![]() ![]() The book is episodic in nature, almost a collection of short stories or parables, depicting their experiences and many of the characters they encounter along the way. Set in the mid-nineteenth century, Death Comes for the Archbishop tells the story of two priests – Bishop Jean Marie Latour and Father Joseph Vaillant – who are sent to establish the Catholic Church in the newly acquired territory of New Mexico. *links provided for convenience, not as part of any affiliate programmeįind Death Comes for the Archbishopon Goodreads Published: 25 th January 2016 Genre: Historical Fiction, Modern Classics ![]() Francis of Assisi.įormat: ebook (306 pp.) Publisher: Annie Rose Books The novel is based on the life of Jean-Baptiste Lamy (1814-1888), and partially chronicles the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of St. ![]() In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows-gently, although he must contend with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. ![]()
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