Clément-Émile Roques (8 December 1880—4 September 1964) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rennes from 1940 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.[1]


Clément-Émile Roques
Archbishop of Rennes
Roques between 1934 and 1940.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseRennes
SeeRennes
Appointed11 May 1940
Term ended4 September 1964
PredecessorRené-Pierre Mignen
SuccessorPaul Gouyon
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina (1946-64)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Montauban (1929-34)
Archbishop of Aix (1934-40)
Orders
Ordination2 April 1904
by Louis-Eugène Francqueville
Consecration24 June 1929
by Pierre-Célestin Cézerac
Created cardinal18 February 1946
by Pope Pius XII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Clément-Émile Roques

8 December 1880
Saint Pierre des Ports, Graulhet, French Third Republic
Died4 September 1964(1964-09-04) (aged 83)
Rennes, France
BuriedRennes Cathedral
MottoIn fide et lenitate
("In faith and sweetness")
Styles of
Clément-Émile Roques
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeRennes

Biography

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Born in Graulhet, Clément-Émile Roques studied at the seminary in Albi and the Catholic Institute of Toulouse before being ordained to the priesthood on 2 April 1904. He then served as a professor, administrator, the prefect of studies, and superior of the seminary of Barral, in Castres, until 1929.

On 15 April 1929 Roques was appointed Bishop of Montauban by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 24 June from Archbishop Pierre-Celestin Cézerac, with Archbishop Jules-Géraud Saliège and Bishop Charles Challiol serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Albi. Roques was later named Archbishop of Aix on 24 December 1934, and Archbishop of Rennes on 11 May 1940.

Pope Pius XII created him Cardinal Priest of S. Balbina in the consistory of 18 February 1946. He was papal legate to the 1947 National Eucharistic Congress in Nantes, and to the 1956 Congress in his see of Rennes. A cardinal elector in the 1958 papal conclave, Roques lived only long enough to attend the first two sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1963, and participate in the conclave of 1963 that selected Pope Paul VI. During his tenure as Archbishop, the Cardinal confirmed three miracles attributed to Our Lady of Lourdes.[2]

Roques died in Rennes aged 83. He is buried in the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter.

References

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  1. ^ Jean-Louis Clément Les évêques au temps de Vichy - Page 22 "Mgr Clément Roques, archevêque d'Aix-en-Provence, ..."
  2. ^ The Work of God. Approved Miracles
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Montauban
1929–1934
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Aix
1934–1940
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Rennes
1940–1964
Succeeded by