The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-10-27
aeTn'as 80, and Catholic Messenger,
DEATH or THE 1LLTSTRIOUS BISHOP
DUP1NLOUP.
Clnc rn,u clthllle Telegr.ph.


- Orleane, Anl"ine Philippe Dupanloup.
bright lilhr in the sanctuary of God'i
Church has keen extipguished a heroi,
shepherd Of the flock ot Jesus Christ hat
yielded To death; great doctor whose
elcQnent voice las rung through the worlC
for thirty years. an invincIhle weapon o
truth against AL forms of falseboOd, has
fallen but only TO make more sacred tC
France aud TO the Catholics of the whole
world tho remembrance Of his great life
and roh'e Getd AS lie Ia stretched out
in death, men can now more dispasson
ately mrasurc the great Bishop of Orleans,
whose Intellectual stature lowered above
alncst all lis contemporaries, able and
learned ,k"ugh many of them be, in the
Church of France, always renowned for its
piety al q science. Wien that measure is
completed, when the whole of that life
which Intervene itself for high and holy
purposes with the public life of the French
nation for thi'ty years, has been carefully,
honestly reviewed, we have no fear of the
verdict. Il will declare what tens of
thousands already know, that in this CEN
tury there is not one of the whole hierar-
chy of tne Church who has rendered it
more signal valuable service by lila virtues
and talente than the lameuted Bishop of
Orleans.
His Inc ard lebors will be one of tho
glories of tie Church of Fr.I' ca great
and venerable name upon which will fall
for generation +, as the RICHEST LrIbute that
could be TTcrld to it, the bent diUtiops of
every Catholic of his country to which he
has rendrrcd a. many important eervices.
To the Catholic political party, which alone
represents the heart of the nation, and the
true welfare of France, Bshop Dapanloup
was tower of strength. His large, active,
grasping mind made him a leader, whom
the revo utionists of France both admired
and hat ID They could not but do homage
TO the Rplendor of his intellect, while they
knew by bitter experience the danger to
their cauee, when this fearless soldier of
religion crossed their political path. HIS
career as n Statesman was only less brill
liant and noble than his life as Bishop.
There is nothing which he would not do or
give at the call of charity; there was not
an inch Of ground which he was not ready
at al: times to dispute and deny to the po
litical enemies of his country. He did
honor to every dignity which the Church,
the State, or the literary world conferred
upon him; and he fulfilled the important
duties of all the high positions that he fill
ed, 60 exactly and go bravely, that even
when vat Qnished in any contest, be won,
as an uncompromising champion, the ap-
plause of the victors. No matter what
might be the work in which he was enga-
ged, he never forgot nor would his Virtnes
allow othcra to forget that hewas Bishop
of the Cnurch Of God, and worked only for
the glory of his Divine Master. TIE altar
was bis ho,Ie and the poor were his chill
dren. The world might do homage to his
learning and atatesmen court bis friend
ship, but tho fold that he watched with
Bleeplesa .&l, and cared for wI5h touchiOg
tenderness, knew him only as tho good
Bishop Of Orleans.
Felix Antoine Philippe Dnpauloup,
Bishop o. o.leans, Senator of France and
nembtr Of the Academy. was horn at st.
Felix, Savoy, January 3, lso2; IN 1910
his pareu5a settled in PARIS, where he was
ordained III 1895 In the frat years of his
priesthood he was confesser of tho Duke
of Bordeaux (siDcs Comte de ChambOrd)
and catechist of Louis Phiirpe's snns and
daughters in 1928, and in 1880 almoner to
the Dauphin. In 1884 NJ. Dupanloup. who
had juet opened tho annual conferences at
Notre Dame, refused the Superiarship OF
the Petit Seminaire of Paris, preferriu2 the
post of Project at Studies. An intimate
friend of The unfortunate Talley Iand, he
stood beside the dtathbed Of the great
dipiomAtist, who left HIM tie port
folio in which had been carried inuumera
BILE state papers. from the treaty o. Vienna
down, during Talleyrand's years of service
uDder Napoleon and the Bourbuns-a worn
and diugy thing that Mgr. Dnpanloup car
ried eVe~y " here with him for forty years.
When Mgr. Affre (who was killed on the
batricaGcs during the days of Jane in lS4o
while endeavoring to restore peace) sue
ceeded to the Archiepiscopal dignity, the
Able Dupanloup resigned the Vicar Con
eralship of Paris, to which he had been
elevated by the sanity = lelen. In lS4l
he WAS appointed t. the chair of Sacred
Eloquerce nj the Sorbonne, but one of his
frat and must ei, qlent lectures-one upon
Voltare-raised u tumult among the stu
dents aud NJ DLpAnloap was compelled to
resign. He was but titulAr Canon OF
Notre Dame when, April g, 1919 he was
appointed to the Bishopric of Orleans.
His thirty years of episcopacy, 30 fullof
merit, are large and bright chapter of
the history of tue Church of France. He
was . man of iucessant toll, and possessed
of an energy which seemed to bid defiance
to any accumulation of work. Controversy
in behalf of Catholic interests seemed
always to be joy to his active, zealons
mind. ueuce every year of his life was
crowded with literary productions as won
derful in tteir strength and beauty as in
their versatility. In 1850 he became
Chevaler of the Legion of Honor; in
May, 1854, he sncceeded Tissot in tue