Georges Grente

Georges Grente as Bishop of Le Mans (1936)

Cardinal coat of arms of Georges Grente

Georges François Xavier Marie Cardinal Grente (born May 5, 1872 in Percy , France , † May 4, 1959 in Le Mans ) was Bishop of Le Mans .

Life

Georges François Xavier Marie Grente studied in Paris the subjects Law , Catholic theology and philosophy . He received on 29 June 1895, the sacrament of Holy Orders , and then for eight years worked as a teacher at the minor seminary of Mortain .

From 1903 to 1916 he headed the diocesan college of Saint-Lô as rector , and from 1916 to 1918 he was superior of the Saint Paul Institute in Cherbourg .

Pope Benedict XV appointed him on January 30, 1918 Bishop of Le Mans. The episcopal ordination received Georges Grente on April 17 of that year by the archbishop of Rouen , Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois . Co- consecrators were the bishops Claude Bardel von Sées and Joseph Guérard von Coutances (-Avranches) .

Pope Pius XII appointed Georges Grente archbishop ad personam in March 1943 and accepted him on January 12, 1953 as a cardinal with the titular church of San Bernardo alle Terme in the college of cardinals .

As part of the partnership between his diocese and the Archdiocese of Paderborn , Grente was appointed Dome of Honor at Paderborn Cathedral in 1957 .

Georges Cardinal Grente attended the conclave of 1958 .

He died on May 4, 1959 in Le Mans and was buried in the local cathedral .

literature

• Louis Guérande: Le Cardinal Grente, un prélat humaniste au XXe siècle; chroniques sur ses ouvrages et son action . Rennes 1958

Web links

• Entry on Georges Grente on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Hermann-Joseph Rick: He will be your helper - Our diocese patron St. Liborius , Paderborn 1986, p. 9

predecessor	Office	successor
Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de la Porte	Bishop of Le Mans 1918–1959	Paul Chevallier