Jean Verdier
His Eminence Jean Verdier P.S.S. | |
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Notre Dame de Paris | |
| Nationality | French |
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Paris |
Jean Verdier,
cardinalate
in 1929.
Biography
Jean Verdier was born to a modest family in
Superior General (1926–1929) before being elected Superior General of his society on 16 July 1929. During that same year, he was made vicar general of Paris and a protonotary apostolic
.
On 18 November 1929, Verdier was appointed
Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, Orat, and Bishop Emmanuel-Anatole Chaptal serving as co-consecrators, in the Sistine Chapel. Early in his tenure as Archbishop, he ordered all French priests to conduct an "extensive survey" into any alcoholism existing in their parishes.[1]
Pius XI created him
1939 papal conclave that elected Pope Pius XII
.
An opponent of
interpreter
on international visits.
The Cardinal died in Paris, at the age of 76. He is buried in
Notre-Dame Cathedral
.
References
- ^ TIME Magazine. Cocktails, Confidence, Aberration 14 July 1930
- ^ TIME Magazine. Verdier's Visit 22 August 1932
- ^ TIME Magazine. Spanish Split July 4, 1938
- ^ TIME Magazine. "Crusade" February 19, 1940