Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy

Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy (1805–1866) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Algiers from 1846 to 1866. He attempted to convert the Arabs to Catholicism. He denounced socialism, rampant among French colonists, as the work of the devil.

Biography

Early life Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy was born on 13 March 1805.

Career Pavy was ordained as a priest in 1829. He served as the second Bishop of Algiers from 1846 to 1866. During his tenure, he was responsible for the construction of Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers.

Like his predecessor, he attempted to convert the Arabs to Catholicism. His 1850 request to evangelise the Arabs in villages across the Constantine Province was denied by the Minister of War, who feared they would feel disrespected. However, he did not see freemasonry as mutually incompatible with Catholicism.

Death Pavy died on 16 July 1866, at the age of 61.

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