Denis Auguste Affre
Catholic Archbishop of Paris killed in June 1848 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Denis-Auguste Affre (27 September 1793 – 27 June 1848) was a French clergyman who served as Archbishop of Paris from 1840 to 1848. He was killed while trying to negotiate peace during the June Days uprising of 1848.
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Denis-Auguste Affre | |
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Archbishop of Paris | |
See | Paris |
Installed | 4 June 1840 |
Term ended | 27 June 1848 |
Predecessor | Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen |
Successor | Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour |
Other post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (1839–1840); Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (1839–1840); Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens and then of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Luçon (1823–1833) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 16 May 1818 |
Consecration | 6 August 1840 by Cardinal Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais |
Personal details | |
Born | (1793-09-28)September 28, 1793 Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, Aveyron, France |
Died | June 27, 1848(1848-06-27) (aged 54) Paris, France |
Buried | Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
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His cause for beatification has commenced and he is therefore titled a Servant of God.[1]