François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot

François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot (28 December 1795 – 29 December 1862)[1] was a French prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Paris from 1857 until his death. He was previously Bishop of Orléans from 1839 and then Archbishop of Tours from 1843.

His Eminence

François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot
Archbishop of Paris
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseParis
SeeParis
Appointed19 March 1857
Installed25 April 1857
Term ended29 December 1862
PredecessorMarie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour
SuccessorGeorges Darboy
Other postsCardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo (1853-62)
Orders
Ordination27 May 1820
Consecration18 August 1839
by Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson
Created cardinal7 March 1853
by Pope Pius IX
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth nameFrançois-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot
Born28 December 1795
Langres, French First Republic
Died29 December 1862(1862-12-29) (aged 67)
Paris, Second French Empire
BuriedCathedral of Notre-Dame
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Life

Morlot was born in Langres was he began his studies before pursuing theological studies in Dijon. As he had not yet reached the required age for ordination, he worked for a time as a private tutor before becoming a priest.[1] He was ordained in 1820.

Morlot served as vicar of the Cathedral of Saint Benignus of Dijon and in 1825 became vicar general of the Diocese of Dijon. In 1831, Claude Rey was named Bishop of Dijon, but as he had been appointed by the king, it was not received well by the diocesan clergy, including Morlot. Morlot resigned as vicar general and accepted an appointment as a cathedral canon. Morlot eventually penned a Remonstrance critical of the bishop exercising his public functions, and which contributed to Rey's resignation in 1838.[2] Morlot was then again re-appointed vicar general.

Bishop

In March 1839, Morlot was made Bishop of Orléans. He was consecrated bishop August 18, 1839, in the chapel of the Dames du Sacré Coeur, Paris, by Charles de Forbin-Janson, bishop of Nancy et Toul.[3]

King Louis Philippe I took the occasion of the christening of his grandson, Prince Philippe, comte de Paris, to recognize Morlot's valuables services and awarded him the Legion of Honour. In January 1843, Morlot was named Archbishop of Tours.[4]

Pope Pius IX named him a cardinal in March 1853, and as such he took a seat in the senate of the Second French Empire. In June that year he was given the titular church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo. In January 1857, he was appointed to succeed the assassinated Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour as Archbishop of Paris.[2] Morlot died on 29 December 1862 in Paris and was interred in the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris.

References
  1. Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. p. 695.
  2. Strong, James and McClintock, John. "Morlot, Francois Nicolas Madeleine", The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880
  3. Miranda, Salvador. "Morlot, François-Nicholas-Madeleine", Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Florida International University, 2019
  4. Tilloy, Anselme (1863). La vie et la mort de son Éminence le Cardinal Morlot (in French). Paris: Bourgeois de Soye.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Marie Dominique Auguste Sibour		 Archbishop of Paris
1857–1862		 Succeeded by
Georges Darboy


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