Chaput, Charles J.
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- Strangers in a strange land, 2017:page 273 (Charles J. Chaput entered the Capuchin Franciscan religious community in 1965 and was ordained a priest in 1970. John Paul II appointed him bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota in 1988, and archbishop of Denver in 1997. In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Philadelphia. A member of the Prairie Band Patawatomi Tribe, he is the first U.S. archbishop of Native American heritage)
- Charles Joseph Chaput was born in Concordia, Kansas on September 26, 1944. In 1970, he earned a Master of Arts degree in religious education from Capuchin College in Washington, DC. He received a Master of Arts degree in theology from the University of San Francisco in 1971. For three years, he was an instructor in theology and spiritual director at St. Fidelis College ( (Wikipedia website, viewed July 16, 2019) )
- Living the Catholic faith, 2001:CIP t.p. (Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M., Cap.)
- Strangers in a strange land, 2017:From jacket: Archibishop Charles J. Chaput ... was named Archibishop of Philadelphia in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
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Charles Joseph Chaput ( SHAP-yoo; born September 26, 1944) is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 2011 to 2020. He previously served as Archbishop of Denver (1997–2011) and Bishop of Rapid City (1988–1997). He was the first Archbishop of Philadelphia in 100 years who was not named a cardinal. Chaput is a professed Capuchin Franciscan, a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas, the second Native American Catholic bishop, and the first such archbishop.
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