Pierre-Hector Coullié (14 March 1829 – 12 September 1912) was a

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prelate who served as

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from 1893 to 1912. He was previously

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from 1878 to 1893 and was made a

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in 1897.

Early life and priesthood

Pierre-Hector Coullié was born in

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. He was educated at Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs and the Saint-Sulpice Seminary,

. He was ordained on 23 December 1854. After his ordination he served in the

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of its

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; vicar at Ste-Marguerite, St-Eustache, and Notre Dame des Victoires churches from 1854 until 1876.

Episcopate

He was appointed as

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of ''Sidonia'' and appointed

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Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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on 15 June 1893. During the 1896 Congress of the Christian Democrats in Lyon, he spoke against the meeting due to agenda items which he saw as anti-Semitic; the items did not appear in the following year’s Congress. Museum of the Diocese of Lyon website, ''Pierre Hector Coullié, 1829-1912''
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Cardinalate

He was created

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in the consistory of April 19, 1897; received red hat and title of '' SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio'', March 24, 1898. He also participated in the

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. Florida International University, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, ''Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of April 19, 1897''
/ref> Coullié died on September 12, 1912, in Lyon, and is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Lyon.

References

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