Maurice Piat CSSp GCSK was born on 19 July 1941 and is a Mauritian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Port Louis, Mauritius, from 1993 to 2023.
14 Facts About Maurice Piat
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Maurice Piat is a professed member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit.
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Maurice Piat attended the College du Saint-Esprit, a middle and high school in Quatre Bornes.
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Maurice Piat studied for the priesthood in Rome, while residing at the Pontifical French Seminary.
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Maurice Piat was ordained a priest in Rome on 2 August 1970.
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Maurice Piat earned a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1972.
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Maurice Piat returned to Mauritius and worked as a catechist and professor at his old college until 1982, when he was made responsible for seminarians at the Foyer Mgr Murphy in Vacoas.
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Maurice Piat returned to his homeland to serve as vicar of the parish of Saint-Francois-d'Assise in Pamplemousses from 1979 to 1985.
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Maurice Piat became the pastor of the parish of Coeur-Immacule-de-Marie in Riviere-du-Rempart in 1986.
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Maurice Piat received his episcopal consecration on 19 May 1991 from Cardinal Jean Margeot.
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Maurice Piat chose as his motto "Pousse vers le large", a saying of Christ in Luke's Gospel, when he orders Peter the fisherman to cast his net again after a day of unfruitful work.
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Maurice Piat served as the President of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean from 1996 to 2002.
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In 2015, Maurice Piat participated in the Synod on the Family.
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Maurice Piat submitted his resignation as bishop on his 75th birthday as required by canon law.