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Pierre Veuillot

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Church
  
Roman Catholic

Successor
  
Francois Marty

Installed
  
1 December 1966

Predecessor
  
Maurice Feltin

Term ended
  
14 February 1968

Ordination
  
March 26, 1939

Name
  
Pierre Veuillot


Pierre Veuillot

Other posts
  
Cardinal-Priest of San Luigi dei Francesi Bishop of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites

Consecration
  
1 July 1959 by Maurice Feltin

Created Cardinal
  
26 June 1967 by Paul VI

Died
  
February 14, 1968, Paris, France

Place of burial
  
Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France

Archdiocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris

Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot (5 January 1913 – 14 February 1968) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris.

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Life

He was ordained on 26 March 1939 in Paris. He served as a member of the parochial clergy until 1942, when he went to work in the Vatican Secretariat of State. In 1959 Pope John XXIII appointed him Bishop of Angers. He remained in Angers until 12 June 1961, when he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris with the titular see of Constantia in Thracia. He succeeded as Archbishop of Paris on 1 December 1966. He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of San Luigi dei Francesi by Pope Paul VI on 26 June 1967. He died suddenly of leukemia on 14 February 1968 at the age of 55, having been a cardinal for only 6 months.

References

Pierre Veuillot Wikipedia