His Eminence

Louis-Joseph Maurin
Archbishop of Lyon
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseLyon
SeeLyon
Appointed1 December 1916
Installed25 January 1917
Term ended16 November 1936
PredecessorHector-Irénée Sévin
SuccessorPierre-Marie Gerlier
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1916–36)
Orders
Ordination8 April 1882
Consecration24 October 1911
by Paulin-Pierre Andrieu
Created cardinal4 December 1916
by Pope Benedict XV
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Louis-Joseph Maurin

15 February 1859
La Ciotat, Second French Empire
Died16 November 1936(1936-11-16) (aged 77)
Lyon, French Third Republic
BuriedLyon Cathedral
Previous post(s)
MottoCor Unum et anima una
Styles of
Louis-Joseph Maurin
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeLyon

Louis-Joseph Maurin (15 February 1859 – 16 November 1936) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon.

Biography

He was born in La Ciotat to Dominique-François and Joséphine-Françoise Arnaud.[1] He studied in Marseilles and Rome, and obtained a doctorate in theology and a licentiate in canon law.[2]

Maurin was ordained to the priesthood on 8 April 1882 in Rome. He did pastoral work in the diocese of Marseille from 1882 until 1911. On 1 September 1911 Pope Pius X appointed him Bishop of Grenoble, being consecrated by Pierre Andrieu in October of that year.

He remained in Grenoble until Pope Benedict XV appointed him Archbishop of Lyon on 1 December 1916.[3] Three days later he was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio. Cardinal Maurin voted in the conclave of 1922 that elected Pope Pius XI.

He died in office on 16 November 1936 and he is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Lyon.[3]

References

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