Georges Grente
His Eminence Georges Grente | |
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| Cardinal-Bishop of Le Mans | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Tours |
| Province | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours |
| Metropolis | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours |
| Diocese | Le Mans |
| Installed | 30 January 1918 |
| Term ended | 5 May 1959 |
| Predecessor | Raymond-Marie-Turiaf de La Porte |
| Successor | Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal PriestofS. Bernardo alle Terme Assistant at the Pontifical Throne |
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| Ordination | 29 June 1895 |
| Consecration | 17 April 1918 by CardinalLouis-Ernest Dubois,BishopsClaude BardelandJoseph Guérard |
| Created cardinal | 12 January 1953 byPope Pius XII |
| Rank | Cardinal-priest |
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| Born | Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente May 5, 1872 |
| Died | May 5, 1959(aged 87) Le Mans,France |
| Buried | Cathedral of Le Mans |
| Nationality | French |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Alma mater | University of Paris School of Law Major Seminaryof Coutances Catholic Institute of Paris |
| Motto | Dux unitam exemplar |
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| Styles of Georges Grente | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Le Mans |
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente(5 May 1872 – 5 May 1959) was a FrenchCardinalof theRoman Catholic Church.He served asArchbishop of Le Mansfrom 1918 until his death, and was elevated to thecardinalatein 1953 byPope Pius XII.
Biography
[edit]Georges Grente was born in Percy,Coutances,and studied at theUniversity of Paris School of Law,Major Seminaryof Coutances, andCatholic Institute of Paris.He wasordainedto thepriesthoodon 29 June 1895, and then taught at theminor seminaryinMortainuntil 1903.
Grente wasdirectorof thediocesanCollege of Saint Louis from 1903 to 1916, whence he becamesuperiorofSt. Paul InstituteinCherbourg.He was made anhonorarycanonof thecathedralchapterof Coutances in 1917.
On 30 January 1918, Grente was appointedBishop of Le MansbyPope Benedict XV.He received hisepiscopal consecrationon the following 17 April from CardinalLouis-Ernest Dubois,with BishopsClaude BardelandJoseph Guérardserving asco-consecrators.He was given the title ofAssistant at the Pontifical Throneon 18 January 1933, and personal title of "Archbishop"in March 1943. DuringWorld War II,Grente worked in theFrench resistance movement.[1]
Pope Pius XIIcreated himCardinal PriestofS. Bernardo alle Termein theconsistoryof 12 January 1953. Despite speculation that his poor health would prevent him from participating,[2]Grente was one of thecardinal electorsin the1958 papal conclave,which selectedPope John XXIII[citation needed].A member of theAcadémie française,he was in close correspondence withCharles de Gaulleas well. It was in a letter to Grente that de Gaulle made his famous distinction betweenla France chrétienneandla république läique.
The Cardinal died inLe Mans,on his 87th birthday, and was buried in theCathedral of Le Mans(his heart however was interred in the church at Percy). He had served as theordinaryof that city for over forty years. Academically eminent but pretentious in manner, Grente was satirized by his clergy. He was subject to an attack by the Canard Enchaîné on his ownership of brothels near the cathedral purchased unsuccessfully (given opposition by civil and military authorities) in view of their closure, renewed byJean Egenin 1973. In 1998, Grente was the posthumous object of an attempt atcharacter assassinationbyChristian Gury.
References
[edit]- ^"Milestones".Time.18 May 1959. Archived fromthe originalon October 22, 2012.Retrieved12 May2012.
- ^"Religion: The Succession".Time.20 October 1958. Archived fromthe originalon September 30, 2007.Retrieved12 May2012.
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