Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre
Cardinal-Priest | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre 15 April 1892 |
Died | 2 April 1973 Bourges, France | (aged 80)
Buried | Bourges Cathedral |
Parents | Georges Jules Joseph Lefébvre Marie Agnès Lucie Joseph Decaestecker |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Troyes (1938-43) |
Alma mater | Université catholique de Lille Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical French Seminary |
Motto | Veritatem facientes in caritate |
Styles of Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre | |
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Bourges |
Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre (commonly Joseph Lefèbvre, 15 April 1892—2 April 1973) was a French
He was the cousin of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and the nephew of monarchist and resistance hero René Lefebvre.
Biography
Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre was born in
Lefèbvre was
On 27 July 1938, Lefèbvre was appointed bishop of
Lefèbvre attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). At the final session, on 20 September 1965, he joined in defending the proposed document on religious freedom, eventually promulgated as Dignitatis humanae. He made "a powerful impression" with a detailed refutation of the opponents' arguments.[9][10][11] Though thought to oppose any liberalization of the Church's policy on contraception, in 1966 he surprised his peers on the Pontifical Commission on Birth Control by saying that "it would not be too rash" to approve of artificial birth control as a deeper understanding of traditional teaching.[12][13]
He served a four-year term as president of the
A small park in Bourges in named for him,[15] as is a street in Troyes.
References
- ^ a b c d "Le cardinal Joseph Lefebvre ancien archevêque de Bourges est mort". Le Monde (in French). 3 April 1973. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Seven New Hats". TIME. 14 March 1960. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXIX. 1937. p. 41. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXX. 1938. p. 289. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXV. 1943. p. 181. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Rebellious Eldest Daughter". TIME. 13 May 1957. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Rite for Cardinals Completed by Pope" (PDF). New York Times. 1 April 1960. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ISBN 9780025888906. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ISBN 9780674047495.
- ^ "A day at Vatican II: on the road to church teaching on religious freedom". Faith Meets World. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ISBN 9780567587961. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ISBN 9780722034057. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ISBN 9780824514587. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Joseph Cardinal Lefebvre, 80; Ex‐Archbishop of Bourges, Dies". New York Times. 3 April 1973. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Jardin Cardinal Joseph Lefebvre". Ville Bourges (in French). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- Additional sources
- E. Fouilloux in Dictionnaire d'histoire et géographie ecclésiastiques, Letouzey et Ané, Fasciscule 180, 2010, p. 99-100
External links
- "Arrivée du Cardinal Lefèbvre". Mémoire, les images d’archives en région Centre (in French). 27 November 2020. Film of ceremonies upon his arrival in Bourges on 10 April 1960, shortly after being made a cardinal.
- OCLC 53276621.
- "Joseph-Charles Cardinal Lefèbvre". Catholic Hierarchy. [self-published]