Clément Roques
Cardinal-Priest | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Clément-Émile Roques 8 December 1880 Saint Pierre des Ports, Graulhet, French Third Republic |
| Died | 4 September 1964 (aged 83) Rennes, France |
| Buried | Rennes Cathedral |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Montauban (1929-34) Archbishop of Aix (1934-40) |
| Motto | In fide et lenitate ("In faith and sweetness") |
| Styles of Clément-Émile Roques | ||
|---|---|---|
Reference style His Eminence | | |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence | |
| Informal style | Cardinal | |
| See | Rennes | |
Clément-Émile Roques (8 December 1880—4 September 1964) was a French
cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.[1]
Biography
Born in
priesthood on 2 April 1904. He then served as a professor, administrator, the prefect of studies, and superior of the seminary of Barral, in Castres
, until 1929.
On 15 April 1929 Roques was appointed
Archbishop of Rennes
on 11 May 1940.
conclave of 1963 that selected Pope Paul VI. During his tenure as Archbishop, the Cardinal confirmed three miracles attributed to Our Lady of Lourdes.[2]
Roques died in Rennes aged 83. He is buried in the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter.
References
- ^ Jean-Louis Clément Les évêques au temps de Vichy - Page 22 "Mgr Clément Roques, archevêque d'Aix-en-Provence, ..."
- ^ The Work of God. Approved Miracles
