Church Catholic Church Nationality French | Name Guillaume Piguel Consecration December 9, 1764 Died June 21, 1771 Ordination December 21, 1748 | |
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Quy Nhon | ||
Successor Pierre Pigneau de Behaine Predecessor Arnaud-Francois Lefebvre | ||
Guillaume Piguel (December 4, 1722 – June 21, 1771) served as the Apostolic Vicar of Cochin (1762-1771).<
Biography
Guillaume Piguel was born in La Mézière, France and was an ordained priest of the Société des Missions étrangères de Paris on December 21, 1748. On July 29, 1762, Pope Clement XIII appointed him Apostolic Vicar of Cochin and Titular Bishop of Canatha. On December 9, 1764, he was consecrated bishop by Pierre Brigot, Apostolic Vicar of Siam.
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