Charles or Karl Mannay (13 October 1745 - 5 December 1824) was French Roman Catholic theologian and bishop of Trier.

Biography

He was born in

Champeix Champeix (; oc, Champeilhs) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 Communes of France, communes of the Puy-de ...

, Auvergne; and studied at the Seminary of St. Sulpice, Paris. He fled France during the French Revolution, living in England and Scotland, only to return in 1801 as bishop of Trier. In 1809, under Napoleon and while the Pope was held in France, he led an ecclesiastical council in Paris, helping pressure Pius VII to agree with the

Concordat of Fontainebleau A concordat is a convention between the Holy See and a sovereign state that defines the relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in matters that concern both,René Metz, ''What is Canon Law?'' (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1960 st Edi ...

in 1811. Napoleon named him baron and as a councillor. In 1820, he was named bishop of

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.Dizionario biografico universale
Volume 3, by Felice Scifoni, David Passigli, publisher, Florence (1844); page 890. Charles_Mannay_Trier

References

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