Raymond Pichard OP | |
|---|---|
| Born | Raymond Émile Guillaume Désiré Pichard[1] 19 April 1913 Moyaux, France |
| Died | 24 February 1992 (aged 78) |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, priest |
| Known for | Le Jour du Seigneur[3] |
Raymond Pichard OP (10 April 1913 – 24 February 1992) was a French Dominican priest, who became best known for presenting the television show Le Jour du Seigneur.[4]
Biography
The first Christmas Mass shown on television was broadcast in 1948 from Notre-Dame de Paris.[5] This inspired the priest Raymond Pichard to persuade the French Minister of Information, François Mitterrand to create a weekly 90-minute religious program on RTF.[6][7] From 9 October 1949, a Catholic program was broadcast consisting of Mass, news, the history of the Church, and Christian lectures.
In 1950, Pichard created the production company Comité français de radio-télévision (CFRT) to broadcast religious programming on a weekly basis for 90 minutes, which would be entitled Le Jour du Seigneur in 1954.[8] Le Jour du Seigneur is the longest running French television show.[9] Raymond Pichard presented Le Jour du Seigneur from 1954 to 1975.[10] Raymond Pichard was also the co-founder of Radio-Loisirs which later became Télérama.[10]
Pichard also created Missionnaires de l'Audiovisuel in Rwanda in 1963.[10]
Bibliography
References
- ↑ "PICHARD Raymond". Dictionnaire biographique des frères prêcheurs. Dominicains des provinces françaises (XIXe-XXe siècles). 2 April 2015 – via journals.openedition.org.
- ↑ "Raymond Pichard. Histoire d'une vocation médiatique". Le Jour du Seigneur.
- ↑ "70 ans du Jour du Seigneur – L'intuition du P. Raymond Pichard". Le Jour du Seigneur.
- ↑ "Pionnier des émissions religieuses à la télévision Le Père Raymond Pichard est mort". Le Monde.fr. 27 February 1992 – via Le Monde.
- ↑ "Le père Raymond Pichard, l'évangélisateur de la télévision". Aleteia. 28 December 2017.
- ↑ "70 ans de " Jour du Seigneur "". La Croix. 1 December 2018.
- ↑ Cohen, Évelyne (15 June 2015). "Présence et manifestations du religieux dans la télévision des années cinquante". Cairn.info. 33 (1): 13–20.
- ↑ "L'émission "Jour du Seigneur" fête ses 70 ans à la télévision". Point de Vue.
- ↑ ""Le jour du Seigneur", la messe à domicile". Le Figaro. 25 July 2009.
- 1 2 3 "L'abbé Pichard, moyausain, a créé Le Jour du seigneur". Ouest-France.
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