Peter Paul Lefevere, or Lefebre (April 30, 1804 – March 4, 1869), was a 19th-century Belgian born bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States.

[1] He was educated in Paris at the Lazarist seminary, and left for the United States in 1828 where he completed his studies for the priesthood at The Barrens in Perryville, Missouri.

The parish territory included mission stations in northern Missouri, western Illinois and southern Iowa.

He returned to the United States and was consecrated on November 21, 1841 by Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick of Philadelphia.

During his time as bishop the number of parishes in the city increased to eleven and 160 in the diocese, which was reduced to the lower peninsula of Michigan in 1853.

Bishop Lefevere and the Four Sisters of Charity helped to establish several charitable institutions in the diocese, which included four orphanages, a hospital and an asylum for the mentally ill.

Numerous other religious orders of men and women were introduced to the diocese to teach in schools and staff parishes.