Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen
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His Grace Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen | |
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Archbishop of Paris, Peer of France | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Paris |
See | Notre-Dame de Paris |
Installed | 20 October 1821 |
Term ended | 31 December 1839 |
Predecessor | Alexandre-Angélique Talleyrand de Périgord |
Successor | Denis Auguste Affre |
Other post(s) | Vicar-General of Paris |
Personal details | |
Born | (1778-10-08)8 October 1778 Paris, France |
Died | 31 December 1839(1839-12-31) (aged 61) Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | College of Navarre, Paris |
Coat of arms | |
Member of the Chamber of Peers | |
In office 31 October 1822 – 31 August 1830 | |
Hyacinthe-Louis De Quélen (8 October 1778 – 31 December 1839) was an Archbishop of Paris.
Biography
De Quélen was born in Paris, in the Quélen noble Breton family. His motto "Em Pob Emser Quelen" and the older Breton expression for "Better death than dishonour" figure in stained glass in the Lazarist church in the rue de Sèvres. He was educated at the College of Navarre and the seminary in St. Sulpice.[1]
Ordained in 1807, he served a year as Vicar-General of Saint-Brieuc and then became secretary to Joseph Fesch, uncle to Napoleon Bonaparte. When the latter was exiled from his diocese of Lyon under the Bourbon Restoration, de Quélen exercised his ministry at Saint-Sulpice and in the military hospitals. Under the Bourbons, he became successively spiritual director of the schools in the archdiocese, Vicar-General of Paris, and coadjutor archbishop to the Cardinal de Talleyrand-Périgord, succeeding the latter in 1821.[2]
A good preacher, he was favored by Louis XVIII and then Charles X, but retained some measure of independence. As a peer of the realm he opposed, on behalf of the middle classes, the conversion of the national debt. At his reception into the Académie française he publicly lauded Chateaubriand, then in disgrace. While blessing the cornerstone of the Chapelle Expiatoire, he requested in vain an amnesty for the exiled members of the Convention. The ordinance of 1828, disbanding the Jesuits and limiting the recruiting of the clergy, was also issued against his advice.[2]
Although de Quélen had not approved of the royal ordinance of July 1830, which aimed at restoring absolute monarchy and instead triggered the July Revolution, he was nevertheless held in suspicion of legitimism by the House of Orléans. On one occasion Louis-Philippe said to him: "Archbishop, remember that more than one mitre has been torn asunder". "Sire", replied the archbishop, "God protect the crown of the king, for many royal crowns too have been shattered".[2]
Apart from official functions such as the christening of the Comte de Paris, the funeral of the Duke of Orléans and the Te Deum sung in honour of the French victory in Africa, he confined himself to visiting the parishes of the diocese, looking after the religious instruction of military recruits, and organizing his clergy. In the outbreaks which followed the Revolution of 1830 the archbishop was twice driven from his palace by mobs.[1] However, when the epidemic of 1832 broke out, he transformed his seminaries into hospitals, personally ministered to the sick at the Hôtel-Dieu, and founded at his own expense the "Oeuvre des orphelins du choléra".
He is also remembered for denying the Last Sacraments to the dying Henri Grégoire unless the latter would retract his oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which Grégoire refused to do.
De Quélen himself died shortly after, having witnessed the conversion of the apostate Bishop of Autun, the Prince de Talleyrand, whose sincerity was later questioned. Ravignan eulogized him at Notre-Dame, and Louis-Mathieu Molé at the Académie française. From de Quélen's episcopate date the "Société de St. Vincent de Paul,"[3] the "Conferences apologétiques de Notre-Dame" and several religious institutes, among which are the nursing Sisters of Bon-Secours.[4]
Legacy
Besides the eulogies on Louis XVI (Paris, 1816), on Madame Elizabeth (Paris, 1817), on the Duke de Berry (Paris, 1830), his "Discours de réception à l'académie française" (Paris, 1824), and some 120 pastoral letters, there are the "Manuels pour l'administration des Sacrements de l'Eucharistie et de l'Extrême-Onction: du Baptême des Enfants: du Marriage" (3 vols., Paris, 1837–38) collected in the "Rituel de Paris".
References
- ^ a b "Quelen, Hyacinthe Louis De", The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. James Strong and John McClintock; Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c Sollier, Joseph. "Hyacinthe-Louis De Quelen." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 13 August 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Bertrin, Georges. "Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 7 May 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Meehan, Thomas. "Institutes of Bon Secours." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Hyacinthe-Louis de Quelen". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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Preceded by | Archbishop of Paris 1821–1839 | Succeeded by |
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- Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy (1771)
- Emmanuel Félicité de Durfort, Duke of Duras (1775)
- Dominique Joseph Garat (1803)
- Louis François de Bausset (1816)
- Hyacinthe Louis de Quélen (1824)
- Louis Mathieu Molé, Count Molé (1840)
- Frédéric Alfred Pierre, Count of Falloux (1856)
- Octave Gréard (1886)
- Émile Gebhart (1904)
- Raymond Poincaré (1909)
- Jacques Bainville (1935)
- Joseph de Pesquidoux (1936)
- Maurice Genevoix (1946)
- Jacques de Bourbon, Count of Busset (1981)
- François Cheng (2002)