Victor Sartre
Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre SJ (born September 23, 1902 in Saint-Denis-en-Margeride , Département Lozère , † October 13, 2000 in Analamahitsy in Madagascar ) was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Antananarivo from 1955 to 1960 .
Life
Youth and Studies
Sartre came from the south of France, from a farming family with eleven children, two of whom became priests and three religious . In 1917 he entered the minor seminary in Marvejols in the Lozère department, and in 1921 the major seminary in Mende . In 1924 he became a novice of the Jesuits in Mons-Caussens ( Département Gers ) and in 1926 a juvenate in Florennes . From 1927 to 1929 he studied philosophy in Vals-près-le-Puy . After a short time in Bordeaux he went back to Belgium and studied theology in Enghien from 1930 to 1934 . On August 28, 1932, he received the sacrament of ordination in the Society of Jesus . From 1935 to 1937 he continued his theological studies at the Gregoriana in Rome .
Offices
In June and July 1937 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and to Jerusalem , before he left for Madagascar on August 11, 1937, where he was professor of theology from 1937 to 1942. He then worked until 1948 as rector of the Collège Saint Michel in Madagascar, as superior general of the Jesuits, apostolic vicar of Antananarivo and titular bishop of Vaga ; Madagascar was a French colony at the time . On July 17, 1948 he received the episcopal ordination through Ignace Ramarosandratana , Vicar Apostolic of Miarinarivo ; Co- consecrators were Jean Batiot , Vicar Apostolic of Majunga and Xavier Ferdinand Thoyer , Vicar Apostolic of Fianarantsoa . On September 14, 1955, the Vicariate Apostolic Antananarivo was raised to an archbishopric, and Victor Sartre became its first archbishop.
When the Malagasy people demanded their independence, Bishop Sartre wrote to Pope John XXIII. in December 1959 that he would voluntarily offer his resignation to make way for a local priest. So he resigned on January 12, 1960 and left the bishopric to Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala . He was given the titular archbishopric of Beroea , he then left Madagascar and went to Rome to take part in the preparations for the Second Vatican Council and in the council itself. During the council, from 1963 to 1965, he went to Cameroon as a simple missionary and was rector of the great seminary in Otélé .
From 1968 to 1970 he stayed for some time on the island of Reunion Island before returning to Madagascar to take on various pastoral tasks there. There he took his retirement home in 1984, but continued to take part in the Malagasy pastoral care.
When Victor Sartre died at the age of 98, he was the oldest bishop of the French episcopate. His funeral was celebrated with a large participation of the Malagasy population.
Works
- Le bienheureux Jacques Berthieu . OCLC 36515597
- Mémoires pour l'histoire à Madagascar, 1933-1990 . ISBN 978-2-84586-989-9
Awards
- 1956: Knight of the Legion of Honor
- 1965: Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Valeur (Cameroon)
- 1968: Officer of the Legion of Honor
Web links
- Entry on Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 28, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daniel Ralibera: Madagascar et le christianisme . P. 386
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| - |
Archbishop of Antananarivo 1955–1960 |
Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sartre, Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sartre, Victor Alphonse Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, Archbishop of Antananarivo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Denis-en-Margeride , Lozère department |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 2000 |
| Place of death | Analamahitsy , Madagascar |