Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé

Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. (1885–1976) was Archbishop, and later Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete, French Polynesia.

Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete
Installed21 June 1966
Term ended5 March 1973
SuccessorMichel-Gaspard Coppenrath
Personal details
Born
Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé

(1885-04-04)4 April 1885
Died21 December 1976 (aged 91)
Tahiti, French Polynesia

Born on 4 April 1885 in Pleyben, France, he was ordained a priest in the order of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on 25 September 1910, aged 25. The Principal Consecrator was Bishop Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC.

On 8 November 1938, aged 53, he was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti, French Polynesia, and as Titular Bishop of Ascalon and ordained on 30 April 1939.[1]

On 21 June 1966, aged 81, he was appointed Archbishop, retiring on 5 March 1973, aged 87, and became Archbishop Emeritus. He died on 21 December 1976, aged 91.

References

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  1. ^ Fabio Rizzoli, DIP, vol. V (1978), col. 1091.
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