His Eminence François de Rovérié de Cabrières
Bishop of Montpellier
The cardinal seen in a postcard.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Montpellier
See	Montpellier
Appointed	16 January 1874
Term ended	21 December 1921
Predecessor	François-Marie-Joseph Lecourtier
Successor	René-Pierre Mignen
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1911-21)
Orders
Ordination	24 September 1853 by Jean-François-Marie Cart
Consecration	19 March 1874 by Claude-Henri-Augustin Plantier
Created cardinal	27 November 1911 by Pope Pius X
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières 30 August 1830 Beaucaire, Nîmes, French Kingdom
Died	21 December 1921(1921-12-21) (aged 91) Montpellier, French Third Republic
Buried	Montpellier Cathedral
Parents	Eugène de Cabrières Yvonne Guillemette Du Vivier de Fay-Solignac
Motto	Non humore terrae vigebit - nihil nisi divinum timere
Coat of arms

Styles of François de Rovérié de Cabrières
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Montpellier

François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières (30 August 1830 – 21 December 1921) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Montpellier from 1874 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911.

Biography

François de Rovérié de Cabrières was born in Beaucaire, and studied at College of the Assumption in Nîmes, and the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris.

He was ordained to the priesthood on 24 September 1853 and then did pastoral work in Nîmes until 1874, serving as director of the Minor Seminary of Nîmes and of Collège de l'Assomption (1855-1859), and private secretary to Bishop Claude-Henri Plantier. He was also made a cathedral canon on 5 January 1871, and later honorary vicar general.

On 16 January 1874, Rovérié was appointed Bishop of Montpellier by Pope Pius IX. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 19 March from Bishop Plantier, with Bishops Julien Meirireu and Gaspard Mermillod serving as co-consecrators. Rovérié was granted the right to wear the pallium, traditionally reserved for metropolitan bishops, on 15 July 1890.

Pope Pius X created him Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria in the consistory of 27 November 1911. Rovérié was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1914 papal conclave, which selected Pope Benedict XV.

Cardinal Rovérié died in Montpellier, at the age of 91. He is buried in the cathedral of Montpellier.

References

External links

• Works by or about François de Rovérié de Cabrières at Internet Archive
• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
• Catholic-Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}