Charles Binet

Charles Binet (photo 1920)

Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet (born April 8, 1869 in Juvigny , France , † July 15, 1936 in Besançon ) was Archbishop of Besançon .

Life

Charles Binet received his philosophical and theological training in Paris . He received on 22 October 1893 sacrament of Holy Orders , and then worked as a chaplain in the diocese of Soissons . From 1895 to 1914 he lectured Catholic theology at the seminary of his home diocese, which he also headed as Regens from 1909 to 1914 . During the First World War he worked as a chaplain in the French army . In 1919 he became Vicar General and Archdeacon of the Diocese of Laon .

Charles Binet was born on June 16, 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. appointed Bishop of Soissons . The episcopal ordination received Charles Binet on 24 August 1920 by the Archbishop of Reims , Louis Cardinal Luçon . In October 1927 Pope Pius XI appointed him . Archbishop of Besançon , in December of the same year he accepted him as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Prisca in the college of cardinals .

Charles Binet died on July 15, 1936 in Besançon and was buried in the local St-Jean Cathedral.

The Apostolic Succession from Cardinal Binet to Cardinal Scipione Rebiba is documented:

predecessor	Office	successor
Louis Humbrecht	Archbishop of Besançon 1927–1936	Maurice-Louis Dubourg
Pierre Louis Péchenard	Bishop of Soissons 1920–1927	Ernest Victor Mennechet

personal data
SURNAME	Binet, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Binet, Charles-Henri-Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French clergyman, Archbishop of Besançon and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	April 8, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Juvigny , France
DATE OF DEATH	July 15, 1936
Place of death	Besançon