Félix-Auguste Béguinot

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The Most Reverend

Félix-Auguste Béguinot
Bishop of Nîmes
Mgr Béguinot par Louis Emile Pinel de Grandchamp,vers1900.jpg
Portrait of Béguinot by Louis Emile Pinel de Grandchamp, 1900
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeNîmes
Appointed30 May 1896
Term ended3 February 1921
Orders
Ordination25 February 1860
Consecration24 August 1896
by Cardinal Jean-Pierre Boyer
Bishop Stanislas Touchet
Bishop
Personal details
Born10/11 July 1836
Bannay, Cher, France
Died3 February 1921 (age 84)
Nîmes, Gard, France
Education

Félix-Auguste Béguinot (10 or 11 July 1836 – 3 February 1921) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Nîmes from 1896 to 1921.

Biography[]

Early life and education[]

Béguinot was born, according to various sources, on either 10[1] or 11[2][3] July 1836, in Bannay, Cher, Centre, France. He was educated at the [2] and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Bourges on 25 February 1860.[1] By 1896, he was serving as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Bourges.[3]

Episcopacy[]

He was selected as Bishop of the Diocese of Nîmes on 30 May 1896, and was confirmed on 22 June of that same year.[1] His episcopal consecration took place on 24 August 1896, with Archbishop of Bourges Cardinal Jean-Pierre Boyer serving as principal consecrator and Bishop Stanislas Touchet, Bishop of Orléans, and Bishop , Auxiliary Bishop of Bourges, serving as co-consecrators.[1] He was installed as Bishop of Nîmes on 8 September 1896.[1]

An excellent and prolific[2] orator, he strongly opposed the French government's laws that resulted in the closure of Catholic schools, confiscation of the property of and expulsion of religious orders, and the decreed separation of church and state.[1] On 13 December he was driven from the diocesan headquarters, and he fled with many of the faithful to Rue Robert in Nîmes, where he died on 3 February 1921.[3]

Throughout his episcopacy, he was principal consecrator of two bishops, in 1897 and in 1903.[1] He served as co-consecrator of three bishops, in 1900, in 1901, and in 1916.[1]

Episcopal lineage[]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Cheney, David M. "Bishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2016-07-10.[self-published source]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ringrose, Hyacinthe (1910-01-01). The International Who's who: Who's who in the World, Incorporated with the International Blue Book ... a Biographical Dictionary of the World's Notable Living Men and Women. International Who's Who Publishing Company.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Histoire du diocèse de Nîmes, des origines à 1905 [History of the Diocese of Nîmes, from its origins to 1905]. France: Musée du Vieux Nîmes. 1905. p. 14.
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