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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.
Ordained by Eugène de Mazenod. [4] Edmund Peiris (1897–1989), Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka; Albert Sanschagrin (1911–2009), Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada; Hubert O'Connor (1928–2007), Bishop of Prince George, Canada; Erwin Hecht (1933–2016), Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
He arrived at the end of the year with three missionaries and served as priest and secretary to the Bishop of Jaffna. On 6 June 1856, he was appointed coadjutor Vicar of the Apostolic of Jaffna and titular bishop of Olympus , and was consecrated as bishop on 17 August 1856 by Bishop Eugène de Mazenod in Montolivet , France.
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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The bishop recognised both the work and the religious community, and gave them as patron the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The community would experience some difficult tests. It was not until 1859 that the community really began to exist. The work, meanwhile, continued to grow. In 1857, Bishop Mazenod named Timon-David a canon. [9]
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.
She received her First Communion on 22 December 1853 and later received the sacrament of Confirmation on 29 January 1854 from the Bishop of Marseilles, Eugène de Mazenod. [4] At the age of fifteen while still in school she gathered a small group of students and dubbed it the Oblates of Mary.