Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire_Mathieu
Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu
French cardinal
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 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Besançon |
| See | Besançon |
| Appointed | 30 September 1834 |
| Term ended | 9 July 1875 |
| Predecessor | Louis-Guillaume-Valentin DuBourg |
| Successor | Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (1852-75) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1 June 1822 |
| Consecration | 20 February 1833 by Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen |
| Created cardinal | 30 September 1850 by Pope Pius IX |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu 20 January 1796 |
| Died | 9 July 1875(1875-07-09) (aged 79) Besançon, French Third Republic |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Langres (1832-34) |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Styles of Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Besançon |
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]
- "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. - "Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Cardinal Mathieu". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- Profile, catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed 4 May 2020.
