Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu

Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu (1796–1875) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and archbishop of Besançon.


Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu
Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseBesançon
SeeBesançon
Appointed30 September 1834
Term ended9 July 1875
PredecessorLouis-Guillaume-Valentin DuBourg
SuccessorPierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (1852-75)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Langres (1832-34)
Orders
Ordination1 June 1822
Consecration20 February 1833
by Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen
Created cardinal30 September 1850
by Pope Pius IX
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu

20 January 1796
Died9 July 1875(1875-07-09) (aged 79)
Besançon, French Third Republic
Coat of armsJacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu's coat of arms
Styles of
Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBesançon

Life

edit

Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu was born on 20 January 1796 in Paris, where his father was a commission agent in the silk trade. Jacques-Marie's brother became a distinguished captain in the Franch Navy. Jacques-Marie studied law[1] and worked for a solicitor, managing property for the Montmorency family.

In 1819, Mathieu entered Saint-Sulpice Seminary[2] and was ordained a priest on 1 June 1822. In 1823, he was appointed secretary to Charles-Louis Salmon de Chatellier, bishop of Evreux, who named him vicar-general and superior of the diocesan seminary. He was made a titular canon of Paris in 1828 and promoter of the Legal Office of the archdiocese of Paris in 1829.[3]

He was elected bishop of Langres on 17 December 1832. On 10 February 1833 he was consecrated in the Carmelite Church on the Rue de Vaugirard in Paris, by Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen assisted by Bishops Pierre-Marie Cottret and Marie-Joseph de Prilly.[4]

On 30 September 1834 he assumed the metropolitan see of Besançon, where he remained until his death. On 30 September 1850 Pope Pius IX elevated him to cardinal; in 1852 he became Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite.

As a member of the senate he was a zealous defender of the rights of the Church, and, in spite of the interdict of the government, he published the papal encyclical of 8 December 1864.[1] He participated in the deliberations of Vatican Council I.

He died on 9 July 1875 in Besançon.[1]

Mathieu is the author of "Devoirs Du Sacerdoce ou Traité de la Dignité, de la Perfection, des Obligations... du Prêtre Catholique",[5] and an "Office of the Mass and Vespers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Latin and in French..." ( 1874 )[6]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c "Mathieu, Jacques Marie Adrien Cesaire", The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. (James Strong and John McClintock, eds.) Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Saint-Sulpice and the Solitude of Issy", Sanctuaire Basile Moreau
  3. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "MATHIEU, Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire", Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Florida International University
  4. ^ The Rambler, Volume 9, 1852, p. 254
  5. ^ "Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Cardinal Mathieu". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Jacques Marie Adrien Césaire Mathieu (1796-1875)", Bibliothèque nationale de France
edit
  • Profile, catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed 4 May 2020.