Pierre-Hector Coullié

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Personal details
Born
Pierre-Hector Coullié

14 March 1829
Died12 September 1912(1912-09-12) (aged 83)
Lyon, French Third Republic
BuriedLyon Cathedral
ParentsPierre Marie Coullié
Nicole Lepant
Previous post(s) (1876–78)
  • Bishop of Orléans (1878–93)
  • MottoObedientia et dilectio
    Styles of
    Pierre-Hector Coullié
    Reference style
    His Eminence
    Spoken styleYour Eminence
    Informal styleCardinal
    SeeLyon

    Pierre-Hector Coullié (14 March 1829 – 12 September 1912) was a

    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.

    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.[citation needed
    ]

    Episcopate

    He was appointed as

    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

    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.[5]

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    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Archbishop of Lyon

    14 June 1893 – 12 September 1912
    Succeeded by