Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert

Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert (13 December 1802 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône – 1886, Paris) was a French Catholic Archbishop of Paris and Cardinal. A member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, his tenure as archbishop saw the establishment of the Institut Catholique de Paris and the construction of Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre.

Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert

Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseParis
SeeParis
Appointed27 October 1871
Term ended8 July 1886
PredecessorGeorges Darboy
SuccessorFrançois-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1874–86)
Orders
Ordination14 August 1825
by Fortuné-Charles de Mazenod
Consecration11 March 1842
by Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod
Created cardinal22 December 1873
by Pope Pius IX
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert

13 December 1802[1]
Died8 July 1886(1886-07-08) (aged 83)
Paris, French Third Republic
BuriedNotre-Dame de Paris (1886–1925)
Sacred Heart Basilica (from 1925)
ParentsPierre Guibert
Rose-Françoise Pécout
Previous post(s)
MottoSuaviter ac fortiter
Coat of armsJoseph-Hippolyte Guibert's coat of arms

Life

Saint-Jean-de-Malte, Aix-en-Provence

Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert was born on 13 December 1802, Aix-en-Provence to Pierre and Rose-Françoise Pécout Guilbert. His father was a farmer and property manager for the Count of Felix. Joseph Hippolyte was baptized on 19 December in the Church of St. John of Malta, where he was later an altar boy, and took Latin classes.[1]

In 1819, Guibert entered the major seminary in Aix, and received minor orders on 1 June 1822. Despite the oppposition of his father, he joined the "Missionaries of Provence" and began his novitiate in January 1823[1] Guibert was ordained a priest in 1825.[2]

Institut catholique, Paris

Guibert was appointed bishop of Viviers in 1841, and archbishop of Tours in 1857. He attended the First Vatican Council, where he was counted among the moderates. He became Archbishop of Paris in 1871, and a Cardinal in 1873. Cardinal Guibert called upon Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d'Hulst to take part in the administration of the diocese, but he was engaged principally in founding and organizing the Université Catholique de Paris.[3]

Basilique-Sacre Coeur, Paris

Guibert participated in the 1878 conclave. His tenure also saw the construction of Sacré-Cœur, Paris.[4]

Guibert died on 8 July 1886 in Paris and is buried in Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre.[5]

His writings are collected in the Oeuvres pastorales (5 vols., 1868-89).[6]

References

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