Félix-Auguste Béguinot (10 or 11 July 1836 – 3 February 1921) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as

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from 1896 to 1921.

Biography

Early life and education

Félix-Auguste Béguinot was born, according to various sources, on either 10 or 11 July 1836, in Bannay,

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. He was educated at the Seminary of Bourges and was ordained a priest of the

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on 25 February 1860. By 1896, he was serving as

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of the Archdiocese of Bourges.

Episcopacy

He was selected as Bishop of the Diocese of Nîmes on 30 May 1896, and was confirmed on 22 June of that same year. His

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took place on 24 August 1896, with Archbishop of Bourges Cardinal

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serving as

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and Bishop

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, and Bishop Claude Bardel,

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of Bourges, serving as co-consecrators. He was installed as Bishop of Nîmes on 8 September 1896. An excellent and prolific

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, he strongly opposed the French government's laws that resulted in the closure of

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s, confiscation of the property of and expulsion of religious orders, and the decreed

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. On 13 December he was driven from the diocesan headquarters, and he fled with many of the faithful to Rue Robert in

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, where he died on 3 February 1921. Throughout his episcopacy, he was principal consecrator of two bishops, Jean-Augustin Germain in 1897 and Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel in 1903. He served as co-consecrator of three bishops, Sébastien Herscher in 1900, Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet in 1901, and Honoré-Paul-Émile Halle in 1916.

Episcopal lineage

* Bishop Francesco Ravizza * Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre (1671) * Bishop

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(1706) * Cardinal

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(1707) * Cardinal

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, OCSA (1746) * Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, OSA (1773) * Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea,

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, OFM (1840) * Archbishop

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(1878) * Bishop Félix Béguinot (1896)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beguinot, Felix 1836 births 1921 deaths 19th-century French Roman Catholic bishops 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France Bishops of Nîmes

Biography

Early life and education

Episcopacy

Episcopal lineage

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