Maurice Feltin

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Maurice Cardinal Feltin †

Church positions
See	Paris (Emeritus)
Title	Archbishop Emeritus of Paris
Period in office	August 15, 1949—December 21, 1966
Successor	Pierre Cardinal Veuillot †
Previous post	Archishop of Bordeaux
Created cardinal	January 12, 1953
Personal
Date of birth	May 15, 1883
Place of birth	Delle, Besançon, France
Date of death	September 27, 1975
Place of death	Thiais, Paris, France

Styles of Maurice Cardinal Feltin
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Paris (Emeritus)

Maurice Cardinal Feltin (May 15, 1883 - September 27, 1975) was a French prelate 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.

[edit] Biography

Born in Delle, Territoire-de-Belfort, Maurice Feltin studied at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris before being ordained a priest on July 3, 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 December 19, 1927, Feltin was appointed Bishop of Troyes by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on March 11, 1928 from Henri-Charles-Joseph Cardinal Binet, with Bishops Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond and by Jean-Marcel Rodié serving as co-consecrators. Feltin was promoted to Archbishop of Sens on August 16, 1932, and was later named Archbishop of Bordeaux on December 16, 1935. On August 15, 1949, he became the twenty-third Archbishop of Paris.

The French prelate was created Cardinal Priest of S. Maria della Pace by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of January 12, 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 December 21, 1966.

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

[edit] 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 funeral due to her "controversial" life.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Time Magazine. Death to Santa Claus January 7, 1952
2. ^ Time Magazine. End of the Worker-Priests September 28, 1959
3. ^ Jeffries, Stuart. "The love of a poet", The Guardian, November 8, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. (English) 

[edit] External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church