Angelo Maturino Blanchet or Ange-Mathurin Blanchet (3 March 1892 – 9 November 1974) was the

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Bishop of the

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from his appointment by Pope Pius XII on 18 February 1946 until his retirement on 15 October 1968.

Biography

Born in

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from Pierre-Aimable and Caroline in 1892, Blanchet had the solemn profession for the

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in 1920 and was ordained a Catholic priest on 29 June 1921. He was appointed superior of his Order in

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. He was appointed bishop of

Aosta Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...

on 18 February 1946. He was

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during the four sessions of the

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. During his ministry he founded or re-founded seven new parishes, five in

(Saint-Martin-de-Corléans, St. Mary Immaculate, St. Anselm, Signayes and Porossan),

Champoluc Champoluc is a village in the commune of Ayas, in the province of Aosta Valley, Northern Italy. The area is known as a centre for hiking, mountaineering and skiing, particularly around the Monte Rosa Massif. Geography It is one of the 3 mai ...

and

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. He opened three Diocesan Eucharistic congresses and six pastoral visits, ordering seventy-eight priests. He resigned due to an age limit on 15 October 1968 and was appointed

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of Limata. He died on 9 November 1974 at the Saint-Jacquême priory in Saint-Pierre.

References

External links

Profile of Mons. Blanchet
''www.catholic-hierarchy.org''
Official Page of diocese of Aosta
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