John Laval

Most Reverend John M. Laval
Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Hierocaesarea
Appointed	September 7, 1911
In office	November 29, 1911 - June 4, 1937
Orders
Ordination	November 10, 1877
Consecration	November 29, 1911 by James Blenk
Personal details
Born	September 21, 1854 Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
Died	June 4, 1937(1937-06-04) (aged 82) New Orleans, Louisiana, US

John Laval (September 21, 1854 – June 4, 1937) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans from 1911 to 1937.

Biography

Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France, Laval was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans on November 10, 1877. On September 7, 1911 Pope Pius X appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop James Blenk, S.M. on November 29, 1911. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Cornelius Van de Ven of Alexandria in Louisiana and John Shaw of San Antonio. He continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death on June 4, 1937, at the age of 82.^[1]^[2] He is buried in the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France in New Orleans.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Bishop John Marius Laval". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-02-08.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans 1911–1937	Succeeded by –

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