Jean-Baptiste de Belloy

Jean-Baptiste de Belloy

Jean-Baptiste de Belloy (b. 9 October1709, at Morangles in the Diocese of Beauvais; d. in Paris, 10 June1808) was a French Archbishop of Paris and Cardinal.

Although of an ancient family of military fame, young Belloy preferred an ecclesiastical career, made his classical and theological studies at Paris, where he was ordained priest, and received the degree of Doctor in Theology in 1737. In the ministry he shone more by his virtue than by his learning.

His bishop, Cardinal Léon Potier de Gesvres, appointed him vicar-general and archdeacon of his cathedral. In 1751 he was consecrated Bishop of Glandeves. At the famous Assembly of the French Clergy of 1755, he took sides with the moderate party and contributed to the restoration of tranquillity in the Church of France. Dissensions occasioned by the papal bull "Unigenitus" had become so great in the Diocese of Marseilles that, at the death of the Bishop de Belsunce, there was imminent danger of schism. Bishop de Belloy was transferred to that see; he gained the confidence of both parties and restored peace.

In July, 1790, the National Assembly decreed the suppression of the Diocese of Marseilles. The bishop withdrew, but sent to the assembly a letter of protest against the suppression of one of the oldest episcopal sees of France. He retired to Chambly, a little town near his native place, where he remained during the most critical period of the Revolution. When, in 1801, the sovereign pontiff decided that the French bishops should tender their resignation in order to facilitate the conclusion of the Concordat, he was the first to comply, setting the example which exercised great influence over the other bishops.

Napoleon, highly pleased with this act of devotion to Church and State, appointed the nonagenarian bishop to the See of Paris. Notwithstanding his extreme age he governed his new diocese with astonishing vigour and intelligence, reorganized the parishes, provided them with good pastors, and visited his flock in person. He restored the Crown of Thorns(10 August, 1806) to its place of honour in the Sainte Chapelle. Napoleon was so well satisfied that he asked and readily obtained for him the cardinal's hat, which Pius VII placed on the prelate's head in a consistory held in Paris, 1 February, 1805.

He is buried in Notre Dame, Paris, where the monument erected by Napoleon in his honour is one of the finest in the cathedral.

References

*Honoré Fisquet, "La France pontificale" (Paris), I, 542-556
*François-Xavier de Feller, "Biographie Universelle", II, 199.
*web cite|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02418a.htm|title=Jean-Baptiste de Belloy|work=Catholic Encyclopedia

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1803.htm#Belloy Biography]


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