Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré (27 October 1841 – 21 April 1906) was a French

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and

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Biography

Born in Achiet-le-Petit, he studied at Saint-Sulpice Seminary in

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and was

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to the priesthood on 23 September 1865.Diocese of Fréjus Toulon website, ''Mgr Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré (1841-1906), chanoine d'honneur''
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Diocese of Arras The Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer)'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal s ...

, he served as a

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and

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of its

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and also

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. On 27 March 1885 he was appointed Bishop of

Le Mans Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII (; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2March 181020July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the Ap ...

. He received his

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on the following 31 May from Archbishop Guillaume Meignan, with Bishops Clovis Catteau and Désire Donnel serving as

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. He was promoted to the

Archdiocese of Rennes The Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Rhedonensis, Dolensis et Sancti Maclovii''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo''; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The dioces ...

on 15 June 1893 and named an

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on 26 June 1896. Leo XIII created him

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of S. Maria Nuova e S. Francesca in Foro Romano in the

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of 19 April 1897. He participated in the papal conclave of 1903, which elected

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. During a time of opposition between the French Republic and the Church, he took a stance of appeasement. He died in

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and was buried in the

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there.

References

External links

Catholic-Hierarchy

Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Diocesan Library of Rennes
Pastoral letters {{DEFAULTSORT:Laboure, Guillaume-Marie-Joseph 1841 births 1906 deaths People from Pas-de-Calais 19th-century French cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII Bishops of Le Mans Archbishops of Rennes 20th-century French cardinals