D.D., a Roman Catholic prelate, was born at Ingre, near Orleans, France, in 1769, and was educated at the seminary of St. Sulpice. He came to Baltimore in 1792; returning to France, he was from 1803 to 1811 professor in the seminaries of St. Fleur, Aix, and Lyons; afterwards became coadjutor to the archbishop of Baltimore, whom he succeeded on his decease, Dec. 14,1817. He visited Rome in 1821-2, to procure aid for his Church in Baltimore. He died Jan. 29 1.S28.