{"id":3712,"date":"2018-06-06T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T03:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2018-06-05T19:49:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T17:49:12","slug":"accepting-to-be-a-bishop-for-the-good-of-the-oblates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3712","title":{"rendered":"ACCEPTING TO BE A BISHOP FOR THE GOOD OF THE OBLATES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have always viewed the episcopate with a different eye to most;<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To Father Martin de Loirlieu, chaplain at the Church of St. Louis-des-Fran\u00e7ais, Rome, 4 October 1832, EO XV\u00a0165<\/em><\/p>\n

Eugene had never wanted to be a bishop \u2013 and had refused to take on some situations which could have led him to being a bishop. His ideal was to be fully dedicated to his vocation of being a Missionary Oblate. It was only to protect and ensure the future of this small group that he accepted becoming Vicar General of his uncle in Marseilles \u2013 and then eventually to accept becoming a bishop himself in order to save the diocese of Marseilles by guaranteeing its future and that of the Oblates.<\/p>\n

Writing to the Oblates he assured them that<\/p>\n

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… you will readily understand that this high dignity, this great character that has been bestowed upon me, does not relax a single one of the bonds that bind me to our Congregation, since, rather, the overriding reason for the submission of my will has been the consciousness of the good that would flow from it for the Congregation when the moment comes (and may God leave us undisturbed for many a long year yet!) when we shall have the misfortune to lose the protector whom the Lord has preserved for us amongst the ranks of the chief pastors, in the person of my venerable uncle, the Bishop of Marseilles.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Confined as we are, and still little known, it is my opinion, and those other Oblates whom I was bound to consult thought the same, that it would be very advantageous if we could when need arose indicate that the representative of this small and unknown family, but newly-born, and which has had to begin its growth in the midst of thorns, is a bishop, and a bishop chosen, elected by the Supreme Head of the Church, consecrated under his eyes and at his command, in the capital of the Christian world, by a Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and Regular Clergy, who represented him in this sublime function.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To the Fathers and Brothers at Billens, 24 October 1832, EO VIII n 439<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have always viewed the episcopate with a different eye to most; To Father Martin de Loirlieu, chaplain at the Church of St. Louis-des-Fran\u00e7ais, Rome, 4 October 1832, EO XV\u00a0165 Eugene had never wanted to be a bishop \u2013 and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}