Pierre Andrieu

Pierre -Paulin Cardinal Andrieu ( born December 7, 1849 in Seysses, France, † February 15, 1935 in Bordeaux) was Archbishop of Bordeaux.

Life

Pierre -Paulin Andrieu studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the seminary of Toulouse and was ordained a priest in 1874. After several months of working as a community chaplain he became personal secretary in 1875 the Archbishop of Toulouse. From 1880 to 1901 he served as Vicar General of the Administration of the Archbishopric of Toulouse.

1901 he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII. Archbishop of Marseille. He received his episcopal consecration on 25 July 1901, the then Archbishop of Toulouse, Jean -Augustin Germain. On December 16, 1907, Pope Pius X took as cardinal priest with the titular church of Sant 'Onofrio on the College of Cardinals, and two years later appointed him Archbishop of Bordeaux. Pierre -Paulin Andrieu went as a representative of the strict anti-modernism with several publications in the French history. He died on 15 February 1935 in Bordeaux and was buried in the local cathedral.