Rémy-Louis Leprêtre
Rémy-Louis Leprêtre OFM (28 August 1878 – 10 January 1961) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to Syria from 1936 to 1947.
Biography[]
Rémy-Louis Leprêtre was born on 28 August 1878 in Le Portel, France. He was ordained a priest of the Order of Friars Minor on 25 June 1903.
On 18 March 1936, Pope Pius XI appointed him titular archbishop of Rhusium and Apostolic Delegate to Syria.[1]
He received his episcopal consecration on 12 May 1936 from Cardinal Luigi Maglione, Apostolic Nuncio to France.
He resigned on 7 May 1947 at the age of 68.
He died on 10 January 1961 at the age of 82.[2]
References[]
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XXVIII. 1936. p. 221. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LIII. 1961. p. 64. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
External links[]
- Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M. [self-published]
Categories:
- 1878 births
- 1961 deaths
- People from Pas-de-Calais
- Apostolic Nuncios to Syria
- Franciscan bishops
- 20th-century Roman Catholic titular archbishops
- Franciscan missionaries