Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas

Spanish bishop (1749–1810)

Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas
Archbishop of Guatemala

Church	Catholic Church
Appointed	17 June 1794
Orders
Ordination	4 April 1772 by Santiago José Hechavarría y Elguesúa
Consecration	26 April 1795 by Francisco De Cuerda
Personal details
Born	(1749-04-03)3 April 1749 Havana
Died	17 July 1810(1810-07-17) (aged 61) Havana
Nationality	Cuban
Denomination	Catholic
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Guatemala Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas
Education	St. Ignatius College, Havana
Alma mater	University of St. Jerome

Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas (3 April 1749 – 17 July 1810) was a Cuban Catholic Bishop of New Orleans, and Archbishop of Guatemala.

Biography

He was born in Havana, the son of a wealthy and noble family. After studying belles-lettres and philosophy in St. Ignatius College, Havana, he followed there the courses of the University of St. Jerome and in 1771 obtained the degree of Doctor of Theology. His bishop entrusted to him several missions of an administrative nature, and in 1773 appointed him provisor and vicar-general.^[1]

When Pope Pius VI, at the request of Charles IV of Spain, created Louisiana and the Floridas a diocese, distinct from the diocese of Santiago de Cuba, Luis Penalver was made its first bishop. He made his entrance into New Orleans on 17 July 1795, took formal possession of his see, and in the following December published an "Instrucción para el govierno de los párrocos de la diócesis de la Luisiana". He soon began the visitation of his diocese, which then extended over the country known later as the Louisiana Purchase Territory.^[1]

On 21 April 1796, he was at Iberville, on 8 November of the same year at Natchitoches, and at Pensacola on 7 May 1798. Upon his return in 1799, he drew up a report in which he complained of the ignorance, irreligion, and the want of discipline which then prevailed in Louisiana.^[1]

Peñalver was promoted to the Archiepiscopal See of Guatemala on 20 July 1801, and by a Rescript from Rome was empowered to transfer his authority in Louisiana and the Floridas to Thomas Hasset, his vicar-general, and to Patrick Walsh. After a chase by an English war-vessel, Peñalver arrived at Guatemala.

At his own expense he built a hospital and various schools. He resigned his see on 1 March 1806, and, returning to Havana, devoted the last years of his life to charitable works. At his death he bequeathed $200,000 to the poor and several important legacies to educational institutions. James Blenk writes of him that he was "a man of great talents, zeal, and piety, whose administration was marked by an uncommon degree of wisdom and a strict attachment to the discipline of the Church."^[2] He died in Havana, aged 61.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Blenk, James. "Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cardenas." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 26 February 2019
^ Clarke, Richard Henry. Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, Vol. 1, P. O'Shea, 1872, p. 114 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cardenas". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Sources

John Dawson Gilmary Shea, History of the Catholic Church in the U.S., 1763-1815 (New York, 1888)
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Guatemala". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}

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