Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M., Cap., D.D. was installed as the 13th bishop and ninth archbishop of Philadelphia on September 8, 2011. Archbishop Chaput was ordained Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, on July 26, 1988. Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Denver on February 18, 1997, and he was installed on April 7 the same year. As a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe, Archbishop Chaput was the second Native American to be ordained a bishop in the United States, and the first Native American archbishop. He chose as his episcopal motto: “As Christ Loved the Church” (Ephesians 5:25). He is author of two books: Living the Catholic Faith: Rediscovering the Basics (Servant, 2001) and Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life (Doubleday, 2008); and numerous talks, articles and pastoral letters. His writings, discourses, and homilies are available here.
- Wisdom, Christian Witness, and the Year of Faith
- Junipero Serra and His Witness for Today: Part II of II
- Junipero Serra and His Witness for Today: Part I of II
