Jean Pierre Saurine
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Saurine (born March 11, 1733 in Eysus , † May 8, 1813 in Sulz ) was a French cleric . During the French Revolution he was a member of parliament and a supporter of the civil constitution of the clergy . As such he was a constitutional bishop of various dioceses before he was bishop of Strasbourg from 1802 to 1813 .
Life
He was the son of a teacher and studied in Bordeaux . Saurine entered the clergy and was ordained a priest. Between 1761 and 1765 he was vicar at the Cathedral of Oloron-Sainte-Marie . After that he was also a lawyer at the Paris Parliament from 1770 . He was a Freemason and was suspected of being a follower of Jansenism . Then he evaded to Spain.
In 1789 Saurine became a member of the Clergy des Béarn at the Estates General . He was later elected to the National Convention. Politically, Saurine was close to the Girondins . He was later a member of the Council of Five Hundred . He was an advocate of the civil constitution of the clergy and was constitutional bishop in the area of the Landes department in 1791 and the Basses-Pyrénées department in 1797 .
In 1802 he was appointed Bishop of Strasbourg by Napoleon Bonaparte . This new diocese mainly extended to the area on the left bank of the Rhine. On the right bank of the Rhine, Cardinal Rohan passed on a remnant bishopric from some land chapters until his death in 1803 . After that, this area was provisionally administered. The new diocese of Strasbourg comprised the two departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin , temporarily also the departments of Mont-Terrible and Mont-Tonnere .
Because of his Gallican attitude, his past during the revolution and his support for the Concordat of 1801 , he came into conflict with the partially ultra -montane clergy of his diocese. The population also had reservations. However, his achievements were greater than expected. During this time he reorganized the diocese. He had a list of all parishes drawn up, reformed the seminary or filled vacant parish positions.
In 1804 he was accepted into the Legion of Honor . After his death the diocese was not re-assigned for a few years.
Web links
- Damien Bregnard: Jean Pierre Saurine. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Entry on Jean Pierre Saurine on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Louis René Édouard de Rohan-Guéméné |
Bishop of Strasbourg 1802–1813 |
Gustav Maximilian von Croÿ |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saurine, Jean Pierre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saurine, Jean-Baptiste Pierre (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cleric |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1733 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eysus |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1813 |
| Place of death | Sulz |