Pierre-Hector Coullié Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Pierre-Hector Coullié
Archbishop of Lyon
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Lyon
See:Lyon
Appointed:15 June 1893
Term End:12 September 1912
Predecessor:Joseph-Alfred Foulon
Successor:Hector-Irénée Sévin
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1898–1912)
Ordination:23 December 1854
Consecration:19 November 1876
Consecrated By:Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert
Cardinal:19 April 1897
Created Cardinal By:Pope Leo XIII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Pierre-Hector Coullié
Birth Date:14 March 1829
Birth Place:Paris, French Kingdom
Death Place:Lyon, French Third Republic
Buried:Lyon Cathedral
Parents:Pierre Marie Coullié
Nicole Lepant
Motto:Obedientia et dilectio
Cardinal Name:Pierre-Hector Coullié
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:Lyon

Pierre-Hector Coullié (14 March 1829 – 12 September 1912) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Archbishop of Lyon.

Early life and priesthood

Pierre-Hector Coullié was born in Paris, France. He was educated at Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs and the Saint-Sulpice Seminary, Paris.[1]

He was ordained on 23 December 1854.[2] After his ordination he served in the Archdiocese of Paris as professor of its minor seminary; vicar at Ste-Marguerite, St-Eustache, and Notre Dame des Victoires churches from 1854 until 1876.

Episcopate

He was appointed as titular bishop of Sidonia and appointed coadjutor bishop of Orléans on 29 September 1876. He succeeded to the see of Orléans on 11 October 1878. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Lyon on 15 June 1893.[3]

During the 1896 Congress of the Christian Democrats in Lyon, he spoke against the meeting due to agenda items which he saw as anti-Semitic; the items did not appear in the following year’s Congress.[4]

Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest in the consistory of April 19, 1897; received red hat and title of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio, March 24, 1898. He also participated in the conclave of 1903.[5]

Death. September 12, 1912, Lyon. Exposed and buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Lyon.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lentz III . Harris M. . Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary . 11 July 2015 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-2155-5 . 51 . en.
  2. https://bibliotheque.nantes.cef.fr/seminaire44/opac_css/index.php?lvl=author_see&id=4636 Nantes Bibliotheque website, Auteur Pierre Hector Coullié (1829-1912)
  3. https://www.traces-ecrites.com/auteurs/pierre-hector-coullie/ Traces Ecrites website, Pierre-Hector Coullié
  4. http://museedudiocesedelyon.com/MUSEEduDIOCESEdeLYONcoullie.htm Museum of the Diocese of Lyon website, Pierre Hector Coullié, 1829-1912
  5. https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1897.htm Florida International University, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of April 19, 1897