Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras

Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras (30 August 1792 – 19 February 1858) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Dubuque.

Quotes about Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras

• During nearly twenty years of devoted work for the church he won the esteem of thousands of its best citizens.
  • Benjamin F. Gue, Mathias Loras (1903) History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

• His administration was marked by piety, zeal, and providential prudence.
  • John Charles Stuart, Archdiocese of Dubuque (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia