Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp. (4 January 1812 – 1 December 1849) was a French bishop of the

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, and the Superior General of the

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. He served as

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(now the Archdiocese of Antananarivo) from 1848 until his death.

Life

Alexandre Monnet was born on 4 January 1812 in Mouchin, France. In 1837, at the age of 25, he was ordained a priest in the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. On 2 March 1848, he was appointed Superior General of that Congregation, a post from which he would resign on 3 October 1848. He was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Madagascar, with a

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ric (

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), on 3 October 1848, a post to which he was consecrated on 5 November. He died on 1 December 1849, at the age of 37.

References

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