Victor Dreyer
Victor Valentin Dreyer (15 February 1866 – 7 May 1944), known in religious life as Colomban Dreyer, was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who worked as a missionary bishop in North Africa and in the diplomatic service of the Holy See as the Apostolic Delegate to Indochina.
Biography[edit]
Victor Valentin Dreyer was born in Rosheim, France, on 15 February 1866. He attended the seminary in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and then joined the Order of Friars Minor, taking the name Marie Colomban. He was ordained a priest on 25 July 1889.
He held several posts within his order, including assignments in Canada, Rome, and the Holy Land.
On 27 June 1923, Pope Pius XI named him a titular bishop and the first Apostolic Vicar of the Rabat, Morocco.[1] He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois, Archbishop of Paris, on 16 August 1923.[citation needed]
On 11 March 1927, Pope Pius named him the first Apostolic Vicar of Suez Canal.[2]
On 24 November 1928, Pope Pius named him Apostolic Delegate to Indochina[3] and on 26 November a titular archbishop.[4] He retired in 1936 upon the appointment of his successor in that position.
Dreyer died on 7 May 1944[5] in Vigny, Val-d'Oise.
References[edit]
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XV. 1923. pp. 452, 611. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIX. 1927. p. 139. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXI. 1929. p. 29. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XX. 1928. pp. 388, 410. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXVI. 1944. p. 160. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
