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Hector Sévin

His Eminence

Hector-Irénée Sévin
Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseLyon
SeeLyon
Appointed2 December 1912
Term ended4 May 1916
PredecessorPierre-Hector Coullié
SuccessorLouis-Joseph Maurin
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1914–16)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Châlons-en-Champagne (1908–12)
Orders
Ordination10 June 1876
by Jean-Joseph Marchal
Consecration5 April 1908
by Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon
Created cardinal25 May 1914
by Pope Pius X
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Hector-Irénée Sevin

22 March 1852
Simandre, Second French Empire
Died4 May 1916(1916-05-04) (aged 64)
Lyon, French Third Republic
MottoDona mihi populum meum
Styles of
Hector Sévin
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeLyon

Hector Sévin (22 March 1852 – 4 May 1916) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1912 to 1916.[1] He was made a cardinal in 1914.

Hector Sévin was born in Simandre, France to farmers Claude and Rosalee Sévin.[2] He was educated at the Seminary of Belley and he received the diaconate on 22 May 1875.

Priesthood

He was ordained on 7 June 1876. He served as subdirector of the institute for the deaf and mute in Bourg from 1875 until 1876 then as Professor of dogmatic theology, Scriptures, and ecclesiastical history at the Seminary of Belley from 1876 until 1889 and was its rector from 1889 to 1891. He was the Vicar general of the diocese of Belley in 1904.

Episcopate

He was appointed as bishop of Châlons on 11 February 1908 by Pope Pius X. He was consecrated on 5 April 1908 in the cathedral of Belley, by Louis Luçon, Cardinal Archbishop of Reims. He was promoted to metropolitan see of Lyon on 12 December 1912.

Hector Sévin on the funeral bier in Lyon on 11 May 1916.

Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio in the consistory of May 25, 1914 by Pope Pius X. He took part in the conclave of 1914 that elected Pope Benedict XV.

He died in 1916 of peritonitis.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Cardinals of the 20th Century". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Consistory of May 25, 1914". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
Preceded by Archbishop of Lyon
12 December 1912 – 4 May 1916 		Succeeded by
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