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Maurice Feltin
File:Cardinal Feltin.jpg
Church positions
See Paris (Emeritus)
Title Archbishop Emeritus of Paris
Period in office 15 August 1949—21 December 1966
Successor Pierre Veuillot
Previous post Archishop of Bordeaux
Created cardinal 12 January 1953
Personal
Date of birth 15 May 1883
Place of birth Delle, Besançon, France
Date of death 27 September 1975
Place of death Thiais, Paris, France
Styles of
Maurice Feltin
CardinalCoA PioM
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See Paris (Emeritus)

Maurice Feltin (15 May 1883 – 27 September 1975) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1949 to 1966, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.

Biography[]

Born in Delle, Territoire-de-Belfort, Maurice Feltin studied at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris before being ordained a priest on 3 July 1909. He then did pastoral work in Besançon until 1914, at which time he was made an officer in the French Army during World War I. For his work, he was awarded with the Croix-de-Guerre, the Médaille militaire, and the Légion d'honneur.

On 19 December 1927, Feltin was appointed Bishop of Troyes by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on 11 March 1928 from Cardinal Henri-Charles-Joseph Binet, with Bishops Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond and Jean-Marcel Rodié serving as co-consecrators. Feltin was promoted to Archbishop of Sens on 16 August 1932, and was later named Archbishop of Bordeaux on 16 December 1935. On 15 August 1949, he became the twenty-third Archbishop of Paris.

The French prelate was created Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria della Pace by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of 12 January 1953. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1958 papal conclave, and he attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. After voting in the 1963 papal conclave, Feltin served as President of the French Episcopal Conference from 1964 to 1969, and resigned as Paris' archbishop on 21 December 1966.

He died in Thiais, outside Paris, at age 92, and was buried in Notre Dame Cathedral.

Trivia[]

  • Feltin condemned the legend of Santa Claus, claiming that it debased the "Christian significance of Christmas"[1].
  • In 1959, Feltin requested of the Holy Office that the Worker-Priest movement be revived, albeit under strict controls; his request, however, was denied[2].
  • In 1963, Feltin denied Édith Piaf a religious funeral due to her "controversial" life.[3]

References[]

  1. Time Magazine. Death to Santa Claus 7 January 1952
  2. Time Magazine. End of the Worker-Priests 28 September 1959
  3. Jeffries, Stuart (8 November 2003). "The love of a poet" (in English). The Guardian. http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1079383,00.html. Retrieved 2007-07-19. 

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Laurent-Marie-Etienne Monnier
Bishop of Troyes
1927–1932
Succeeded by
Joseph-Jean Heintz
Preceded by
Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong
Archbishop of Sens
1932–1935
Succeeded by
Frédéric Lamy
Preceded by
Pierre Andrieu
Archbishop of Bordeaux
1935—1949
Succeeded by
Paul-Marie-André Richaud
Preceded by
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard
Archbishop of Paris
1949–1966
Succeeded by
Pierre Veuillot
Preceded by
Achille Liénart
President of the French Episcopal Conference
1964–1969
Succeeded by
François Marty

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