The Story of Jean-Baptiste Lamey

In 1521, after the Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire, Pernan Cortez named the territory New Spain. Following the Mexican-American War that took place between 1846 and 1848, the territory became part of the United States. And it's at this point that a key figure enters our story. Who was he? And what should we know about him? His name was Jean-Baptiste Lamey,. or Lamey, and he was born in France. He served as a missionary priest in Ohio and Kentucky for about a decade. In 1850, the same year that New Mexico became a U.S. territory, he was notified that Pope Pius IX