The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-13
MONsIGNOR DUPINLOUP DEAD.
Tho Famous Bishop OF Orieans-Iis Long and
Eventfui Career.

The sudden death Of Felix Antoine Philippe
Dupanloup Bishop OF Orleans. Senator and
member Of the Academy. Is announced by tho
cable. In the present dnarth Of men OF genius
in the French Episcopate. he will he greatly
missed. The full list Of the French hierarchy
contains the names ~ seventeen Archbishots
and seventy three Bishops yet who. outside
Of France. has ever heard OF any o. them. save
Dupanloup and possibly. La Tour d'Auverene?
The reputation ~ the latter was entirely world
ly. He became famous because he wns a
brother OF the well known diplomatist. an in
innate friend Of Napoleon and Morny. and
man who managed to become Archbishop al
the age OF thirty-iour. With good many peo-
Ole his popularity is still based upon his bou-
doir gaantry and his famous clandest.ne
library which tunhappiy for lovers Of curious
books. but happily for the Archbishops post
norton reputation was destroyed at the time
OF the burning OF his palace at Bourges a few
years ago.
The celebrity OF Bishop Dupanoup is OF
very different kind. He was Just MS much the
ideal OF a noble and venerable prelate as La
Tour dAuvergne was that OF an amiable AMI
clever able He was by no means one 81 the
oldest members Of the French clergy. He was
only &c years OF age. and he had been at the
head 81 the Bishopric q Orleans ever since
uralzed into frenchman when quite child.
After brilliantly completing MS studies in Paris
he was ordained priest IN ls25 and soon be-
came the Chaplin Ot the Duke de Bordeaux.
H. had not reached his thirtieth year when he
was offered the rertorship OF the seminary Of
Paris. hut declined II. pref"rrlng the subordi-
nate position u Superintendent OF Teaching
tprefet des GUIDES. He accepted the higher
post few years later. and held II TIL 1875. Al
the same time he became Professor OF Sacred
EOduence ~ the Sorbonne.
his natural inclinations lay nj all times In the
direction OF scholarly pursuits. When he W ~
appointed Bishop Of Orleans he became AN in
detatigabie preacher. but the education Of tho
young eeneration continued to absorb most ~
his attention. Not tisncl with the work OF
experimenting the schools Of his diocese he
opened a school in his own palace. and the nu-
merous pamphle's and articles written Dy him
tached 'ar more Importance 20 thes" topics than
70 purely clerical matters; A selection from his
umes. under the general title OF De 'Educa-
ton" He was NJ all times very liberal in his
views. and thorough partisan Of the largest
possible extension OF literary studies. His de-
fence Of the pagan classics involved him in
a fierce controversy with the utramonane
party. and WAS the real origin OF all
The great battles he had 70 fight Subsequently
He hated those whom he suspected Of uub"lief;
but his hatred was that OF y sincere Christian.
not OF n fangticM priest. His attacks upon Ed
mund About Littre. Rrnan, Tame and the free
thinkers generally, are well known TO every
body who reads anything. Their result was 10
give the Bishop the reputation OF savage !
trnmontane.; but this was in no way deserved.
VI course tne bitterness OF the contest Hhh an
unfnvorable influence upon him. As he grew
older. and was more frequently attn KIDD by the
free thinkers, he became more obstinate and
more retrogressiye. He gave his adhesion Ia
the syllabus and u all the pIpa encycllcas but
il Is by no means certain that he would have
done 50 had he not been eyasperated by the
abuse Of The maerialistic school OF thinkers,
ana terrified by the general sprend OF lndiifer-
entsm among all classes Of French society.
The liberal tendencies of his earlier days ak
posed him 10 the wrath Of the Ultramontanes.
while his attacks upon the representatives ot
realism and mat"riasm made him appear
stubborn reactiOnlst In tho eyes OF the mass ~
Fren 'hmen. The simple truth II that hc was
too liberal for tho average catholic and too
catholic Tor the average liberal.
In his personal relations no was quiet and
reserved man. but his klnd-heartedness shOne
all over his face. His converse alton. though by
no means vivid or animated was always ENJOY
able and instructive. HIS tastes were Of the
OF his palace and did not seem TO have any ser
want except an old woman, who Kept house Tor
him from the time he first came 10 Orleans.
HIS doors were always open 10 everybody. ana
his purse is said to have been equally So II is
a matter Of history that ne WIS the largest
clerical contributor TO Peters pence.
His attitude during the Franoo-German war.
and especially during the occupation OF Orleans
in the autumn Of 1870 by the German troops.
provoked the admiration not only OF the in
WIDER. but OF all his enemies NJ home
His literary works. when collected. will fur
nlsh admirable material for the study 81 the
Church and educational histories 81 Ia" France
Of our day Tho Memoirs ~ ho il supposed 10
have been writing for moro than ten years past,
II they are ever published may make HIS now
Y certainly not another prelute to hc found III
France who had sc"n so much thought SO much
and fought 50 much, and very few who could
boast liner literary abilities. n. l.. I.