Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé

Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete
Installed 21 June 1966
Term ended 5 March 1973
Successor Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath
Personal details
Birth name Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé
Born (1885-04-04)4 April 1885
Pleyben, France France
Died 21 December 1976 (aged 91)
Tahiti, French Polynesia

Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. (1885-1976) was Archbishop, and later Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete, French Polynesia.

Born on 4 April 1885 in Pleyben, France, he was ordained a priest in the order of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on 25 September 1910, aged 25. The Principal Consecrator was Bishop Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC.

On 8 November 1938, aged 53, he was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti, French Polynesia, and as Titular Bishop of Ascalon and ordained on 30 April 1939.

On 21 June 1966, aged 81, he was appointed Archbishop, retiring on 5 March 1973, aged 87, and became Archbishop Emeritus. He died on 21 December 1976, aged 91.


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