Pierre Andrieu

Pierre-Paulin Andrieu (7 December 1849 15 February 1935) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and archbishop of Bordeaux et Bazes.


Pierre-Paulin Andrieu
Archbishop of Bordeaux
The then-bishop pictured on 21 January 1907.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseBordeaux
SeeBordeaux
Appointed2 January 1909
Term ended15 February 1935
PredecessorVictor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot
SuccessorMaurice Feltin
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio (1907-35)
Orders
Ordination30 May 1874
by Julien-Florian-Félix Desprez
Consecration25 July 1901
by Jean-Augustin Germain
Created cardinal16 December 1907
by Pope Pius X
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Pierre-Paulin Andrieu

7 December 1849
Died15 February 1935(1935-02-15) (aged 85)
Bordeaux, French Third Republic
BuriedBordeaux Cathedral
ParentsJoseph Andrieu
Jeanne Marie Sancholle
Previous post(s)Bishop of Marseille (1901-09)
MottoIn pax tua virtute
Coat of armsPierre-Paulin Andrieu's coat of arms
Styles of
Pierre Andrieu
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBordeaux et Bazes

He was educated at the Seminary of Toulouse in Toulouse, France. He was ordained to the priesthood on 30 May 1874. He worked as a priest doing pastoral work from 1874 for a year. He was chosen by Julien-Florian-Félix Desprez, the Archbishop of Toulouse, to be his secretary until 1880.

Episcopate

Pope Leo XIII appointed Andrieu Bishop of Marseille on 18 April 1901. He was consecrated on 25 July 1901 in the Cathedral of Toulouse.

Cardinalate

Bishop Andrieu was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio in the consistory of 16 December 1907 by Pope Pius X. He was appointed to the metropolitan see of Bordeaux on 2 January 1909. He took part in the conclaves of 1914 which elected Pope Benedict XV, and of 1922, which elected Pope Pius XI. As Archbishop he issued the first condemnation of a member of the French hierarchy against L'Action Française in 1926.

He died on 15 February 1935 in Bordeaux, aged 85.

References

    Sources

    • Bräuer, Martin (27 February 2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 209–210. ISBN 978-3-11-026947-5.
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