Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert

Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf ipɔlit ɡibɛʁ]; 13 December 1802 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône – 1886, Paris) was a French Catholic Archbishop of Paris and Cardinal. A member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, his tenure as archbishop saw the establishment of the Institut Catholique de Paris and the construction of Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre.

His Eminence Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert O.M.I.
Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Paris
See	Paris
Appointed	27 October 1871
Term ended	8 July 1886
Predecessor	Georges Darboy
Successor	François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1874–86)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Viviers (1842–57) Archbishop of Tours (1857–71)
Orders
Ordination	14 August 1825 by Fortuné-Charles de Mazenod
Consecration	11 March 1842 by Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod
Created cardinal	22 December 1873 by Pope Pius IX
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert 13 December 1802[1] Aix-en-Provence, French First Republic
Died	8 July 1886(1886-07-08) (aged 83) Paris, French Third Republic
Buried	Notre-Dame de Paris (1886–1925) Sacred Heart Basilica (from 1925)
Parents	Pierre Guibert Rose-Françoise Pécout
Motto	Suaviter ac fortiter
Coat of arms

Life

Saint-Jean-de-Malte, Aix-en-Provence

Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert was born on 13 December 1802, Aix-en-Provence to Pierre and Rose-Françoise Pécout Guilbert. His father was a farmer and property manager for the Count of Felix. Joseph Hippolyte was baptized on 19 December in the Church of St. John of Malta, where he was later an altar boy, and took Latin classes.^[1]

In 1819, Guibert entered the major seminary in Aix, and received minor orders on 1 June 1822. Despite the opposition of his father, he joined the "Missionaries of Provence" and began his novitiate in January 1823^[1] Guibert was ordained a priest in 1825.^[2]

Institut catholique, Paris

Guibert was appointed bishop of Viviers in 1841, and archbishop of Tours in 1857. He attended the First Vatican Council, where he was counted among the moderates. He became Archbishop of Paris in 1871, and a Cardinal in 1873. Cardinal Guibert called upon Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d'Hulst to take part in the administration of the diocese, but he was engaged principally in founding and organizing the Université Catholique de Paris.^[3]

Basilique-Sacre Coeur, Paris

Guibert participated in the 1878 conclave. His tenure also saw the construction of Sacré-Cœur, Paris.^[4]

Guibert died on 8 July 1886 in Paris and is buried in Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre.^[5]

His writings are collected in the Oeuvres pastorales (5 vols., 1868-89).^[6]