Guillaume Piguel (December 4, 1722 – June 21, 1771) served as the
Apostolic Vicar of Cochin (1762–1771).
[ ''(in Latin)''][Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Guillaume Piguel, M.E.P."]
retrieved November 9, 2015
Biography
Guillaume Piguel was born in
La Mézière
La Mézière (; ; Gallo: ''La Maézierr'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Breton language
In 2008, 0.84% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.
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Inhabitants of La ...
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France
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and was an ordained priest of the
Société des Missions étrangères de Paris
The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (, , MEP) is a Catholic Missionary order, missionary organization. It is not a religious institute, but an organization of secular clergy, secular priests and Laity, lay persons dedicated to missionary wo ...
on December 21, 1748.
On July 29, 1762,
Pope Clement XIII
Pope Clement XIII (; ; 7 March 1693 – 2 February 1769), born Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 July 1758 to his death in February 1769. He was installed on 16 July 1758.
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appointed him Apostolic Vicar of Cochin and Titular Bishop of ''Canatha.''
On December 9, 1764, he was consecrated bishop by
Pierre Brigot,
Apostolic Vicar of Siam.
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1722 births
1771 deaths
French Roman Catholic titular bishops
Paris Foreign Missions Society missionaries
18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam
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