Joseph-Antoine Fabre

Joseph-Antoine Fabre (born March 19, 1844 in La Ciotat , † January 9, 1923 in Marseille ) was a French clergyman, bishop and the first archbishop of Marseille .

Life

He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Marseille on June 2, 1867 and then worked as a chaplain and pastor . On May 25, 1881 he was dean of Roquevaire , in 1898 an honorary canon and in 1904 canon of the cathedral chapter of Marseille. In 1906 he was appointed vicar general of the diocese of Marseille. On January 29, 1908, he was appointed Apostolic Protonotary . In 1909 he was appointed vicar of the cathedral and on April 29 of the same year as successor to Cardinal Pierre-Paulin Andrieu , who had been called to be Archbishop of Bordeaux , appointed bishop. He was ordained bishop on June 16, 1909, by Pierre-Paulin Cardinal Andrieu, now Archbishop of Bordeaux; Co -consecrators were Félix-Adolphe-Camille-Jean-Baptiste Guillibert , the Bishop of Fréjus , and Dominique Castellan , the Bishop of Digne .

When the Diocese of Marseille was elevated to an archbishopric on January 2, 1910, Joseph-Antoine Fabre was its first archbishop.

The oeuvre de don Bosco considérée au point de vue humanitaire, social et religieux. 1900.

Charles Herbermann: Joseph-Antoine Fabre. In: The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Robert Appleton, New York 1922, p. 488.
Jean Rémy Palanque: Le diocèse de Marseille. Letouzey & Ané, Paris 1967, pp. 282-285.

predecessor	Office	successor
Pierre-Paulin Andrieu	Archbishop of Marseille 1909–1923	Daniel Champavier

personal data
SURNAME	Fabre, Joseph-Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French clergyman, bishop and the first archbishop of Marseilles
DATE OF BIRTH	March 19, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH	La Ciotat
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 1923
Place of death	Marseille