Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard (7 June 1906,
Avelin
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, Nord – 8 October 1983,
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Roman Catholic Cardinal and
Archbishop of Lyon. He was ordained on 12 July 1931 in
Lille.
Life and career
He taught at
Marcq College,
Baraeul in 1933–1936, and then taught at the
seminary of Haubourdin until 1938. He continued his teaching through the
Second World War at the
Catholic University of Lille
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until 1943, and also did pastoral work in the
diocese of Lille until 1947.
On 19 August 1953
Pope Pius XII
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appointed Renard
Bishop of Versailles, and on 28 May 1967 he was appointed to the
metropolitan see of
Lyon by
Pope Paul VI. He was created
Cardinal-Priest of ''
SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio
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'' on 26 June 1967 by Pope Paul.
He took part in both
conclaves of 1978 that elected
Pope John Paul I and
Pope John Paul II. He retired as Archbishop at the age of 75. Cardinal Renard died 1983 after a surgery, at the age of 77.
References
External links
''The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church''
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1906 births
1983 deaths
People from Nord (French department)
20th-century French cardinals
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Archbishops of Lyon
Bishops of Versailles
Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI