Bishop Pierre-Paul Durieu, OMI (1830–1899)
Date of Birth:
December 4, 1830, in Saint-Paul-de-Mons, Haute-Loire, France
Ordination:
March 11, 1854, by Bishop Eugène de Mazenod, OMI, Marseilles, France
Episcopal Ordination:
October 24, 1875, by Bishop Louis-Joseph d’Herbomez, OMI, assisted by Bishop Louis Lootens, Apostolic Vicar of Idaho, and Archbishop Charles-Jean Seghers, Archbishop of Oregon City, at St. Mary’s Mission on the Fraser River
Length of Episcopacy:
1890–1899
Motto:
Pauperes evangelizantur—justus ex fide vivit. (The good news is preached to the poor. The just man lives by faith.)