GINOULHIAC, JACQUES-MARIE-ACHILLE

GINOULHIAC, JACQUES-MARIE-ACHILLE. - Archbishop and theologian, b. at Montpellier on Dec. 3, 1806, d. there on Nov. 17, 1875. Ordained priest (1830), he taught philosophy and later dogmatic theology in the diocesan seminary. Chaplain of the Convent of Providence (1837), vicar general of the Archbishop of Aix (1839), in 1853 he was consecrated bishop of Gre-

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noble, from which he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Lyon in 1870. He participated in the Vatican Council, in which he spoke several times. A convinced anti-infallibilist, he loyally submitted after the definition.

As bishop of Grenoble he published several letters and pastorals, among which notable ones are those on the conditions of the Papal States (1860), on Renan's Life of Jesus (1863), and the one in defense of the encyclical of Dec. 8, 1864, and the Syllabus (1865).

He wrote: Histoire du dogme catholique pendant les trois premiers siècles de l'Église et jusqu'au Concile de Nicée (Paris 1852; 2nd ed., ibid. 1866); of particular interest are Les épîtres pastorales, ou réflexions dogmatiques et morales sur les épîtres de St Paul à Timothée et à Tite (ibid. 1866); Le Concile œcuménique (ibid. 1869); Le sermon sur la montagne (Lyon 1872); Les origines du christianisme (posthumous, Paris 1878).

BIBL.: M. Thibaudier, Mendement à l'occasion de la mort de mgr. J. M. A. G., Lyon 1875; M. Cotton, Oraison funebre de mgr. G., ibid. 1876; E. Mangenot, s. V. in DThC, VI, coll. 1371-73.

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“GINOULHIAC, JACQUES-MARIE-ACHILLE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), p. 261. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/ginoulhiac-jacques-marie-achille.