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Pierre Andrieu

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Pierre-Paulin Andrieu
Archbishop of Bordeaux
The then-bishop pictured on 21 January 1907.
The then-bishop pictured on 21 January 1907.
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Bordeaux
See Bordeaux
Appointed 2 January 1909
Term ended 15 February 1935
Predecessor Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot
Successor Maurice Feltin
Other post Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio (1907-35)
Previous post Bishop of Marseille (1901-09)
Orders
Ordination 30 May 1874
by Julien-Florian-Félix Desprez
Consecration 25 July 1901
by Jean-Augustin Germain
Created cardinal 16 December 1907
by Pope Pius X
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born Pierre-Paulin Andrieu
7 December 1849
Seysses, Haute-Garonne, French Second Republic
Died 15 February 1935 (aged 85)
Bordeaux, French Third Republic
Buried Bordeaux Cathedral
Parents Joseph Andrieu
Jeanne Marie Sancholle
Motto In pax tua virtute

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

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