Francis Janssens

Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens was a Dutchborn prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Natchez and Archbishop of New Orleans .

Francis August Janssens was born in Tilburg, North Brabant, to Cornelius John and Josephine Anne Janssens. He studied at the seminary of sHertogenbosch from 1856 until 1866, when he entered the American College at Louvain, Belgium, with the view of dedicating himself to the American missions. Janssens was ordained to the priesthood on December 21, 1867. Arriving at Richmond, Virginia, in September 1868, he became rector of the cathedral in 1870 and served as vicar general under Bishops James Gibbons and John Joseph Keane.

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