Jean-Marie Henriau (c.1661, Paris - 25 January 1738) was a French cleric and opponent of

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. The son of a procureur to the

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, he became conseiller-clerc to the parliament, then prior of

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and canon and grand-vicar of

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. He was also abbot of Valloires Abbey. He was made bishop of Boulogne in 1724 and immediately raised the

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and set up a tribunal for penitence, chaired and run by the Capucins and Minims of

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and Calais as well as the four

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convents shut down by his Jansenist predecessor

Pierre de Langle Pierre de Langle (6 March 1643, in Evreux – 12 April 1724, in Boulogne-Sur-Mer) was a French bishop and Jansenist theologian. Life At the request of his friend Bossuet, he was made tutor to Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse. He was abbot of S ...

. Also in 1724, Henriau ordered that the papal bull ''

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'' be accepted on pain of excommunication and banned reading or ownership of

Pasquier Quesnel Pasquier Quesnel, CO (14 July 1634 – 2 December 1719) was a French Jansenist theologian. Life Quesnel was born in Paris, and, after graduating from the Sorbonne with distinction in 1653, he joined the French Oratory in 1657. There he soon ...

's book in his diocese. Eight members of his cathedral chapter were unable to accept this order. Henriau interdicted the parish priest of Saint-Martin and the director of Calais' hospitallers, who did not wish to publish this command.

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*Eugène Van Drival, ''Histoire des évêques de Boulogne'', Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1852. *http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhenriau.html 1661 births 1738 deaths Jansenism Bishops of Boulogne 18th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Clergy from Paris {{France-RC-bishop-stub