Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac

Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac (born at Montpellier, department of Hérault, 3 December 1806; died there 17 November 1875) was a French bishop.


Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac
Archbishop of Lyon
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseLyon
SeeLyon
Appointed27 June 1870
Term ended17 November 1875
PredecessorLouis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald
SuccessorLouis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot
Previous post(s)Bishop of Grenoble (1853-70)
Orders
Ordination27 March 1830
Consecration1 May 1853
by Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles
Personal details
Born
Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac

3 December 1806
Died17 November 1875(1875-11-17) (aged 68)
Montpellier, French Third Republic
BuriedLyon Cathedral
ParentsPierre Ginoulhiac
Pierrette Élisabeth Nourrit
MottoDei sapientia
Coat of armsJacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac's coat of arms

Biography

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Immediately after his ordination to the priesthood (1830) he was appointed professor in the seminary at Montpellier and later (1839) vicar-general at Aix. Consecrated Bishop of Grenoble in 1853, he was appointed the following year assistant to the pontifical throne, and knight of the Legion of Honour.

At the Council of the Vatican, Ginoulhiac spoke publicly on philosophical errors (30 December 1869), on the rule of faith (22 March and 1 April 1870), and on the pope's infallibility (23 May and 28 June 1870). On this latter point he sided with the minority and left Rome before the session of 18 July, in which the doctrine was defined.

In 1870 he was transferred from Grenoble to the archiepiscopal See of Lyon. Fearing the Prussian invasion, the inhabitants of Lyon vowed to erect a basilica at Fourvières if the city were spared. The written pledge, signed by thousands of inhabitants, was placed on the altar of the Blessed Virgin by the archbishop himself. In 1873, in fulfillment of this promise, he laid the cornerstone of the edifice which stands on the hill of Fourvières.

Works

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While at Grenoble, Bishop Ginoulhiac wrote and published several letters and pastorals, especially on the condition of the Pontifical States (1860), on Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus (1863) and on the accusations of the press against the Encyclical of 8 December 1864 and the Syllabus (1865).

His works are:

  • Histoire du dogme catholique pendant les trois premiers siècles de l' Eglise et jusqu'au concile de Nicée (Paris, 1852, 1865)
  • Les épîtres pastorales, ou reflexions dogmatiques et morales sur les epitres de Saint Paul à Timothée et à Tite (Paris, 1866)
  • Le concile oecuménique (Paris, 1869)
  • Le sermon sur la montagne (Lyons, 1872)
  • Les origines du christianisme, a posthumous work published by Canon Servonnet (Paris, 1878)

References

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  • La France Ecclesiastique (Paris, 1876), 765-9
  • L'episcopat français (Paris, 1907).
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  •   Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

See also

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.