Louis-Édouard-François-Desiré Pie

Louis-Édouard-François-Desiré Pie (26 September 1815 – 18 May 1880), also referred to as Cardinal Pie, was a French Catholic bishop of Poitiers and cardinal, known for his ultramontanism and defence of the social reign of Christ the King.


Louis-Édouard-François-Desiré Pie
Bishop of Poitiers
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DiocesePoitiers
SeePoitiers
Appointed28 September 1849
Term ended18 May 1880
PredecessorAndré-Joseph Guitton
SuccessorJacques-Edne-Henri-Philadelphe Bellot des Minières
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1879–80)
Orders
Ordination25 May 1839
by Claude-Hippolyte Clausel de Montals
Consecration25 November 1849
by Claude-Hippolyte Clausel de Montals
Created cardinal12 May 1879
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Louis-Édouard-François-Desiré Pie

26 September 1815
Died18 May 1880(1880-05-18) (aged 64)
Angoulême, France
MottoEgo Tuus sum
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