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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 is both a title and an honorific in the Roman Catholic Church. [2]
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).
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".
Children and male-line grandchildren of the King used the style of Most High, Most Potent and Excellent Prince or Princess (French: Très Haut, Très Puissant et Excellent Prince) or Royal Highness (French: Altesse Royale) and Lord (French: Monseigneur) followed by their main title.
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.
Jean-Marie Aron Lustiger (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi lystiʒe] ⓘ; 17 September 1926 – 5 August 2007) was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1981 until his resignation in 2005. He was made a cardinal in 1983 by Pope John Paul II.
Bishop Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel, referred to as Bishop Myriel or Monseigneur Bienvenu, is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. [1] Myriel is the Bishop of Digne in southeastern France.