Pierre-Paulin Andrieu (7 December 1849 – 15 February 1935) was a French

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of the

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and archbishop of Bordeaux et Bazes. He was educated at the

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. He was ordained to the priesthood on 30 May 1874. He worked as a priest doing

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work from 1874 for a year. He was chosen by

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, the

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, to be his

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until 1880.

Episcopate

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appointed Andrieu

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on 25 July 1901 in the Cathedral of Toulouse.

Cardinalate

Bishop Andrieu was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio in the consistory of 16 December 1907 by

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. He was appointed to the

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on 2 January 1909. He took part in the conclaves of

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which elected

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, and of

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, which elected

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. As Archbishop he issued the first condemnation of a member of the French hierarchy against

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in 1926. He died on 15 February 1935 in

, aged 85.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrieu, Pierre 1849 births 1935 deaths 20th-century French cardinals Archbishops of Bordeaux Bishops of Marseille Place of birth missing Cardinals created by Pope Pius X