ARCHBISHOP CHARLES J. CHAPUT, O.F.M., CAP. NAMED ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
July 19, 2011
Cardinal Justin Rigali will hold a news conference this morning to announce that Pope Benedict XVI has
Archbishop Chaput, who is 66, is a member of the Order of Friars Minor, Capuchin. He was ordained a priest in 1970 and became a bishop at the age of 43. At that time he became the Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota. Since 1997 he has served as Archbishop of Denver. A member of the Prairie Band Potowatami Tribe, Archbishop Chaput is the second Native American to be ordained a Bishop in the United States and the first Native American Archbishop.