Maurice Feltin

Maurice Feltin (15 May 1883 – 27 September 1975) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1949 to 1966, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
==Biography==
Born in Delle, Territoire-de-Belfort, Maurice Feltin studied at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris before being ordained a priest on 3 July 1909. He then did pastoral work in Besançon until 1914, at which time he was made an officer in the French Army during World War I. For his work, he was awarded with the Croix-de-Guerre, the Médaille militaire, and the Légion d'honneur.
On 19 December 1927, Feltin was appointed Bishop of Troyes by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on 11 March 1928 from Cardinal Henri-Charles-Joseph Binet, with Bishops Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond and Jean-Marcel Rodié serving as co-consecrators. Feltin was promoted to Archbishop of Sens on 16 August 1932, and was later named Archbishop of Bordeaux on 16 December 1935. On 15 August 1949, he became the twenty-third Archbishop of Paris.
The French prelate was created Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria della Pace by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of 12 January 1953. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1958 papal conclave, and he attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. After voting in the 1963 papal conclave, Feltin served as President of the French Episcopal Conference from 1964 to 1969, and resigned as Paris' archbishop on 21 December 1966.
He died in Thiais, outside Paris, at age 92, and was buried in Notre Dame Cathedral.
==Trivia==
*Feltin condemned the legend of Santa Claus, claiming that it debased the "Christian significance of Christmas"Time Magazine. Death to Santa Claus 7 January 1952.
*In 1959, Feltin requested of the Holy Office that the Worker-Priest movement be revived, albeit under strict controls; his request, however, was deniedTime Magazine. End of the Worker-Priests 28 September 1959.
*In 1963, Feltin denied Édith Piaf a religious funeral due to her "controversial" life.
==References==
==External links==
*Catholic-Hierarchy
*Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
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