 9, 1899. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Thomas Heslin of Natchez and Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón of San Luis Potosí (Mexico). He continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death on March 16, 1908, at the age of 68.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Gustave Augustin Rouxel. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2014-02-08.
  2. Web site: Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees. Giga-Catholic. 2014-02-08. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140213012446/http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-49.htm. 2014-02-13.