Claude Marie Dubuis
The Most Reverend Claude Marie Dubuis | |
|---|---|
Diocese of Galveston | |
| In office | November 23, 1862 - December 16, 1892 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Marie Odin |
| Successor | Nicolaus Aloysius Gallagher |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 1, 1844 by Louis Jacques Maurice de Bonald |
| Consecration | November 23, 1862 by Jean-Marie Odin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1817 Coutouvre, Department of Loire, France |
| Died | May 22, 1895 (aged 78) Vernaison, France |
| Nationality | French |
Claude Marie Dubuis (March 10, 1817 – May 22, 1895) was a
Biography
Early life
Claude Dubuis was born on March 10, 1817, to François and Antoinette (Dubost) Dubuis, in Coutouvre, Loire, where he was raised on his parents' farm. At age ten, he went live with his uncle, a member of a religious order, to prepare for seminary. In 1833, Dubius entered the seminary at Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière. However, his preparation was insufficient, particularly in Greek language, and Dubius dropped out after six months.
After leaving the seminary, Dubius returned to his home in
Priesthood
On June 1, 1844, Dubuis was ordained into the priesthood for the
In late 1846, Dubuis sailed with several other recruited priests from Le Harve in France to New Orleans. After arriving in Louisiana in early 1847, he was sent to learn English at the St. Mary's of the Barrens seminary in Perryville, Missouri.[1]
Dubius returned later in 1847 to Texas, where he was assigned as pastor of a parish in Castroville.[3] The parishioners were mainly German or Alsatian immigrants. They had a very small church and a crude hut for the priest to live in. Dubius started learning the Alsatian language, then began building a new residence for the clergy. He opened a new school and was teaching 80 students within the first year.[4]
Dubuis travelled through his parish on foot or on horseback. On one occasion, he spent a night in a tree to escape surging floodwaters.[5] Dubuis often had to ride through Comanche territory and was detained four times by Native Americans. Some Native Americans would occasionally stop by the Castroville church to listen to the music.[6] By 1850, Dubuis had constructed a second, larger church.[4]
In 1850, Bishop Odin sent Dubuis to France to recruit missionaries and visit his family.[4] After returning to Texas in 1851, he was appointed pastor of San Fernando Parish in San Antonio, Texas, and vicar general of the diocese. At San Fernando, announcements from the pulpit were made in English, French, German, and Spanish. At first, Dubuis was not sufficiently conversant in Spanish to administer the last rites, Odin stayed in San Antonio until a Spanish-speaking priest arrived to assist him.[7]
On February 15, 1861, Bishop Odin was appointed archbishop of the Diocese of New Orleans. Dubuis traveled to New Orleans in June 1861 as he was planning another recruiting trip to Europe. However, with the start of the American Civil War in April 1861, the Union Navy started blockading the port of New Orleans. Bishop Odin, who was recommending Dubius as his replacement, left for Europe that year to get Vatican approval of austerity measures he wanted to enact on the archdiocese. Dubuis probably did not make it out of New Orleans until April 1862.
Bishop of Galveston
On October 21, 1862, Pope Pius IX appointed Dubuis as the second bishop of the Diocese of Galveston.[8][2] He was consecrated by Bishop Odin on November 23, 1862, in Lyon.
In May 1863, Dubuis traveled from France to Galveston. [1] After the end of the war, Dubuis established additional parishes, hospitals and schools.[9] In September 1865, the Sisters of St. Joseph in New Orleans requested that Archbishop Odin to send Dubuis to take confessions, as their usual confessor was unavailable and "Dubuis is so humble that he would come."[10]
In 1866,
Dubuis returned to Castroville as bishop to lay the cornerstone for the third Church of St. Louis.
Retirement and legacy
Suffering from poor health, Dubuis left Galveston in 1881 to permanently return to France, settling at
Claude Dubuis died in Vernaison on May 22, 1895.[17]
References
- ^ a b c Foley, Patrick. "Dubuis, Claude Marie", Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ a b c "Bishop Claude Marie Dubuis". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ "Claude Dubuis – Castroville Texas Chamber of Commerce". Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ a b c "Claude Marie Dubuis", Castroville Area Chamber of Commerce
- ^ Jacks, L.V., Obisbo de Galveston, 1946
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- ^ Williams, Jr., Franklin C., "The Appointment of Bishop Dubuis", East Texas Historical Journal, Vol.28, Issue 2, October 1990
- ^ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Archived from the originalon 2003-11-10. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ Sister M. Anatolie C.S.J to Archbishop Odin, CM. September 24, 1865; University of Notre Dame Archives
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- ^ Neal, Allison Ward. "Founders of two Catholic health systems celebrate", South Texas Catholic, October 20, 2016
- ^ McDonough IWBS, Kathleen. "Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word", South Texas Catholic, August 1, 2012
- ^ Hunt, Geoff. "Academy of the Sacred Heart", Waco History
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- ^ "History", St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fort Worth
- ^ a b Meehan, Thomas. "Galveston." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 21 November 2017
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Galveston". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.