Paul Marie André Richaud

Paul-Marie-André Richaud (16 April 1887 – 5 February 1968) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Bordeaux from 1950 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.

His Eminence

Paul-Marie-André Richaud
Archbishop of Bordeaux
The then-Bishop Richaud in 1934.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseBordeaux
SeeBordeaux
Appointed10 February 1950
Installed20 March 1950
Term ended5 February 1968
PredecessorMaurice Feltin
SuccessorMarius-Félix-Antoine Maziers
Other postsCardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta (1958-68)
Orders
Ordination28 June 1913
by Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier
Consecration25 January 1934
by Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin
Created cardinal15 December 1958
by Pope John XXIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth namePaul-Marie-André Richaud
Born16 April 1887
Versailles, France
Died5 February 1968(1968-02-05) (aged 80)
Bordeaux, France
Previous post
  • Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria (1933-38)
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (1933-38)
  • Bishop of Laval (1938-50)
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
MottoVinctus Christi
Coat of arms
Styles of
Paul Richaud
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBordeaux

Biography

Paul Richaud was born in Versailles, and there attended the major seminary before going to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Ordained to the priesthood on 28 June 1913, he then finished his studies in 1915 at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum where he obtained a doctorate in philosophy.[1] Richaud did pastoral work in Versailles until 1931, when he became its Vicar General and Vice-Assistant General of the French Catholic Action.

On 19 December 1933 Richaud was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles and Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on 25 January 1934 from Bishop Benjamin Roland-Gosselin, with Bishops Pierre-Marie Gerlier and Georges Louis. Richaud was later named Bishop of Laval on 27 July 1938, and Archbishop of Bordeaux on 10 February 1950.

Pope John XXIII created him Cardinal Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta in the consistory of 15 December 1958. During his tenure at Bordeaux, Richaud expanded parochial schools and gave the laity a more prominent role.[2] He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1963 papal conclave that selected Pope Paul VI.

The Cardinal died from a liver ailment[2] in Bordeaux, at age 80. He is buried in Bordeaux Cathedral.

He greatly encouraged Scouting in France.[3]

gollark: Not wanting it doesn't, though.
gollark: Just stop wanting that.
gollark: I'm mostly procrastinating.
gollark: Look, if I had to know about things before talking about them, then no.
gollark: And it *is* an adjective since you're not using the noun, oh bee.

See also

References
  1. http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-r.htm Accessed 26 May, 2014
  2. TIME Magazine. Milestones February 16, 1968
  3. TIME Magazine. The New Cardinals December 22, 1958
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Joseph Marcadé		 Bishop of Laval
1938–1950		 Succeeded by
Maurice Rousseau
Preceded by
Maurice Feltin		 Archbishop of Bordeaux
1950–1968		 Succeeded by
Marius Maziers


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