A native of Bordeaux, France, Monsignor Antoine-Louis-Adolphe Dupuch was named as the First Bishop of the then Diocese of Algiers on August 22, 1838, being consecrated on October 28 of that year. Upon his arrival in the city on December 31, he brought in several religious congregations and established a number of works. Maintaining good relations with the Arabs, civil authorities instructed him to avoid any attempt to make converts. Responsible for the reeviving of the memory of St. Augustine in Bone, present day Annaba, seeing the return of the relics of the Saint from Italy, financial disaster in his administration compelled him to tender his resignation on December 9, 1845, seeking eventually refuge in Spain and Italy. Passing away in Bordeaux in 1856, in accordance with his wishes, his body was taken back to Algiers for interment inside the Cathedral of Saint-Philipp of Algiers, presently the Mosquée Ketchaoua, in July 1864, after being temporarily buried at the Cathedral of Bordeaux.
A native of Bordeaux, France, Monsignor Antoine-Louis-Adolphe Dupuch was named as the First Bishop of the then Diocese of Algiers on August 22, 1838, being consecrated on October 28 of that year. Upon his arrival in the city on December 31, he brought in several religious congregations and established a number of works. Maintaining good relations with the Arabs, civil authorities instructed him to avoid any attempt to make converts. Responsible for the reeviving of the memory of St. Augustine in Bone, present day Annaba, seeing the return of the relics of the Saint from Italy, financial disaster in his administration compelled him to tender his resignation on December 9, 1845, seeking eventually refuge in Spain and Italy. Passing away in Bordeaux in 1856, in accordance with his wishes, his body was taken back to Algiers for interment inside the Cathedral of Saint-Philipp of Algiers, presently the Mosquée Ketchaoua, in July 1864, after being temporarily buried at the Cathedral of Bordeaux.
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