Maurice Evenor Cardinal Piat, C.S.Sp.

Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia

Motto: Pousse Vers Le Large

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jul 1941		Born
2 Aug 1970	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
21 Jan 1991	49.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
19 May 1991	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
15 Feb 1993	51.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
19 Nov 2016	75.3	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2016	75.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia
25 Nov 2018	77.3	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia
19 May 2023	81.8	Retired	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
19 May 2023	81.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Port-Louis, Mauritius
20 Aug 2023	82.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Port-Louis, Mauritius

MicroData Summary
Maurice Evenor Piat
Maurice Evenor Cardinal Piat C.S.Sp.
(born 19 Jul 1941)
Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis

Event Place
Birth Place Moka, Diocese of Port-Louis
Ordained Bishop Marie Reine de la Paix, Stadium, Port-Louis, Diocese of Port-Louis

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Port-Louis.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Jean Cardinal Margéot †
Bishop of Port-Louis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry
Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
Archbishop Alphonsus Mathias †
Archbishop of Bangalore
Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville †
Archbishop of Birmingham, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jean Cardinal Margéot † (1969)
Bishop of Port-Louis
Archbishop Paolo Mosconi † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Leges
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean Michaël Durhône (2023)
Bishop Michel Moura (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. † (1995)
Bishop Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. (2001)
Bishop Alain Harel (2002)
Bishop Charles Mahuza Yava, S.D.S. (2010)
Bishop Pascal David Youri Chane-Teng (2023)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 71491589
WikiData: Q1767934

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 126, Number 11,405
c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 128
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 199, Deceased Cardinals (back)
card: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2016
mn/c3+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Additions/Corrections (front)
i: Bollettino, 20 Nov 2018
r: Bollettino, 19 May 2023
aadm: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 115, Page 815

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