Jean Eduard Piquet de Montreuil

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 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.

Episcopal genealogy

Honours

National orders

• Prelate of the Order of Saint Louis
• Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit

Bibliography

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