Alexis-Armand Charost

Alexis-Armand Charost (14 November 1860 – 7 November 1930) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rennes from 1921 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1922.

His Eminence

Alexis-Armand Charost
Archbishop of Rennes
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseRennes
SeeRennes
Appointed22 September 1921
Term ended7 November 1930
PredecessorAuguste-René-Marie Dubourg
SuccessorRené-Pierre Mignen
Other postsCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1922-30)
Orders
Ordination19 May 1883
Consecration13 May 1913
by Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg
Created cardinal11 December 1922
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth nameAlexis-Armand Charost
Born14 November 1860
Le Mans, Second French Empire
Died7 November 1930(1930-11-07) (aged 69)
Rennes, French Third Republic
BuriedRennes Cathedral
ParentsAlexis Isidore Joseph Charost
Marie Louise Girault
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Alma mater
MottoPer ipsam cum ipsa in ipsa
Styles of
Alexis Charost
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeRennes

Biography

Alexis Charost was born in Le Mans, and studied at the seminary in Le Mans, Pontifical French Seminary in Rome, and Catholic University of Angers. He was ordained to the priesthood on 19 May 1883, and then taught at the collège Sainte-Croix of Le Mans until 1892.[1][2] Charost served as director of the Internship of Notre Dame de la Couture in Le Mans from 1892 to 1894, whence he became secretary to Archbishop Guillaume Labouré. He was later made titular canon of the cathedral chapter of Rennes in 1899, and vicar general and director of secondary studies of the same in 1909.

On 14 February 1913, Charost was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai and Titular Bishop of Milopotamus by Pope Pius X. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 13 May from Archbishop Auguste Dubourg, with Bishops François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire and Olivier de Durfort de Civbac serving as co-consecrators, in the metropolitan cathedral of Rennes.

Charost was later named the first Bishop of Lille on 21 November of that same year, and served as acting Chancellor of Lille Catholic University in 1915, rising to become full Chancellor in 1919. During World War I, he encouraged the Catholics under his jurisdiction to practice passive resistance against the German Empire, who had occupied Lille;[3] the Bishop also protested the Germans' actions to Cardinal Felix von Hartmann.[4] On 15 June 1920, he was promoted to Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes and Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia. Charost later succeeded Cardinal Dubourg as Archbishop of Rennes upon the latter's death on 22 September 1921.

Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria in the consistory of 11 December 1922. Charost served as papal legate to the centennial celebrations in honor of Cardinal Charles Lavigerie in Algiers on 25 August 1925, to the fiftieth anniversary of the Catholic University of Lille on 14 March 1927, and to the celebrations in honor of St. Thérèse de Lisieux in Lisieux on 15 September 1929.

The Cardinal died in Rennes, at age 69. He is buried in the Cathedral of Rennes.

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k412897t/f1.textePage.langFR
  3. TIME Magazine. Milestones 17 November 1930
  4. New York Times. CALLED LILLE PLEA WICKED; Germans Scolded Archbishop for Receiving It, Mgr. Charost Says 25 March 1919
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
none		 Bishop of Lille
1913–1920		 Succeeded by
Hector-Raphaël Quilliet
Preceded by
Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg		 Archbishop of Rennes
1921–1930		 Succeeded by
René-Pierre Mignen
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