GUIBERT, JOSEPH-HIPPOLYTE. - Cardinal, b. 13 Dec. 1802 at Aix in Provence, d. 8 July 1886 in Paris. Ordained a 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 was vicar general of the bishop of Ajaccio, Casanelli d'Istria, and founded and directed the major and minor Seminary.
Having gone to Paris to negotiate with the political authorities concerning his two Seminaries, G. made an excellent impression on King Louis-Philippe, who, despite his reluctance, 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 murder of Archbishop Darboy, assumed the government of the archdiocese of Paris. Created cardinal by Pius IX in the Consistory of 22 Dec. 1873, from 1877 onward he firmly opposed the anti-Catholic policy of the Third Republic.