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Eugène de Mazenod, OMI (born Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod; 1 August 1782 – 21 May 1861) was a French aristocrat and Catholic bishop who founded the congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. When he was eight years old, Mazenod's family fled the French Revolution and left its considerable wealth behind.
Born into French nobility in 1782, Eugene de Mazenod fled the French Revolution with his family in 1789. In 1798 in Naples, they were joined by his uncle, the future Bishop Fortuné de Mazenod . Returning to France in 1802, he entered the Seminary of St. Sulpice and was ordained in 1811. [8] Chapelle des Oblats (Aix-en-Provence)
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After deciding to join the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, he began his novitiate at Notre-Dame-de-l'Osier in 1851, and spent several months at the Marseilles major seminary. He was ordained a priest by the Bishop of Marseille, Eugène de Mazenod, on February 15, 1852, and was sent to Galveston, Texas. [1] [2]
The Archdiocese of Marseille (Latin: Archidioecesis Massiliensis; French: Archidiocèse de Marseille) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The archepiscopal see is in the city of Marseille , and the diocese comprises the arrondissement of Marseille , a subdivision of the ...
He was consecrated a bishop on 23 November 1851 in Marseille, France, by St. Eugene de Mazenod, founder of the Missionary Oblates. Provencher died on 7 June 1853, and Taché automatically succeeded him as the Bishop of St. Boniface. The following years saw Taché serving a widespread region of which about half of the population were Catholics.
In June of the same year, Eugene de Mazenod met him in Paris, then again in Aix in 1817, during a confirmation service presided by the Bishop of Digne. After he had been appointed to Digne in 1805, Bishop de Miollis at his own expense bought back the church and the presbytery of the sanctuary of Notre-Dame du Laus , which had been confiscated ...
There are two Australian Roman Catholic high schools named Mazenod College after St. Eugene de Mazenod: Mazenod College, Victoria , located in Mulgrave , a suburb of Melbourne , Victoria ; Mazenod College, Western Australia , located in Lesmurdie , a suburb of Perth , Western Australia .