GIUBERT, Joseph-Hippolyte. — Cardinal, born 13 Dec. 1802 at Aix in Provence, died 18 July 1886 at Paris. Ordained priest, he entered the Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and carried out fruitful missionary work in the Cévennes, continuing it until 1835 as rector of the sanctuary of Notre-Dame-du-Laus in the Alps. Then in Corsica he served as vicar general to the bishop of Ajaccio, Casanelli d’Istria, and founded and directed both the major and minor seminaries.
Having gone to Paris to negotiate with the political authorities regarding his two seminaries, G. made an excellent impression on King Louis-Philippe, who, though reluctantly, appointed him bishop of Viviers. Transferred in 1857 to the archiepiscopal see of Tours, he took part in the Vatican Council and in 1871, after the assassination of Archbishop Darbo, was given charge of the archdiocese of Paris. Created cardinal by Pius IX in the consistory of 22 Dec. 1873, from 1877 onward he firmly opposed the anticlerical policies of the Third Republic.