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Gustave Augustin Rouxel

Most Reverend Gustave A. Rouxel
Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Curium
Appointed	February 10, 1899
In office	April 9, 1899 - March 16, 1908
Orders
Ordination	November 4, 1863
Consecration	April 9, 1899 by Placide Louis Chapelle
Personal details
Born	February 2, 1840 Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Died	March 16, 1908(1908-03-16) (aged 68) 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]

References

^ "Bishop Gustave Augustin Rouxel". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-02-08.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans 1899–1908	Succeeded by –

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans

Ordinaries

Bishops: Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas; Francisco Porró y Reinado; Louis-Guillaume DuBourg; Joseph Rosati; Leo-Raymond de Neckere

Archbishops: Antoine Blanc; Jean-Marie Odin; Napoléon-Joseph Perché; Francis Xavier Leray; Francis Janssens; Placide Louis Chapelle; James Hubert Blenk; John William Shaw; Joseph Francis Rummel; John Patrick Cody; Philip Matthew Hannan; Francis Bible Schulte; Alfred Clifton Hughes; Gregory Michael Aymond

Auxiliary bishops: Gustave Augustin Rouxel; John Laval; Louis Abel Caillouet; Harold Perry, S.V.D.; Stanley Joseph Ott; Robert William Muench; Dominic Carmon, S.V.D.; Gregory Michael Aymond; Roger Paul Morin; Shelton Joseph Fabre; Fernand J. Cheri, O.F.M.

Churches

Cathedral: St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans

Orleans Parish: Immaculate Conception; Our Lady of Guadalupe; St. Augustine Church; St. Mary's Assumption; St. Patrick's

Schools

Higher education: Loyola; University of Holy Cross; Xavier; Notre Dame Seminary; Saint Joseph Seminary College

High schools: Academy of Our Lady; Academy of the Sacred Heart (K-12); Archbishop Chapelle High School; Archbishop Hannan High School; Archbishop Rummel High School; Archbishop Shaw High School; Brother Martin High School; Cabrini High School; De La Salle High School; Holy Cross High School; Jesuit High School; Mount Carmel Academy; Pope John Paul II; St. Augustine High School; St. Charles Catholic High School; St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School; Saint Mary's Academy; St. Mary's Dominican High School; St. Paul's School; St. Scholastica Academy; St. Thérèse Academy for Exceptional Learners; Ursuline Academy