Louis-Joseph Maurin (15 February 1859 – 16 November 1936) was a

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and

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Biography

He was born in

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to Dominique-François and Joséphine-Françoise Arnaud. He studied in Marseilles and Rome, and obtained a doctorate in theology and a licentiate in canon law.Musee du Diocese de Lyon website, ''Louis-Joseph Maurin''
/ref> Maurin was ordained to the priesthood on 8 April 1882 in

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. He did pastoral work in the diocese of Marseille from 1882 until 1911. On 1 September 1911

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appointed him

Bishop of Grenoble The Diocese of Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in south-eastern France. The diocese, erected in the 4th century as the Diocese of Grenoble, comprises the department of Isère and the former ...

, being consecrated by Pierre Andrieu in October of that year. He remained in Grenoble until

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appointed him

on 1 December 1916.Florida International University website, ''The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Benedict XV (1914-9122), Consistory of December 4, 1916 (II)''
/ref> 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 Pope Pius XI (; born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, ; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939) was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of the Vatican City State u ...

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maurin, Louis-Joseph 1859 births 1936 deaths 20th-century French cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Benedict XV Bishops of Grenoble Archbishops of Lyon 20th century in Lyon Bishops appointed by Pope Pius X