Born in Paris on 10 January 1870, Jean Paisse entered the seminary at Liège in 1889 and was ordained as a priest on 19 April 1893.
He was appointed as vicar (curate) at Liège Saint-Berthélemy in 1893.
In 1899, he became chaplain to the Filles de la Croix, where he encountered and mentored Victoire Cappe.
In 1913, he was appointed parish priest at Hermée, then at Hodeige in 1915 and at Hermalle-sous-Argenteau in 1919.
He died on 10 January 1931.
It was Jean Paisse, who introduced and formed Victoire Cappe in the methods of the Sillon.
References
Stefan Gigacz, The Sillon and the YCW, Laeken and Brussels
Evelyn Thayer Eaton, The Belgian Leagues of Christian Working Class Women, Catholic University of America, Vol. No. 39, Catholic University of America Press, Washtington, DC, 1954, at 57.
Thanks to M. Christian Dury, archivist for the Diocese of Liège for the information concerning Abbé Paisse’s life details.
