Charles Mannay

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Bishop Charles Mannay
Coat of arms of Bishop Charles Mannay in the Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Rennes

Charles Mannay , also Karl Mannay , (born October 13, 1745 in Champeix , Auvergne , † December 5, 1824 in Rennes ) was a doctorate French Catholic theologian , cleric , and Bishop of Trier (1802-1816) under the rule of Napoléon Bonaparte .

Life

He first studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the St. Sulpice Seminary, Paris . There he was ordained a priest on March 30, 1770 . On May 7, 1780 he was canon and on February 26, 1787 Vicar General under Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy in the Archdiocese of Reims . In 1783 he obtained a doctorate in theology at the Sorbonne . When the French Revolution broke out in 1789 , he emigrated to England , then Scotland , and only returned to France after signing the 1801 Concordat (see below). Through the mediation of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord , whose tutor he had been, Mannay was appointed directly by Napoleon and confirmed by Pope Pius VII . On July 18, 1802, he received from the hands of Antoine-François-Xavier Mayneaud de Pancemont, Bishop of Vannes , with the assistance of the Bishops of Digne and Nice, the episcopal ordination . This happened on the basis of the Concordat between Emperor and Pope of July 15, 1801 and the Peace of Lunéville of 1801, which also redesigned the territory of the former prince-bishopric . As part of Napoleon's politics on the left bank of the Rhine, the diocese of Aachen was re-established at the same time and its bishop Marc-Antoine Berdolet was installed, and in the rest of the former archbishopric of Mainz, Joseph Ludwig Colmar was appointed bishop by Napoleon's grace.

Bishop of Trier

When Mannay took office there were two dioceses of Trier, one on the left bank of the Rhine and one on the right bank of the Rhine . The episcopal functions in the part of the Archdiocese of Trier on the right bank of the Rhine were carried out from Ehrenbreitstein by Bishop Johann Michael Josef von Pidoll as the representative of Prince-Bishop Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony , who had fled to Augsburg . Mannay didn't speak German at first , but tried to integrate into Trier . When he arrived he first had to lay the foundations for his potential effects. B. Trier Cathedral has been "converted" as a warehouse. His good connections to Paris and also to the local administration enabled his wishes to be realized quickly. One of his first official acts as Bishop of Trier was the consecration of the Springiersbach monastery to the Bengel parish church , which resulted in the preservation of the church . The reorganization and rebuilding of his diocese at such a difficult time was one of his main merits of lasting character. Among other things, he introduced institutions such as the general vicariate , seminary, boys' seminar and normal school for the training of teachers in the diocese , and through skillful and successful negotiations he ensured the return of the foundation's assets from the cathedral and other goods that had not been sold. During his term of office, the repatriation of the Holy Rock from Augsburg to Trier, the precious and famous relic, was of particular importance. It could be exhibited in 1810. As a parish visitator he was valued and respected. At his instigation, the Borromean women from Nancy came to the Trier diocese. Against the background of the ongoing secularization , this opportunity to settle down is particularly remarkable. From 1811 onwards, they were able to combine several 'hospitals' in Trier and carry out their effective work, especially nursing . After Napoléon's irrevocable overthrow, the man, highly decorated as a politician (member of the Legion of Honor ( French: Membre de la Légion d'honneur ), Baron of the Empire (French: Baron de l'Empire ), member of the Council of State (French: Membre du Conseil d ' État )) on August 4, 1816 on the diocese of Trier due to political pressure from Prussia . On November 11th of the same year he left his diocesans and returned to France . There Charles Mannay was ordered in 1817 by Louis XVIII. Bishop of Auxerre and in 1820 Bishop of Rennes , where he is buried in the southern arm of the parish church of Notre-Dame en Saint-Melaine. On December 22nd, 1824 the Requiem was held in Trier Cathedral .

coat of arms

Charles Mannay coat of arms

Blazon of his coat of arms: square of blue and silver, in 1 and 4 a golden lion, in 2 and 3 three red bars.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mannay was the last of a series of bishops of French origin in Trier; B. Albéron de Montreuil , Jakob I. von Sierck a . A.

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predecessor Office successor
Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony Bishop of Trier
1802–1816 		Josef von Hommer
Jean Baptiste Marie Champion de Cicé Bishop of Auxerre
1817–1820 		Antoine-Louis-Henri de La Fare, Archbishop of Sens
Etienne Celestin Enoch Bishop of Rennes
1819–1824 		Claude Louis de Lesquen
personal data
SURNAME Mannay, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mannay, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Trier, Bishop of Auxerre and Rennes
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH Champeix , Auvergne, France
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1824
Place of death Rennes , France