John J. Chanche
Catholic bishop
John Mary Joseph Benedict Chanche, S.S., (October 4, 1795 – July 22, 1852) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Natchez in Mississippi from 1841 to 1852. Chanche was a member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians).
Biography
Early life
John Chanche was born on October 4, 1795, in Baltimore, Maryland to John and Catherine Provost Chanche. His father had been a merchant in French colony of Saint-Domingue, present-day Haiti. After the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution in 1791, the Chanche family fled to Baltimore.
John Chanche was baptized on August 13, 1796, by Reverend Francis Beeston, rector of St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral in Baltimore. Deciding to become a priest, Chanche in 1806 entered St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, operated by the Sulpicians.
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