Louis-Joseph Maurin
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Lyon |
His Eminence Louis-Joseph Cardinal Maurin (15 February 1859 - 16 November 1936) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon.
Maurin was ordained to the priesthood on 8 April 1882 in Rome. He did pastoral work in the diocese of Marseille from 1882 until 1911. On 1 September 1911 Pope Pius X appointed him Bishop of Grenoble, being consecrated by Pierre Cardinal Andrieu in October of that year.
He remained in Grenoble until Pope Benedict XV appointed him Archbishop of Lyon on 1 December 1916. Three days later he was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio. Cardinal Maurin voted in the conclave of 1922 that elected Pope Pius XI.
He died in office on 16 November 1936.
| Preceded by Hector Cardinal Sévin |
Archbishop of Lyon 1 December 1916–16 November 1936 |
Succeeded by Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier |
