Denis Auguste Affre
Denis-Auguste Affre | |
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| Archbishop of Paris | |
Denis Auguste Affre by Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay | |
| See | Paris |
| Installed | 4 June 1840 |
| Term ended | 27 June 1848 |
| Predecessor | Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen |
| Successor | Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour |
| Other post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (1839–1840); Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (1839–1840); Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens and then of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Luçon (1823–1833) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 16 May 1818 |
| Consecration | 6 August 1840 by Cardinal Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 28, 1793 Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, Aveyron, France |
| Died | June 27, 1848 (aged 54) Paris, France |
| Buried | Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Coat of arms | |
Denis-Auguste Affre (French pronunciation: [dəni oɡyst afʁ]; 27 September 1793 – 27 June 1848) was a French clergyman who served as Archbishop of Paris from 1840 to 1848. He was killed while trying to negotiate peace during the June Days uprising of 1848.
His cause for beatification has commenced and he is therefore titled a Servant of God.