Charles Mannay

Charles or Karl Mannay (13 October 1745 - 5 December 1824) was French Roman Catholic theologian and bishop of Trier.

Biography

He was born in Champeix, Auvergne; and studied at the Seminary of St. Sulpice, Paris. He fled France during the French Revolution, living in England and Scotland, only to return in 1801 as bishop of Trier. In 1809, under Napoleon and while the Pope was held in France, he led an ecclesiastical council in Paris, helping pressure Pius VII to agree with the Concordat of Fontainebleau in 1811. Napoleon named him baron and as a councillor. In 1820, he was named bishop of Rennes.[1]

Charles Mannay, was French Roman Catholic theologian and bishop.

References
  1. Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 3, by Felice Scifoni, David Passigli, publisher, Florence (1844); page 890.
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