Pierre Veuillot
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Paris |
His Eminence Pierre Marie Joseph Cardinal Veuillot (5 January 1913 - 14 February 1968) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris.
[edit] Life
He was ordained on 26 March 1939 in Paris. He served as a priest until 1942 when he then worked for the Vatican Secretariat of State until 1959 when Pope John XXIII appointed him Bishop of Angers. He remained in Angers until 12 June 1961 when he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris with the titular see of Constantia in Thracia. He succeeded as Archbishop of Paris on 1 December 1966. He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi by Pope Paul VI on 26 June 1967. He died suddenly of leukemia on February 14, 1968 at the age of only 55, having been a cardinal for 6 months.
| Preceded by Maurice Feltin |
Archbishop of Paris 1 December 1966–14 February 1968 |
Succeeded by François Cardinal Marty |
