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Paul Durieu

The Right Rev.
Pierre-Paul Durieu, O.M.I.
Bishop of New Westminster
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Province British Columbia
Diocese Archdiocese of Vancouver
Installed 1890
Term ended 1899
Predecessor Louis-Joseph d'Herbomez
Successor Augustin Dontenwill
Other posts Titular Bishop of Marcopolis (1875-1890)
Orders
Ordination 11 March 1854
by St. Eugène de Mazenod, O.M.I.
Consecration 24 October 1875
by Louis-Joseph d'Herbomez, O.M.I.
Personal details
Born (1830-12-04)December 4, 1830
Saint-Pal-de-Mons, Haute-Loire, France
Died June 1, 1899(1899-06-01) (aged 68)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Buried St. Mary's Mission, Yakima Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality French
Denomination Roman Catholic

Pierre-Paul Durieu, O.M.I. (December 4, 1830 – June 1, 1899), was a Roman Catholic missionary and the first Bishop of New Westminster, in British Columbia, Canada.

Durieu was born in 1830 in Saint-Pal-de-Mons, the second son of Blaise Durieux and Mariette Bayle, a farming family who had sheltered the clergy during the French Revolution. As a boy, both he and his brother were allowed to study at the local minor seminary at Monistrol-sur-Loire. Pierre-Paul felt called to serve in the foreign missions and entered the novitiate of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate at Notre-Dame-de-l'Osier on 31 October 1848. He professed religious vows on 1 November of the following year. After that, he did his studies in preparation for Holy Orders at the Oblate seminary in Marseilles.

In 1854 Durieu was ordained as a priest by St. Eugene de Mazenod, O.M.I., the founder of his religious congregation, and, after being sent for further training in English and theology, was sent to join the Oregon Missions, where he was assigned to serve at St. Mary's Mission in the Yakima Valley and the Okanagan area of British Columbia. In 1875, Paul Durieu was consecrated as the coadjutor bishop for the Vicariate Apostolic of British Columbia by Louis-Joseph d'Herbomez, O.M.I., the Vicar Apostolic. Upon his death, Durieu became Vicar Apostolic, and later the first Bishop of New Westminster (which later became the Archdiocese of Vancouver).


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