Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre

Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre (12 September 1773 Château de l'Ermitage, near Condé-sur-l'Escaut, Nord - 1 January 1844 Rouen) was a French cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, and a member of the House of Croy.

His Eminence

Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre
Cardinal
Archbishop of Rouen
Portrait by Hippolyte de Mahy, 1833
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseRouen
SeeNotre Dame de Rouen
Installed4 July 1823
Term ended1 January 1844
PredecessorFrançois de Pierre de Bernis
SuccessorLouis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul
Other postsBishop of Strasbourg
Personal details
Born(1773-09-12)12 September 1773
Château de l'Ermitage, Condé-sur-l'Escaut, France
Died1 January 1844(1844-01-01) (aged 70)
Rouen, France
NationalityFrench

Life

Gustave was the son of Anne Emmanuel Ferdinand François, 8th Duke of Croy, and Auguste Friederike Wilhelmine zu Salm-Kyrburg.

He was ordained a priest on 3 November 1797 in Vienna. On 8 August 1817 he was appointed Bishop of Strasbourg by King Louis XVIII of France; the appointment was confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 23 August 1819. He was ordained a bishop on 9 January 1820 at the Church of St. Sulpice in Paris by Jean Charles de Coucy, Archbishop of Reims. He was made a Peer of France in 1822 and became Archbishop of Rouen on 4 July 1823.

In 1824 he assisted King Louis XVIII of France on his death bed and presided over his funeral in the Abbey of Saint-Denis.

On 21 March 1825 he was created a cardinal by Pope Leo XII. He did not receive the red hat until 18 May 1829. Three days later on 21 May 1829 he received the title Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina. He participated in the conclaves of 1829 and 1830-1831. He died of gout. His remains are buried in Rouen Cathedral.

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    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Post Vacant
    previously Johann Peter Saurine    		 Bishop of Strasbourg
    1820-1823    		 Succeeded by
    Claudius Maria Paul Tharin
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