Louis-Ernest Dubois
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois (born September 1, 1856 in Saint-Calais , France , † September 23, 1929 in Paris ) was Archbishop of Rouen and Paris .
Life
Louis-Ernest Dubois studied in the seminary of Le Mans the subjects philosophy and Catholic theology . He received on 20 September 1879, the sacrament of Holy Orders , and then worked as a parish pastor in the diocese of Le Mans . From 1888 he was editor of the newspaper Semaine du fidèle , in 1893 he founded the Union Historique du Maine . In 1895 he was appointed Honorary Canon of Le Mans Cathedral . From 1898 to 1901 he headed the administration of the diocese of Le Mans as vicar general .
In 1901 he was appointed Bishop of Verdun , but was released from this office at his own request. The episcopal ordination donated to him on July 2, 1901 Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils , the Bishop of Le Mans; Co-consecrators were Bishop Étienne-Marie Potron and Charles Joseph Gilbert , former Bishop of Le Mans. On November 3, 1909, Pope Pius X appointed him Archbishop of Bourges ; in March 1916, Pope Benedict XV appointed him . took over the leadership of the Archdiocese of Rouen and took him on December 4th of the same year as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santa Maria in Aquiro in the college of cardinals . On September 13, 1920 the Pope entrusted him with the management of the Archdiocese of Paris. Cardinal Dubois attended the 1922 conclave . In 1926 he represented the Pope as papal legate at the National Marian Congress in Chartres .
Louis-Ernest Dubois died on September 23, 1929 in Paris and was buried in the crypt of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral.
literature
- Michel Florisoone: Le Cardinal Dubois. Paris 1929.
- Henri-Louis Odolin: Le Cardinal Dubois, 1856–1929: Souvenirs. Paris 1931.
Web links
- Dubois, Louis-Ernest. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 12, 2016.
- Entry on Louis-Ernest Dubois on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 12, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette |
Archbishop of Paris 1920–1929 |
Jean Cardinal Verdier |
| Frédéric Fuzet |
Archbishop of Rouen 1916–1920 |
André du Bois de La Villerabel |
| Pierre-Paul Servonnet |
Archbishop of Bourges 1909–1916 |
Martin-Jérôme Izart |
| Jean-Pierre Pagis |
Bishop of Verdun 1901–1909 |
Jean Arturo Chollet |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dubois, Louis-Ernest |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dubois, Louis-Ernest Cardinal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Paris |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Calais , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1929 |
| Place of death | Paris |