Jean Eduard Piquet de Montreuil

His Excellence

Jean Eduard Piquet de Montreuil Archbishop of the Church of Ludovicia
Deus Caritas Est
Archbishop of Ludovicia
Term assignement	1904 - 1927
Installed	22 october 1904
Predecessor	François Alexandre Bellegarde
Successor	Louis Alphonse Gauthier de Sant-Simon
Ordination	23 june 1870 from archbishop Patrice Mouret
Consacration	24 may 1889 from archbishop Jean Marie Besançon
Elevation to archbishop	29 june 1904 from king Louis VI
Other offices held	Bishop of Mont Real
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
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Jean Eduard Piquet de Montreuil (Ludovicia, 3 february 1847 - Ludovicia, 20 august 1927) was archbishop of Archdiocese of Ludovicia from 1904 to 1927.

Biography

First years and starting of ecclesiastical career

Jean Edouard was born on 3 february 1847 at Ludovicia by Joseph Eduard Piquet de Montreuil, ludovician ambassador to the Republic of Canador and his wife, Henriette de La Fayette. Before he, was born his older brother Lucien 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 on 24 may by archbishop Jean Marie Besançon of Ludovicia, arriving in his new episcopal office on 28 august 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

At the death of archbishop François Alexandre Bellegarde, king Louis VI chose him to hold the post of archbishop Ludovicia, being elevated on 29 june 1904.

In 1909 he celebrated in the Cathedral of Saint Louis the marriage between king Louis VI and the rich heiress Juliette de La Roche. In 1910 he baptized the prince Alexandre Mathieu (just died a month after she was born), in 1911 was the turn of prince Louis Françoise and in 1912 he christened prince Louis Alexandre Philippe Charles (the future Louis VII). From 1914 he was admitted as a member of the royal council. When the following year the government began to speak of a possible entry of Ludovicia into World War I on the side of France, the bishop has decidedly opposed to this idea considering it a useless waste of men and valuable resources for the country who had just recovered from a period not particularly prosperous for its economy after strong indebtedness with France spread. In particular, che was in contrasto with the new prime minister Albert von Kreisbach (who also held the position of Minister of War), whose thesis however persuaded the king to center in war. With the outbreak of hostilities, the bishop was appointed head of the Red Cross for the city of Ludovicia under the patronage of queen Juliette.

After the victory and the end of hostilities in 1918, he worked hard with the cardinal Léon-Adolphe Amette, archbishop of Paris, to receive news of ludovician soldiers still committed to the front and receive updates on the fallen and the missing.

Weakened by serious health problems that since 1925 forced him almost completely in bed, died peacefully on 20 august 1927 at the Archbishop's Palace in Ludovicia. He was succeded by archbishop Louis Alphonse Gauthier de Sant-Simon.

Episcopal genealogy

• ...
• Archbishop Jean Marie Besançon
• Archbishop Jean Eduard Piquet de Montreuil

Honours

National orders

• Prelate of the Order of Saint Louis
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Ludovicia

Foreign orders

• Commander of the Order of Legion d'Honneur (France)

Bibliography

• L. von Altbishofen, The Archdiocese of Ludovicia: over 200 years of christian traditions, Ludovicia's Royal Print, 2000