Rémy-Louis Leprêtre
Rémy-Louis Leprêtre OFM (28 August 1878 – 10 January 1961) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to Syria from 1936 to 1947.
Biography[edit]
Rémy-Louis Leprêtre was born on 28 August 1878 in Le Portel, France. He was ordained a priest of the Order of Friars Minor on 25 June 1903.
On 18 March 1936, Pope Pius XI appointed him titular archbishop of Rhusium and Apostolic Delegate to Syria.[1]
He received his episcopal consecration on 12 May 1936 from Cardinal Luigi Maglione, Apostolic Nuncio to France.
He resigned on 7 May 1947 at the age of 68.
He died on 10 January 1961 at the age of 82.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXVIII. 1936. p. 221. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIII. 1961. p. 64. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
