Jean Verdier (Cardinal)
Jean Cardinal Verdier PSS (born February 19, 1864 in La-Croix-Barres , France , † April 9, 1940 in Paris ) was Archbishop of Paris .
Life
Jean Verdier studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the seminary of Rodez and joined the Society of Saint-Sulpice in 1886 . In 1887 he received the sacrament of ordination and then became a lecturer at the seminary of Périgueux , which he directed from 1898 to 1912 as Regens . From 1912 to 1920 he was a faculty member and superior of the Des Carmes seminaryin Paris. In 1923 he received the title of Honorary Canon of Paris. From 1926 to 1929 he directed the fortunes of his order as Deputy Superior and from 1929 until his death as General Superior .
In 1929 he was appointed Vicar General of Paris and Apostolic Protonotary and in the same year he was appointed Archbishop of Paris. Even as archbishop he remained the general superior of his order, which is an exception in church history, since a superior usually resigns from this office when he is appointed bishop.
Pope Pius XI accepted him on December 16, 1929 as cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Balbina in the college of cardinals and donated him the episcopal ordination on December 29 of the same year, co- consecrators were Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart , Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Paris, and Emmanuel-Anatole Chaptal , Auxiliary Bishop in Paris. As a papal legate , he represented the Pope on numerous occasions at home and abroad in the following years. Cardinal Verdier often condemned the policies of the National Socialists in sermons.
He died on April 9, 1940 in Paris and was buried in the episcopal church there. Some high dignitaries of the Catholic Church were present at his funeral service, for example the two cardinals Achille Liénart , who later was President of the French Bishops' Conference for a long time , and Arthur Hinsley , the Archbishop of Westminster.
literature
- Yves Breiere: Le Cardinal Verdier. Son rôle en France et hors de France. Etudes, CCXLIII (1940), pp. 199-213
Web links
- Verdier, PSS, Jean. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 10, 2016.
- Entry on Jean Verdier, PSS on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 10, 2016.
- Newspaper article about Jean Verdier in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Footnotes
- ↑ Ronald Witherup: Les cardinaux sulpiciens à travers l'Histoire , accessed on May 20, 2019.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois |
Archbishop of Paris 1929–1940 |
Emmanuel Célestin Cardinal Suhard |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verdier, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Verdier, Jean Cardinal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, archbishop of Paris and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Croix Barres , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1940 |
| Place of death | Paris |