- Louis Querbes
The Reverend Louis Querbes (1793-1859) was a
Roman Catholic priest inFrance who was the founder of theClerics of Saint Viator (CSV), a religious order which specializes in teaching. [cite book
last=Bonnafous
first=Robert
authorlink=
coauthors=
editor=
others=
title=Louis Querbes (1793-1859) et les Catéchistes de saint Viateur.
origdate=
origyear=
origmonth=
url=
format=
accessdate=
accessyear=
accessmonth=
edition=
series=Itinéraires, ISSN 1159-3989 ; 6
volume=
date=
year=1993
month=
publisher=Paris : Médiaspaul ; Montréal : Éd. paulines
location=
language=French
isbn=ISBN 2-7122-0459-X (Médiaspaul). - ISBN 2-89420-026-9 (Éd. paulines)
oclc=
doi=
id=
pages=187 p.- [8] p. de pl. : couv. ill. ; 20 cm
chapter=
chapterurl=
quote=
ref=] [cite book
last=Bonnafous
first=Robert
authorlink=
coauthors=
editor=
others=
title=Un fondateur contrarié, Louis Querbes (1793-1859)
accessyear=
accessmonth=
edition=
series=
volume=
date=
year=
month=
publisher=Clercs de Saint-Viateur
location=Vourles
language=French
isbn=ISBN 2-9521906-0-7 (vol. 1) (br.) - ISBN 2-9521906-1-5 (vol. 2) (br.) - ISBN 2-9521906-2-3 (vol. 3) (br.) T. I, Les années de formation, 1793-1822, les années de fondation, 1822-1838 ; T. II, Monsieur le supérieur, 1839-1859 ; T. III, Annexes et index
oclc=
doi=
id=
pages=3 vol. (478, 621, 161 p.- [16] p. de pl.) : ill. en noir et en coul., couv. ill. ; 24 cm
chapter=
chapterurl=
quote=
ref=]He founded the CSV in 1831 in
Vourles (Rhône), nearLyon in France. He was the parish priest in Vourles.Ordained as a priest in 1816, he was named vicar of
Saint-Nizier before rejoining the parish of Vourles where he remained until his death. In Vourles, between 1826 and 1831, he developed the basis of an association of catechists who would take charge of the Christian education of children and related tasks. The order received papal approval in 1838.The newspaper "La Croix" reported in
February 27 ,2006 that CardinalPhilippe Barbarin ,archbishop of Lyon , had begun the process which might lead to thebeatification of Querbes.José Antonio Lezama , c.s.v. has been appointedpostulator of the cause. [ [http://www.csviator.net/eng/upload/061005_112250-PRESENTSITUATION.pdf Lezama, José Antonio. "Present Situation of the Beatification Cause of Louis Querbes." October 5, 2006] Retrieved 2008-09-24]References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
