In 1970, he earned a Master of Arts in religious education from Capuchin College in Washington, DC. On July 14, 1968, he made his solemn profession as a Capuchin friar. Fidelis College Seminary in Herman, Pennsylvania. In 1967, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from St. In 1965, at age 21, Chaput entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a branch of the Franciscans, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Francis Seminary High School in Victoria, Kansas. Deciding to become a priest at the age of 13, he attended St. Ĭhaput received his early education at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Grade School in Concordia. His Potawatomi name is 'the wind that rustles the leaves of the tree' while his Sioux name is 'good eagle'. Chaput himself was enrolled in the tribe at a young age, taking the name Pietasa ('rustling wind').

His mother was a Native American of the Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe his maternal grandmother was the last member of the family to live on a reservation.

His father was a French Canadian who was descended from King Louis IX. Early life Ĭharles Chaput was born on September 26, 1944, in Concordia, Kansas, one of three children of Joseph and Marian Helen (née DeMarais) Chaput. A member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas, he is the second Native American bishop and the first Native American archbishop. Chaput was the first archbishop of Philadelphia in 100 years who was not named a cardinal.Ĭhaput is a professed Capuchin Franciscan. He previously served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Denver in Colorado (1997–2011) and bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City in South Dakota (1988–1997). He was the ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, serving from 2011 until 2020. ( / ˈ ʃ æ p j uː/ SHAP-yoo born September 26, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Chaput as principal consecratorĬharles Joseph Chaput OFM Cap.

Daughter of the King by Kerry Chaput