Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez

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Tomb and monument of Cardinal Desprez in Toulouse Cathedral.

Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez (born April 14, 1807 in Ostricourt , Département Nord , † January 21, 1895 in Toulouse ) was a French archbishop and cardinal .

Life

Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez received his training at the Cambrai seminary and was ordained a priest there on December 19, 1829 . He held several positions in Roubaix. First he was curé at Notre-Dame de Roubaix, then vicar and from 1846 Doyen-Curé.

As Pius IX. from an apostolic prefecture the diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion re-established, he called Desprez as bishop there. The episcopal ordination donated to him on January 5, 1851 in the Church of Notre-Dame in Roubaix René-François Régnier , the Archbishop of Cambrai ; Co - consecrators were Louis-Joseph Delebecque , Bishop of Ghent , and Jean-Baptiste Malou , Bishop of Bruges . Desprez arrived in La Réunion on May 21, 1851 . There he was involved in the foundation of several church buildings. In 1857 he was transferred as bishop to the diocese of Limoges , and after two years he was appointed archbishop of Toulouse . He held this position for 35 years. In 1879 he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII. appointed cardinal . He received the title of Santi Marcellino e Pietro .

When he died in 1895, he was buried in the Sainte Germaine chapel of Toulouse Cathedral.

Honors

In 1865 he was appointed officer of the Legion of Honor . He was an honorary canon in Cambrai, Montauban , Montpellier , Limoges, Oran , Tarbes and Perpignan .

coat of arms

Cardinal coat of arms of Desprez.

Its coat of arms has three fields. At the top left is a Jerusalem cross on a red background. The right field bears a Marian monogram on a blue background and in the lower field there is a silver anchor on a green background. The motto is: Spes nostra firma (“Faith is our strength”).

Succession

He consecrated

and is the main consecrator of

  • Archbishop Louis-Anne Dubreil † (1861)
  • Bishop Théodore Legain † (1871)
  • Bishop Armand-Joseph Fava † (1871)
  • Bishop Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy † (1872)
  • Bishop François-Benjamin-Joseph Blanger † (1873)
  • Bishop Jean-Claude Duret, CSSp † (1873)
  • Archbishop Julien-François-Pierre Carmené † (1876)
  • Archbishop Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé † (1877)
  • Bishop Pierre-Antoine-Paul Goux † (1877)
  • Archbishop Nicolae Iosif Camilli , OFMConv † (1881)
  • Bishop Adolphe-Josué-Frédéric Fiard † (1882)
  • Bishop Jean-Pierre-Bernard Castillon † (1885)
  • Bishop Jean-Baptiste Cazet, SJ † (1885)

He is also co-consecrator of:

  • Bishop Louis-Désiré-César Bataille † (1873)

literature

  • André Chapeau OSB ; Fernand Combaluzier CM : Épiscopologist français des temps modern. 1592-1973. Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1974: 263.
  • La Gerarchia Cattolica e la Famiglia Pontificia per l'anno 1903. Città del Vaticano: Tipografia poliglotta vaticana, 1903: 196.
  • Remigium Ritzler; Sefrin Pirminum: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volume VIII (1846-1903). Patavii: Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1979: 28, 49, 247, 551.

Web links

Commons : Florian Jules Félix Desprez  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mi-aime-a-ou .
  2. ^ Catholic-hierarchy.org
predecessor Office successor
Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
1851–1857 		Armand-René Maupoint
Bernard Buissas Bishop of Limoges
1857-1859 		Félix-Pierre Fruchaud
Jean-Marie Mioland Archbishop of Toulouse
1859–1895 		François-Désiré Mathieu
personal data
SURNAME Desprez, Florian-Jules-Félix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Saint-Dénis-de-La Réunion and Limoges, Archbishop of Toulouse, Cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostricourt , Nord department , France
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1895
Place of death Toulouse