Death comes to the archbishop Author:willa cather In the mid-nineteenth century Father Latou, eventually to become archbishop of Sante Fe, went with his friend from seminary days, Father Vaillant, to win the Southwest for Catholicism. After nearly forty years of love and service, the archbishop died "of having lived." — This unaffected narrative of a human life is perhaps Wlla Cather's masterpie... more »ce. She recounts history so that we feel the events happened yesterday and might happen again today or tomorrow.« less