Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu (1796–1875) was a French cardinal of the

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and archbishop of Besançon.

Life

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"Mathieu, Jacques Marie Adrien Cesaire", ''The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature''. (James Strong and John McClintock, eds.) Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880
and worked for a solicitor, managing property for the Montmorency family. In 1819, Mathieu entered Saint-Sulpice Seminary 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.Miranda, Salvador. "MATHIEU, Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire", Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Florida International University
/ref> He was elected bishop of Langres on 17 December 1832. On 10 February 1833 he was consecrated in the Carmelite Church on the

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in Paris, by Archbishop

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assisted by Bishops Pierre-Marie Cottret and Marie-Joseph de Prilly. On 30 September 1834 he assumed the metropolitan see of Besançon, where he remained until his death. On 30 September 1850

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elevated him to cardinal; in 1852 he became

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. 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. He participated in the deliberations of

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. He died on 9 July 1875 in Besançon. Mathieu is the author of "Devoirs Du Sacerdoce ou Traité de la Dignité, de la Perfection, des Obligations... du Prêtre Catholique", and an "Office of the Mass and Vespers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Latin and in French..." ( 1874 )"Jacques Marie Adrien Césaire Mathieu (1796-1875)", Bibliothèque nationale de France
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References

External links

catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed 4 May 2020. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathieu, Jacques-Marie-Adrien 1796 births 1875 deaths 19th-century French cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX Seminary of Saint-Sulpice (France) alumni