Donald Edmond Pelotte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Donald Edmond Pelotte

Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1945

Place of Birth: Waterville, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 07-Jan-2010

Profession: Catholic priest, theologian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Donald E.
Pelotte SSS (April 13, 1945 – January 7, 2010) was the third Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico.
He was the first person of Native American descent to become a Catholic bishop in the United States; Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J.
Chaput, O.F.M.
Cap., is the only active American diocesan bishop of Native American descent.
He is also the only known Roman Catholic bishop to have ordained his own twin brother.
Bishop Pelotte ordained Father Dana F.
Pelotte, SSS, to the priesthood, on September 4, 1999 in their childhood parish of Waterville, Maine.