Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	His Eminence
Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy
Bishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers
Church:	Roman Catholic
See:	Algiers
Appointed:	1846
Ended:	1866
Predecessor:	Antoine-Adolphe Dupuch
Successor:	Charles Lavigerie
Ordination:	1829
Birth Date:	18 March 1805
Religion:	Roman Catholic
Nationality:	French

Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy (1805–1866) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Algiers from 1846 to 1866. He attempted to convert the Arabs to Catholicism. He denounced socialism, rampant among French colonists, as the devil.

Biography

Early life

Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy was born on 13 March 1805.

Career

Pavy was ordained as a priest in 1829. He served as the second Bishop of Algiers from 1846 to 1866. During his tenure, he was responsible for the construction of Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers.^[1]

Like his predecessor, he attempted to convert the Arabs to Catholicism.^[2] His 1850 request to evangelise the Arabs in villages across the Constantine Province was denied by the Minister of War, who feared they would feel disrespected.^[2] Undaunted, he gave speeches denouncing Islam from his pulpit in Algiers.^[2]

Meanwhile, Pavy made sure to cater to the French colonists who lived in Algiers.^[2] He was especially fearful of their growing adherence to socialism, which he compared to the devil.^[2]

In 1863, Pavy suggested that it was easier to preach in small towns than large cities, where spiritualism had become a problem.^[3] However, he did not see freemasonry as mutually incompatible with Catholicism.^[4]

Death

Pavy died on 16 July 1866, at the age of 61.

Works

• Book: Pavy. Louis-Antoine-Augustin. Les Cordeliers de l'Observance à Lyon, ou l'église et le couvent de ce nom, depuis leur fondation jusqu'à nos jours. 1836. Lyon. 950775138.
• Book: Pavy. Louis-Antoine-Augustin. Lettres sur le célibat ecclésiastique à M. le lieutenant-général, comte d'Hautpoul, gouverneur-général de l'Algérie. 1851. Librairie universelle de Bastide. Algiers. 551327061.
• Book: Pavy. Louis-Antoine-Augustin. Mandements, Instructions, Lettres Pastorales et Discours. 1856. 503615135.
• Book: Pavy. Louis-Antoine-Augustin. Histoire critique du culte de la Sainte Vierge en Afrique depuis le commencement du Christianisme jusqu'à nos jours. 1858. Bastide. Algiers. 759619511.
• Book: Pavy. Louis-Antoine-Augustin. Touchante histoire d'une mère et de ses trois enfants. 1859. Algiers. 503615208.
• Book: Pavy. Louis-Antoine-Augustin. Esquisse d'un traité sur la souveraineté temporelle du pape. 1860. Bastide. Algiers. 422279453.
• Book: Pavy. Louis-Antoine-Augustin. Lettre circulaire et Ordonnance... sur la superstition dite spiritisme. 1863. Bastide. Algiers. 461079394.

Further reading

• Book: Pagès. Pierre-Michel. Les Gloires sacerdotales contemporaines. Mgr Pavy, sa vie, ses écrits, sa doctrine. 1896. Delhomme et Briguet. Paris. 461759046.

Notes and References

1. Book: Delorme. Christian. L'émir Abd-el-Kader à Lyon: 12-13 décembre 1852. 2008. M. Chomarat. Lyon. 9782908185676. 59.
2. Émerit. Marcel. Le problème de la conversion des musulmans d'Algérie sous le Second Empire : LE CONFLIT ENTRE MAC-MAHON ET LAVIGERIE. Revue Historique. 1960. 223. 1. 63–84. 40949260.
3. Cuchet. Guillaume. Le retour des esprits, ou la naissance du spiritisme sous le Second Empire. Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine. 2007. 2. 54. 74–90. 10.3917/rhmc.542.0074. July 30, 2016. Cairn.info. registration . free.
4. Saaïdia. Oissila. L'anticléricalisme article d'exportation ? Le cas de l'Algérie avant la première guerre mondiale. Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire. 2005. 3. 87. 101–112. 10.3917/ving.087.0101 . free . fr.