Pierre Louis Parisis (17 August 1795 – 1866) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Bishopric of Langres in Haute-Marne, France, from 1835 to 1851.[1] In 1851, he succeeded Hugues de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauragais as Bishop of Arras.
Biography
editParisis was born in 1795 in Orléans, the son of a baker. In 1819 he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Orléans.
Bishop of Langres
editIn 1834 he was appointed to succeed Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu as Bishop of Langres, and consecrated on February 8, 1835.
As bishop, Parisis issued pastoral instructions on the liturgy.[2] In 1847 he founded the "Archconfraternity of Reparation for blasphemy and the neglect of Sunday" in the Church of St. Martin de La Noue at Saint-Dizier.[3]
A well-known Catholic speaker and author, he was deputy for Morbihan from 1848 to 1851.[4] He is noted for his discussions in the Assembly of 1848 concerning educational reform and for establishing the ecclesiastical College of St. Dizier. He was a member of the commission which prepared the draft for the Falloux Laws.[5]
Bishop of Arras
editIn 1851 he was consecrated as Bishop of Arras, which included the former dioceses of Boulogne and St. Omer.[6]
Parisis was the founder and editor of the Revue des sciences ecclesiastioues, and the author of some apologetical works.
Parisis died in Arras on March 5, 1866.
Notes
edit- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Parisis, Pierre Louis. Instruction pastorale de Monseigneur Parisis, évêque de Langres, sur le chant de l'église, précédéé de la question liturgique par le même prélat, de Mortier, 1846
- ^ Slater, Thomas. "Reparation." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 27 June 2023
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Pierre, Louis Parisis", Assemblée nationale
- ^ Guillaume, James. "Falloux", Institute Français De L'Éducation
- ^ "Parisis, Pierre Louis", The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. (James Strong and John McClintock, eds.); Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880
