Hector Sévin

Hector Sévin (22 March 1852 – 4 May 1916) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Lyon.

His Eminence Hector-Irénée Sévin
Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Lyon
See	Lyon
Appointed	2 December 1912
Term ended	4 May 1916
Predecessor	Pierre-Hector Coullié
Successor	Louis-Joseph Maurin
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1914–16)
Orders
Ordination	10 June 1876 by Jean-Joseph Marchal
Consecration	5 April 1908 by Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon
Created cardinal	25 May 1914 by Pope Pius X
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Hector-Irénée Sevin
Born	22 March 1852 Simandre, Second French Empire
Died	4 May 1916 (aged 64) Lyon, French Third Republic
Previous post	Bishop of Châlons-en-Champagne (1908–12)
Motto	Dona mihi populum meum

Styles of Hector Sévin
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Lyon

Hector Sévin was born in Simandre, France. 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.