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Jean Pierre (priest)
Jean Pierre (29 September 1831 – 16 September 1873) was one of five Breton missionary priests to Louisiana who made a sacrifice of their lives in the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Shreveport, Louisiana. The group is collectively known as the Shreveport Martyrs. On December 8, 2020, Bishop Francis Malone of the Diocese of Shreveport declared him to be a Servant of God, opening the diocesan phase of inquiry into a Cause of Beatification and Canonization. In 2022, the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints permitted Father Pierre and the other four Shreveport Martyrs to proceed for consideration as a single Cause. Peter B. Mangum serves as the Episcopal Delegate for the Cause. Born in Lanloup, France to Guillame and Claudine Pierre, he entered the ''Petit Seminaire de Tréguier'' on 3 August 1845, weeks before his fourteenth birthday. He joined a student association known as The Congregation of the Most Holy Virgin, a community dedicated to the cultivation of deeper perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Natchitoches
The Diocese of Natchitoches () was a Latin Church residential episcopal see of the Catholic Church from 1853 to 1910 and is now a titular see. History Originally, the bishopric of Natchitoches was the Catholic Diocese for the central portions of Louisiana—all the northern part of Louisiana above 31° N. lat., with an area of 22,212 square miles—when it was established on July 29, 1853. The diocese was headquartered in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The see city was later relocated to Alexandria, Louisiana and the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Alexandria. Since that time the Diocese of Natchitoches has been maintained as a titular see. Antonio Margil was the first priest to minister within the territory now forming the diocese. From the Ays Indians, west of the Sabine river, Father Margil heard of the Adayes Indians, and in March, 1717, he located them near Spanish Lake, in what became Sabine Parish, Louisiana, founded the mission of San Miguel de Linares and built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |