Charles-Philippe Place

Cardinal Charles-Philippe Place (stained glass window in the church of Bédée )

Cardinal's coat of arms in the Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle basilica

Memorial plaque in the Saint-Pierre de Rennes Cathedral

Charles-Philippe Place (born February 14, 1814 in Paris , † March 5, 1893 in Rennes ) was a French bishop and cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

Before starting a career in the Church, Place attended the University of Paris , where he studied law. He then worked as a lawyer in Paris for a few years . In 1847 he went to Rome , where he studied canon law and theology at the Collegio Romano until 1850 . At the age of 36, Place was ordained a priest in Rome on March 30, 1850 .

Initially, Place was vicar general in the diocese of Orléans under Bishop Félix Dupanloup . He was appointed rector of the well seminary of Orléans appointed, the later the management of the seminar in Paris. From 1863 to 1866 he served as a French delegate to the Roman Rota in the Vatican .

On June 22, 1866, Place was appointed Bishop of Marseille . He was ordained bishop on August 22, 1866 by Pope Pius IX. personally; Co- consecrators were Giuseppe Cardoni , Bishop of Loreto e Recanati , and Francesco Marinelli , Sacristan of His Holiness . At the First Vatican Council , which met from 1869 to 1870, Bishop Place was one of the opponents of the dogma of the Pope's infallibility , which earned him some resistance from the conservative forces within the Church. On July 15, 1878, Place received the Archdiocese of Rennes as bishop . In the following two years, up to February 13, 1880, Place was to order the restoration and modernization of numerous churches in his diocese, including the Cathedral of Dol-de-Bretagne . He also introduced an annual pension for priests .

In the consistory of June 7, 1886 Place was by Pope Leo XIII. accepted into the college of cardinals . The new cardinal priest received the titular church of Santa Francesca Romana on March 17, 1887 .

Place died on March 5, 1893, at the age of 79, in Rennes, where he also found his final resting place in the local cemetery.

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SURNAME	Place, Charles-Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French bishop and cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	March 5, 1893
Place of death	Rennes