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Servant of God Georges Darboy | |
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Archbishop of Paris | |
![]() Georges Darboy in 1865. | |
See | Paris |
Installed | January 1863 |
Term ended | May 1871 |
Predecessor | François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot |
Successor | Joseph Hippolyte Guibert |
Orders | |
Ordination | 17 December 1836 |
Consecration | 30 November 1859 |
Personal details | |
Born | Fayl-Billot, Haute-Marne, France | 16 January 1813
Died | 24 May 1871 Paris, France | (aged 58)
Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
Nationality | French |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
Georges Darboy (16 January 1813 – 24 May 1871) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nancy then Archbishop of Paris. He was among a group of prominent hostages executed as the Paris Commune of 1871 was about to be overthrown.