François-Nicolas-Madeleine Morlot
François-Nicolas-Madeleine Morlot (born December 28, 1795 in Langres , † December 29, 1862 in Paris ) was Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Paris .
Career
He received his training at the college in his hometown Langres and at the Grand Séminaire of Dijon . He was ordained a priest there on May 27, 1820 . He came to the cathedral chapter there by way of vicar general . On March 10, 1839 he was appointed Bishop of Orléans by the French King Louis-Philippe . He received his episcopal ordination on August 18 of the same year in Paris by the Bishop of Nancy Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph de Forbin-Janson ; Co- consecrators were Louis Blanquart de Bailleul , Bishop of Versailles , and Jean Lemercier , former Bishop of Beauvais . In 1842 he became Archbishop of Tours . On March 7, 1853 he was appointed cardinal by the Pope. As a titular church , he was assigned the basilica of Santi Nereo e Achilleo in Rome. After the murder of the Parisian Archbishop Auguste Sibour , he was appointed his successor on January 24, 1857. The inauguration took place in March / April of the same year.
He died in late 1862 and was buried in the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.
Web links
- Morlot, François-Nicholas-Madeleine. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 1, 2018.
- Entry on François-Nicolas-Madeleine Morlot on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 1, 2018.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Auguste Sibour |
Archbishop of Paris 1857–1862 |
Georges Darboy |
| Augustin Louis de Montblanc |
Archbishop of Tours 1842–1857 |
Joseph Hippolyte Guibert |
| Jean Brumault de Beauregard |
Bishop of Orléans 1839–1842 |
Jean-Jacques Fayet |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morlot, François-Nicolas-Madeleine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Paris |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langres |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1862 |
| Place of death | Paris |