Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Lacroix-Barrez, Jean Verdier studied entered seminary of Rodez prior to entering the Society of Saint-Sulpice in 1886. Ordained priest on April 9, 1887 in Rome, he was appointed to the teaching staff of seminary of Perigueux, eventually serving as its rector between 1898 and 1912. Faculty Member and Superior of the Seminary Des Carmes of Paris from 1912 till 1920, he was named honorary canon of the chapter of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Paris in 1923. Elected vice-superior and later superior general of his Society, he was named vicar general of the archdiocese of Paris on April 15, 1929 and protonotary apostolic of His Holiness with the personal title of Monsignor on October 12, of that same year. Following the demise of Cardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois, Verdier was elected his successor as archbishop of the metropolitan see of Paris, receiving his episcopal consecration on December 29, 1929 at the Sistine Chapel from Pope Pius XI. The latter Pontiff created him cardinal priest in the consistory of December 16, 1929, with the title of Santa Balbina. Papal legate to the Marian Congress of Lourdes on July 15, 1930; to the Centennial Celebration of the Conferences of Saint Vincent de Paul held in Paris on March 14, 1933; to the First National Catholic Congress in Prague, Czechoslovakia on June 20, 1935; to the consecration of the cathedral of Dakar, Sénégal, on January 12, 1936; to the National Marian Congress in Aiguebelle on September 7, 1937; and to the 12th National Eucharistic Congress of Algiers on April 16, 1939, the Cardinal was an ardent promoter of social justice and peace. A noted orator and author of innumerable essays and pamphlets on sociology and theology. Verdier died in Paris and was succeeded by Cardinal Emmanuel Célestin Suhard. His remains are found buried inside the metropolitan cathedral of the city.