Peter Bourgade

Peter Bourgade was a Frenchborn prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Tucson and Archbishop of Santa Fe .

Bourgade was born in VolloreVille, PuydeDme, and studied at the College of Billom and the Grand Seminary of Montferrand. In 1869 he accepted an invitation from Bishop JeanBaptiste Salpointe to join the Apostolic Vicariate of Arizona in the United States, where he was ordained to the priesthood on November 30, 1869. He was first assigned to Yuma, and returned to France in 1873 to strengthen his failing health. Following his return to the United States, he was pastor of San Elizario, Texas, from 1875 until 1881, when he was transferred to Silver City, New Mexico.

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