Jean Margéot
Jean Cardinal Margéot (born February 3, 1916 in Quatre-Bornes , Mauritius ; † July 17, 2009 in Bonne-Terre , Mauritius) was Bishop of Port Louis .
Life
Jean Margéot studied in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University , the subjects philosophy and Catholic theology . After his ordination in 1938 in the Lateran Basilica , he returned to his homeland and worked there as a pastor . In 1956 he became vicar general of his home diocese of Port Louis and thus the first vicar general in Mauritius at all. On June 21, 1956, Pope Pius XII awarded him . the honorary title of House Prelate of His Holiness .
On February 6, 1969, Pope Paul VI appointed him . to the Bishop of Port-Louis. He was consecrated as bishop on May 4, 1969 by the then pro-nuncio in Madagascar, Archbishop Paolo Mosconi , co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Delhi , Angelo Innocent Fernandes , and the Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion , Georges-Henri Guibert CSSp . Margéot got involved in the field of youth catechesis and founded an initiative against drug abuse. From 1986 to 1989 he was President of the Conference Episcopale de l'Océan India (CEDOI) .
Pope John Paul II accepted him in the consistory of June 28, 1988 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Gabriele Arcangelo all'Acqua Traversa in the college of cardinals , making him the first cardinal from Mauritius. On February 15, 1993, John Paul II Margéots accepted a petition to resign from the office of Bishop of Port-Louis.
In 1995 he was a pilgrim with Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala in the Marian pilgrimage site of Međugorje .
literature
- Cardinal Jean Margéot, évêque de Port-Louis de 1969 à 1993 , Diocese de Port-Louis 2nd edition 1993, ISBN 978-99903-30-01-4 (French)
Web links
- Margéot, Jean. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 4, 2016.
- Entry on Jean Margéot on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 4, 2016.
- Literature by and about Jean Margéot in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1964 , Città del Vaticano 1964, p. 1261.
- ↑ Visit of two cardinals in Medjugorje, May 1995 ( memento of October 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), medjugorje.de, viewed on July 17, 2009
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Liston CSSp |
Bishop of Port-Louis 1969–1993 |
Maurice Cardinal Piat CSSp |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Margéot, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Margéot, Jean Cardinal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mauritian clergyman, Bishop of Port-Louis and Cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quatre-Bornes , Mauritius |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 2009 |
| Place of death | Bonne-Terre , Mauritius |