Marie Joseph Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, born August 5, 1912 in Lyon 4th and died January 22, 2007 in Paris 5th, was a French Catholic priest, first Capuchin, then from the diocese of Grenoble (1939), resistant , then Member of Parliament, founder of the Emmaus movement (a non-denominational organization to fight against exclusion) including the Abbé-Pierre Foundation for housing the disadvantaged and many other associations, foundations and social economy companies in France.