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Félix Dupanloup
1802–1878
A sharp-minded French bishop, teacher, and public speaker, he became one of the best-known Catholic voices of 19th-century France. His life joined religion, education, and politics at a moment when all three were deeply intertwined.
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Étude sur la Franc-Maçonnerie
by Félix Dupanloup
About the author
Born in Saint-Félix in Savoy on January 3, 1802, Félix Dupanloup trained for the priesthood in Paris and was ordained in 1825. He built an early reputation as a gifted teacher and preacher, especially through his catechetical instruction, and he later became bishop of Orléans, serving from 1849 until his death in 1878.
Dupanloup was a leading figure in the more liberal current of French Catholicism. He argued strongly for freedom of education and played a visible public role well beyond his diocese, writing and speaking on religious and political questions that mattered across France.
His influence reached literary as well as church circles: he was elected to the Académie française in 1854. Remembered as an energetic churchman and educator, he remains a notable example of the 19th-century French bishop who worked at the crossroads of faith, public life, and culture.