Jean-Baptiste Berthier (priest)
Jean-Baptiste Berthier (born February 24, 1840 in Châtonnay , France , † October 16, 1908 in Grave , Netherlands ) was a French priest and founder of the order .
Life
Jean-Baptiste Berthier was the son of a farmer. In 1862 Berthier joined the order of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette and worked there first at the pilgrimage church in La Salette , a village in the diocese of Grenoble-Vienne in the southern French Alps, and then as a people's missionary in dioceses throughout France . In 1895 he founded the Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family (MSF) in Grave for the training of late callers to the priesthood. Berthier wrote 36 theological-ascetic works. His beatification process began in 1953. On May 19, 2018, Pope Francis awarded him the heroic degree of virtue .
Works
- Le Prêtre dans le Ministère , Paris, 1883
- Le Sacerdote , Paris, 1894
- Compendium Theologiae , Grenoble, 1887
literature
- Friedhelm Jürgensmeier : In Memoriam Jean-Baptiste Berthier. On the situation of the Catholic Church in Europe in the 19th century. In: Father Johannes Baptist Berthier MSF (= VI: MSF Symposium Papers). Masch. Düren 1979, pp. 6-18
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Berthier, Jean-Baptiste. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 550-551.
Web link
Individual evidence
- ^ Promulgazione di Decreti della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 21, 2018, accessed May 25, 2018 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berthier, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French founder of the order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Châtonnay , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1908 |
| Place of death | Grave , Netherlands |