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Monseigneur (plural: Messeigneurs or Monseigneurs) is an honorific in the French language, abbreviated Mgr., Msgr. [1] In English use it is a title before the name of a French prelate, a member of a royal family or other dignitary.
Monsignor (/ m ɒ n ˈ s iː n j ər /; Italian: monsignore [monsiɲˈɲoːre]) is a form of address or title for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church.Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, meaning "my lord".
Son Excellence / Monseigneur : Bishops, archbishops. Monsieur l'Abbé / Mon Père : priests. Dom / Mon Père/Frère : for Benedictine monks. Le Révérend Père / Mon Père : abbots and some other regular clergy. Frère / Mon Frère : regular clergy unless style with Père (the usage changes a lot according to orders and congregations).
This style is an ancient one, and has been used in the western church for more than a thousand years; it corresponds to, but does not derive from, the Italian Monsignore and the French Monseigneur. However, most bishops prefer to be addressed simply as Bishop (Bp.).
Monsieur (/ m ə ˈ s j ɜːr / mə-SYUR; French: ⓘ; pl. Messieurs / ˈ m ɛ s ər z, m eɪ ˈ s j ɜːr (z)/ MESS-ərz, may-SYUR(Z); French: ⓘ; 1512, from Middle French mon sieur, literally "my lord" [1]) is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court.
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Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau (2 November 1741 [3] – 9 October 1799), commonly known as Pigneau de Béhaine (French: [piɲo də be.ɛn]), also Pierre Pigneaux, Bá Đa Lộc ("Pedro" [4] 百 多 祿), Bách Đa Lộc (伯 多 祿) and Bi Nhu ("Pigneau" [5] 悲 柔), was a French Roman Catholic bishop best known for his role in assisting Nguyễn Ánh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the ...
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