Charles Henri Joseph Binet was a French Archbishop of Besancon and Cardinal.
11 Facts About Charles Binet
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Charles Binet was born in Juvigny, France, the eldest of eight children of a farming family.
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Charles Binet was educated at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, and at the Seminary of Notre Dame des Champs.
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Charles Binet was ordained on 22 October 1893 in Soissons.
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Charles Binet worked in the diocese doing pastoral work until 1895.
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Charles Binet served as a faculty member of the Seminary of Soissons until 1914, during which time he was appointed as Diocesan archivist in 1900.
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Charles Binet served in the French Army during World War I Charles Binet was appointed vicar general and archdeacon of the diocese of Laon on 13 February 1919.
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Charles Binet was consecrated on 24 August 1920 at the cathedral of Soissons by Cardinal Louis Lucon, Archbishop of Reims.
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Charles Binet was promoted to the metropolitan see of Besancon on 31 October 1927, but continued at the previous see as apostolic administrator until 1 May 1928.
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Charles Binet was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S Prisca by Pope Pius XI in the consistory of 19 December 1927.
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Charles Binet died on 15 July 1936 and is buried in Besancon.