Joseph-Marie Martin was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
10 Facts About Joseph-Marie Martin
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Joseph-Marie Martin served as Archbishop of Rouen from 1948 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.
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Joseph-Marie Martin studied at the seminary in Bordeaux before serving in the French Army during World War I, during which he was seriously wounded.
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Joseph-Marie Martin was vicar general of Bordeaux from 1937 to 1940 as well.
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On 9 February 1940, Joseph-Marie Martin was appointed Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay by Pope Pius XII.
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Joseph-Marie Martin was later promoted to Archbishop of Rouen on 11 October 1948, and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.
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Cardinal Joseph-Marie Martin believed that the reaction of conservative Catholics to the introduction of the vernacular to the Mass could possibly result in a schism.
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Joseph-Marie Martin resigned as Archbishop on 29 May 1968, after nineteen years, and lost the right to participate in a papal conclave upon reaching the age of eighty on 9 August 1971.
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Joseph-Marie Cardinal Martin died in Rouen, aged 84, and was interred in the metropolitan cathedral of Rouen.
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Joseph-Marie Martin had earlier survived several days buried in snow in the Pyrenees.