Emmanuel Célestin Suhard
French Catholic cardinal and archbishop (1874–1949)
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (French: [emanɥɛl selɛstɛ̃ sɥaʁ]; 5 April 1874 – 30 May 1949) was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1940 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. He was instrumental in the founding of the Mission of France and the worker-priest movement, to bring the clergy closer to the people.
Early life and education
Emmanuel Suhard was born in Brains-sur-les-Marches, Mayenne, to Emmanuel Suhard (died May 1874) and his wife Jeanne Marsollier. Suhard entered the minor (October 1888) and major seminaries (6 October 1892) in Laval. He then went to Rome to study at the Pontifical French Seminary and the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he received a gold medal for his grades. From the Gregorian he also obtained doctorates in philosophy and theology, and a licentiate in canon law. He was ordained to the priesthood on 18 December 1897, in the private chapel of Cardinal Lucido Parocchi, and then finished his studies in 1899.
Priestly ministry
Returning from Rome in June 1899, Suhard was made professor of philosophy at the Grand Seminary of Laval on the following 30 September. He began teaching theology in 1912, and was made the seminary's vice-rector in 1917.
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