Peter Joseph Lavialle

Right Rev. Peter Joseph Lavialle
Bishop of Louisville
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Louisville
In office	September 24, 1865—May 11, 1867
Predecessor	Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S.
Successor	William George McCloskey
Orders
Ordination	February 2, 1844
Consecration	September 24, 1865
Personal details
Born	(1820-07-15)July 15, 1820 Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne, France
Died	May 11, 1867(1867-05-11) (aged 46) Nazareth, Kentucky, United States

Peter Joseph Lavialle (July 15, 1820 – May 11, 1867) was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Louisville from 1865 until his death in 1867.

Biography

Lavialle was born in Mauriac, Cantal, and there studied theology under the Sulpician Fathers.^[1] In 1842 he accepted an invitation from his relative, Bishop Guy Ignatius Chabrat, to join the Diocese of Louisville, Kentucky.^[2] Following his arrival in the United States, Lavialle continued his studies at the diocesan seminary and was ordained to the priesthood on February 2, 1844.^[3] He then served as a curate at the cathedral until 1849, when he became professor of theology at St. Thomas Seminary.^[2] In 1856 he was named president of St. Mary's College.^[2] He was appointed to succeed Antoine Blanc as Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1860, but he refused the honor.^[1]

On July 7, 1865, Lavialle was appointed Bishop of Louisville by Pope Pius IX.^[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 24 from Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, with Bishops Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais and John McGill serving as co-consecrators.^[3] During his short tenure, he conducted diocesan visitations, invited the Dominican Fathers and founded a convent for them, erected four churches in the episcopal see of Louisville alone.^[1] He attended the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore in October 1866.^[2]

Exhausted from his labors, Lavialle retired to St. Joseph's Infirmary and next to Nazareth, near Bardstown, where he later died at age 46.^[1] He was buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Assumption.^[2]

1 2 3 4 Clarke, Richard Henry. "RIGHT REV. PETER JOSEPH LAVIALLE, D.D.". Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States.
1 2 3 4 5 "Louisville". Catholic Encyclopedia.
1 2 3 "Bishop Peter Joseph Lavialle". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Martin John Spalding	Bishop of Louisville 1865–1867	Succeeded by William George McCloskey

Archdiocese of Louisville

Ordinaries	Bishops Benedict Joseph Flaget John Baptist Mary David Benedict Joseph Flaget Martin John Spalding Peter Joseph Lavialle William George McCloskey Denis O'Donaghue John Alexander Floersh Archbishops John Alexander Floersh Thomas Joseph McDonough Thomas Cajetan Kelly Joseph Edward Kurtz Affiliated bishops Guy Ignatius Chabrat Michael Heiss Charles Garrett Maloney John McGill James Ryan John Lancaster Spalding James Kendrick Williams

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville Parishes:

Education	High schools (boys) St. Francis DeSales High School, Louisville St. Xavier High School, Louisville Trinity High School, St. Matthews High schools (girls) Assumption High School, Louisville Mercy Academy, Louisville Presentation Academy, Louisville Sacred Heart Academy, Louisville High schools, coeducational Bethlehem High School, Bardstown Holy Cross High School, Louisville Special needs school Pitt Academy, Louisville

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