François de Rovérié de Cabrières

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François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières (August 30, 1830—December 21, 1921) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Montpellier from 1874 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911.

Biography

François de Rovérié de Cabrières was born in Beaucaire, and studied at "Collège de l'Assomption" in Nîmes, and the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris.

He was ordained to the priesthood on September 24, 1853, and then did pastoral work in Nîmes until 1874, serving as director of the Minor Seminary of Nîmes and of "Collège de l'Assomption" (1855-1859), and private secretary to Bishop Claude-Henri Plantier. He was also made a cathedral canon on January 5, 1871, and later honorary vicar general.

On January 16, 1874, Rovérié was appointed Bishop of Montpellier by Pope Pius IX. He received his episcopal consecration on the following March 19 from Bishop Plantier, with Bishops Julien Meirireu and Gaspard Mermillod serving as co-consecrators. Rovérié was granted the right to wear the pallium, traditionally reserved for metropolitan bishops, on July 15, 1890.

Pope Pius X created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Maria della Vittoria" in the consistory of November 27, 1911. Rovérié was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1914 papal conclave, which selected Pope Benedict XV.

The Cardinal died in Montpellier, at the age of 91. He is buried in the Cathedral of Montpellier.

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-r.htm#Roverie Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bderov.html Catholic-Hierarchy]