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In 1889, when he was just 42 years old, he was consacred [[Diocese of Monr Real|bishop of Mont Real]] by archbishop [[Jean Marie Besançon]], arriving in his new episcopal office on 24 may of the same year. During his time as bishop of Montreal, he tried targeting to poorest who lived in the port district of the city, establishing the foundation of a soup kitchen to provide a hot meal to each poor. In the meantime he established a diocesan commission to oversee this important task, admitting also for the first time members of the laity. | In 1889, when he was just 42 years old, he was consacred [[Diocese of Monr Real|bishop of Mont Real]] by archbishop [[Jean Marie Besançon]], arriving in his new episcopal office on 24 may of the same year. During his time as bishop of Montreal, he tried targeting to poorest who lived in the port district of the city, establishing the foundation of a soup kitchen to provide a hot meal to each poor. In the meantime he established a diocesan commission to oversee this important task, admitting also for the first time members of the laity. | ||
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+ | In 1892 the city received in King [[Louis V of Ludovicia|Louis V]] on an official visit, celebrating for him a ''Te Deum'' in the [[Cathedral of Saint Remy (Mont Real)|Cathedral of Saint Remy]] for the recent success of the agreements with France overseas, begging him at the same time want to preserve the county's trade by offering a favored system of export of mineral products from the nearby mountain range. In 1894 he took part in the state funeral for the death of King Louis V Ludovicia and the subsequent coronation of his son and heir Louis VI. | ||
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== Episcopal genealogy == | == Episcopal genealogy == |
Revision as of 16:02, 8 April 2016
Jean Eduard Piquet de Montreuil | |
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Archbishop of Ludovicia | |
Term assignement | 1904 - 1927 |
Installed | 22 october 1904 |
Predecessor | ? |
Successor | ? |
Ordination | 23 june 1870 |
Consacration | ? |
Elevation to archbishop | 29 june 1904 |
Other offices held | ? |
Personal informations | |
Born | 3 february 1847 at Ludovicia, Kingdom of Ludovicia |
Died | 20 august 1927 at Ludovicia, Kingdom of Ludovicia |
Burial | 23 august 1927 at Cathedral of Saint Louis, Ludovicia, Kingdom of Ludovicia |
Signature | --- |
Jean Eduard Piquet de Montreuil (Ludovicia, 3 february 1847 - Ludovicia, 20 august 1927) was archbishop of Archdiocese of Ludovicia from 1904 to 1927.
Contents
Biography
First years and starting of his ecclesiastical career
Jean Edouard was born on 3 february 1847 at Ludovicia by Joseph Eduard, ludovician ambassador to the Republic of Canador and his wife, Henriette Lafayette. Before he, was born his older brother Lucién in 1844.
From early age he attended the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Ludovicia south american district where he developed his own vocation to the priesthood. At 13 he entered then in the Archbishop's Seminary of Ludovicia and, after a short period of novitiate spent in the Monastery of Saint Francis in Mont Real, was ordained priest in the cathedral of Ludovicia by the archbishop Patrice Mouret on 23 june 1870. He was assigned to the parish of Chanteuil near Ludovicia from 1870 to 1878 and then recalled to Ludovicia to be assigned as director of the diocesan curia's finances.
Bishop of Mont Real
In 1889, when he was just 42 years old, he was consacred bishop of Mont Real by archbishop Jean Marie Besançon, arriving in his new episcopal office on 24 may of the same year. During his time as bishop of Montreal, he tried targeting to poorest who lived in the port district of the city, establishing the foundation of a soup kitchen to provide a hot meal to each poor. In the meantime he established a diocesan commission to oversee this important task, admitting also for the first time members of the laity.
In 1892 the city received in King Louis V on an official visit, celebrating for him a Te Deum in the Cathedral of Saint Remy for the recent success of the agreements with France overseas, begging him at the same time want to preserve the county's trade by offering a favored system of export of mineral products from the nearby mountain range. In 1894 he took part in the state funeral for the death of King Louis V Ludovicia and the subsequent coronation of his son and heir Louis VI.
Archbishop of Ludovicia
Episcopal genealogy
Honours
National orders
Bibliography
- L. von Altbishofen, The Archdiocese of Ludovicia: 200 years of christian traditions, Ludovicia's Royal Print, 2000
Predecessor | Archbishop of Ludovicia | Successor |
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? | 1904 - 1927 | ? |