Did you know this: episcopal ordination of Alain de Boismenu took place in Sacred Coeur, Montmartre?
“On March 18, 1900, the basilica of Montmartre saw for the first time the ceremony of an episcopal ordination. The new bishop is not yet thirty years old, he is the youngest in Christendom. For forty-five years he will be the much loved pastor of the Papua New Guinea mission.
It is Monsignor Alain de Boismenu, missionary of the Sacred Heart, called by Paul Claudel "the bishop with a lion's heart" to salute the intrepidity of the faith in this giant of the missionary apostolate. “
On the occasion of his anniversary, November 5th, a note that he was ordained bishop in the basilica, Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, 18th March 1900.
He received his episcopal consecration in Paris at the Basilica of Montmartre on 18 March 1900 from the apostolic nuncio Benedetto Lorenzelli with Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé le Roy and Louis Couppé serving as the principal co-consecrators. (Wikipedia).
There is a report that there is an image of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the basilica. Can any of our visitors confirm this?
And a reminder, from the lengthy entry in Wikipedia.
Alain Marie Guynot de Boismenu (27 December 1870 – 5 November 1953) was a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Papua from 1908 until his retirement in 1945; he was a professed member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the founder of the Handmaids of the Lord. He studied under the De La Salle Brothers before beginning his religious formation in Belgium where he did his studies for the priesthood. He served for a brief period as a teacher before being sent in 1897 to Papua New Guinea to aid in the missions there; he also served the ailing apostolic vicar and was soon after made his coadjutor with the right of succession. His stewardship of the apostolic vicariate saw the number of missions and catechists increase and his tenure also saw the establishment of new schools and a training center for catechists. s
The beatification process for the late bishop launched in 1984 and he became titled as a Servant of God. He later became titled as Venerable in 2014 after Pope Francis confirmed he lived a life of heroic virtue.
