Paul Marie André Richaud Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Paul-Marie-André Richaud
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Bordeaux
See:Bordeaux
Appointed:10 February 1950
Enthroned:20 March 1950
Term End:5 February 1968
Predecessor:Maurice Feltin
Successor:Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta (1958-68)
Ordination:28 June 1913
Ordained By:Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier
Consecration:25 January 1934
Consecrated By:Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin
Cardinal:15 December 1958
Created Cardinal By:Pope John XXIII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Paul-Marie-André Richaud
Birth Date:16 April 1887
Birth Place:Versailles, France
Death Place:Bordeaux, France
Alma Mater:Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto:Vinctus Christi
Coat Of Arms:COA cardinal FR Richaud Paul-Marie-Andre.png
Cardinal Name:Paul Richaud
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:Bordeaux

Paul-Marie-André Richaud (16 April 1887 – 5 February 1968) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Bordeaux from 1950 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.

Biography

Paul Richaud was born in Versailles, and there attended the major seminary before going to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Ordained to the priesthood on 28 June 1913, he then finished his studies in 1915 at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum where he obtained a doctorate in philosophy.[1] Richaud did pastoral work in Versailles until 1931, when he became its Vicar General and Vice-Assistant General of the French Catholic Action.

On 19 December 1933 Richaud was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles and Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on 25 January 1934 from Bishop Benjamin Roland-Gosselin, with Bishops Pierre-Marie Gerlier and Georges Louis. Richaud was later named Bishop of Laval on 27 July 1938, and Archbishop of Bordeaux on 10 February 1950.

Pope John XXIII created him Cardinal Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta in the consistory of 15 December 1958. During his tenure at Bordeaux, Richaud expanded parochial schools and gave the laity a more prominent role.[2] He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1963 papal conclave that selected Pope Paul VI.

The Cardinal died from a liver ailment[2] in Bordeaux, at age 80. He is buried in Bordeaux Cathedral.

He greatly encouraged Scouting in France.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salvador Miranda (historian) . Miranda . Salvador . RICHAUD, Paul-Marie (1887-1968). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Florida International University. 53276621.
  2. TIME Magazine. Milestones February 16, 1968
  3. TIME Magazine. The New Cardinals December 22, 1958