Henry Regis Granjon

Henry Regis Granjon (June 15, 1863 – November 9, 1922) was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Tucson in Arizona from 1900 until his death in 1922.

Biography

Early life Henry Granjon was born on June 15, 1863, in Saint-Étienne, Loire, in France to Pierre Marie and Jeanne (née Meunier) Granjon. He received his seminary training at Saint-Sulpice in Paris, and in Rome, where he earned a Doctor of Divinity degree.

Priesthood Granjon was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Lyon in Lyon, France, on December 17, 1887, by Cardinal Joseph-Alfred Foulon. In 1890, Granjon traveled to the Arizona Territory in the United States to serve in the missions there. Granjon in 1897 moved to Baltimore, Maryland to serve as the leader of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the United States. edited by Michael Romero Taylor of the Museum of New Mexico.

Granjon also contributed the articles "Tucson" and "Mission San Xavier del Bac" to the Catholic Encyclopedia. In 1904, Granjon stated that his diocese included "...40,000 Catholics, 90,000 heretics and 30,000 infidels".

Death At age 59, Henry Granjon died on November 9, 1922, in Brignais, France while on a trip in Europe to meet with Pope Pius XI.