Pierre Giraud
Pierre Giraud (born August 11, 1791 in Clermont , † April 17, 1850 in Cambrai ) was a French cardinal of the Roman Church .
Life
Pierre Giraud grew up in Clermont, where he was a student at the local high school from 1804 to 1806. He then studied from 1807 to 1812 at the boys' seminary in Clermont, before starting in October 1812 to study theology at the St. Sulpice seminary in Paris .
Giraud received in the September 23, 1815 Church St. Sulpice by Etienne-Antoine de Bolougne , the bishop of Troyes , the ordination . In the next 15 years he worked in the diocese of Clermont, initially as a professor at the local high school , later became chaplain of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Clermont-Ferrand and in January 1823 appointed vicar general. Most recently, he preached at the court of the French king Charles X from 1825 .
On July 5, 1830 Giraud was appointed Bishop of Rodez ; the episcopal ordination donated him on 30 November of the same year Archbishop Luigi Lambruschini , the nuncio in France; Co - consecrators were Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin Dupont , Bishop of Saint-Dié , and Pierre Cottret , Auxiliary Bishop in Paris . After 12 years at the head of the Rodez diocese, Giraud was transferred to the Archdiocese of Cambrai on January 24, 1842 .
Pope Pius IX Giraud took in the consistory of 11 June 1847, the College of Cardinals and handed the new cardinal priests , the titular church of Santa Maria della Pace .
Cardinal Giraud died three years later, at the age of 58. His tomb is in Cambrai Cathedral .
Web links
- Giraud, Pierre. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 16, 2016.
- Entry on Pierre Giraud on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 16, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Louis de Belmas |
Archbishop of Cambrai 1841–1850 |
René-François Régnier |
| Charles-André-Toussaint-Bruno de Ramon Lalande |
Bishop of Rodez 1830–1841 |
Jean-François Croizier |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giraud, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clermont-Ferrand |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1850 |
| Place of death | Cambrai |