Pierre-Hector Coullié

Pierre-Hector Coullié (14 March 1829 – 12 September 1912) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1893 to 1912. He was previously Bishop of Orléans from 1878 to 1893 and was made a cardinal in 1897.

His Eminence Pierre-Hector Coullié
Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Lyon
Appointed	15 June 1893
Term ended	12 September 1912
Predecessor	Joseph-Alfred Foulon
Successor	Hector-Irénée Sévin
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1898–1912)
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Sidon (1876–78) Coadjutor Bishop of Orléans (1876–78) Bishop of Orléans (1878–93)
Orders
Ordination	23 December 1854
Consecration	19 November 1876 by Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert
Created cardinal	19 April 1897 by Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Pierre-Hector Coullié 14 March 1829 Paris, French Kingdom
Died	12 September 1912(1912-09-12) (aged 83) Lyon, French Third Republic
Buried	Lyon Cathedral
Parents	Pierre Marie Coullié Nicole Lepant
Motto	Obedientia et dilectio
Coat of arms

Styles of Pierre-Hector Coullié
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Lyon

Early life and priesthood

Pierre-Hector Coullié was born in Paris, France. He was educated at Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs and the Saint-Sulpice Seminary, Paris.^[1]

He was ordained on 23 December 1854.^[2] After his ordination he served in the Archdiocese of Paris as professor of its minor seminary; vicar at Ste-Marguerite, St-Eustache, and Notre Dame des Victoires churches from 1854 until 1876.^{[citation needed]}

Episcopate

He was appointed as titular bishop of Sidonia and appointed coadjutor bishop of Orléans on 29 September 1876. He succeeded to the see of Orléans on 11 October 1878. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Lyon on 15 June 1893.^[3]

During the 1896 Congress of the Christian Democrats in Lyon, he spoke against the meeting due to agenda items which he saw as anti-Semitic; the items did not appear in the following year’s Congress.^[4]

Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest in the consistory of April 19, 1897; received red hat and title of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio, March 24, 1898. He also participated in the conclave of 1903.^[5]

Coullié died on September 12, 1912, in Lyon, and is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Lyon.^[5]