Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé | |
Bishop Of: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete |
Birth Name: | Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé |
Enthroned: | 21 June 1966 |
Ended: | 5 March 1973 |
Successor: | Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath |
Birth Date: | 4 April 1885 |
Birth Place: | Pleyben, France |
Death Date: | 21 December 1976 (aged 91) |
Death Place: | Tahiti, French Polynesia |
Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. (1885–1976) was Archbishop, and later Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete, French Polynesia.
Born on 4 April 1885 in Pleyben, France, he was ordained a priest in the order of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on 25 September 1910, aged 25. The Principal Consecrator was Bishop Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC.
On 8 November 1938, aged 53, he was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti, French Polynesia, and as Titular Bishop of Ascalon and ordained on 30 April 1939.[1]
On 21 June 1966, aged 81, he was appointed Archbishop, retiring on 5 March 1973, aged 87, and became Archbishop Emeritus. He died on 21 December 1976, aged 91.