Roman Catholic Cardinal. The son of renowned Catholic journalist François Veuillot and his wife Marie Monnoir, Parisian born Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot received his early education under the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Ordained priest on March 26, 1939 after concluding his studies at the Seminary Des Carmes, he was appointed to the teaching staff of the Maison de Conflans of Paris and in 1949, named staff member of the Secretariat of State of the Vatican City. Raised to the rank of privy chamberlain of His Holiness on February 22, 1950, Pope John XXIII appointed him bishop of the diocese of Angers, receiving his episcopal consecration on July 1, 1959 at the cathedral of his see from Cardinal Maurice Feltin, Archbishop of Paris. Promoted to the titular archbishopric see of Costanza di Tracia and appointed coadjutor of Paris 'sedis datus' on July 8, 1961, he was granted the right of succession on July 16, 1963, eventually succeeding to the metropolitan see of Paris on December 21, 1966 following the retirement of the named Cardinal Feltin. Pope Paul VI created him cardinal priest in the consistory of June 26, 1967 with the title of San Luigi dei Francesi. Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, the Cardinal died less than a year later of leukemia at his domicile situated at 32, rue Barbet de Jouy, in Paris, and was succeeded by Cardinal Gabriel Auguste François Marty. His remains lie at rest in the archbishopric crypt of the metropolitan cathedral of Paris.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. The son of renowned Catholic journalist François Veuillot and his wife Marie Monnoir, Parisian born Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot received his early education under the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Ordained priest on March 26, 1939 after concluding his studies at the Seminary Des Carmes, he was appointed to the teaching staff of the Maison de Conflans of Paris and in 1949, named staff member of the Secretariat of State of the Vatican City. Raised to the rank of privy chamberlain of His Holiness on February 22, 1950, Pope John XXIII appointed him bishop of the diocese of Angers, receiving his episcopal consecration on July 1, 1959 at the cathedral of his see from Cardinal Maurice Feltin, Archbishop of Paris. Promoted to the titular archbishopric see of Costanza di Tracia and appointed coadjutor of Paris 'sedis datus' on July 8, 1961, he was granted the right of succession on July 16, 1963, eventually succeeding to the metropolitan see of Paris on December 21, 1966 following the retirement of the named Cardinal Feltin. Pope Paul VI created him cardinal priest in the consistory of June 26, 1967 with the title of San Luigi dei Francesi. Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, the Cardinal died less than a year later of leukemia at his domicile situated at 32, rue Barbet de Jouy, in Paris, and was succeeded by Cardinal Gabriel Auguste François Marty. His remains lie at rest in the archbishopric crypt of the metropolitan cathedral of Paris.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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