BASED ON THE LIFE OF FATHER LATUR AND FATHER JOSEPH VELLET, THE NOVEL ‘DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP ’ IS A CAPTIVATING PIECE OF LITERATURE. THE HEAD BISHOP AT NEW MEXICO SELECTS FATHER LATUR AND FATHER JOSEPH VELLET. THEY BOTH REACH SANTA FE. HOWEVER, THE PRIEST THERE REFUSES TO ACCEPT THEM BOTH. THE CHURCH AT DYURANGO WHICH IS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRIEST HAS NOT RECEIVED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENT REGARDING FATHER LATUR’S APPOINTMENT. REALISING THIS, FATHER LATUR TRAVELS THREE THOUSAND MILES TO MEET THE BISHOP AT DYURANGO. AFTER RECEIVING THE AUTHORITY LETTER FROM THE BISHOP, HE COVERS ANOTHER FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES AND TRAVELS BACK TO SANTA FE. BY THEN, FATHER JOSEPH VELLET HAS SUCCEEDED IN WINNING THE LOCAL CHURCH PEOPLE. HENCE, FATHER LATUR IS RECEIVED WARMLY BY ONE AND ALL. ALONG WITH THE SPREAD OF RELIGION, FATHER LATUR ALSO TAKES OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUILDING A NEW CHURCH IN SANTA FE. THIS NOVEL FURTHER DESCRIBES THE LIVES OF BOTH FATHER LATUR AND FATHER JOSEPH VELLET.
