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Sulpician theologian; b. Blainville, Normandy, May 1, 1854; d. Aix-en-Provence, Feb. 21, 1932. Tanquerey attended the College of Saint-Lô and studied for the priesthood at the diocesan seminary of Coutances (1873) and at Saint-Sulpice in Paris (1875). After graduate work at Rome (1876), he received his doctorate in theology in 1878.

In the same year he was ordained and entered the Society of St. Sulpice.

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He was then assigned to the Sulpician novitiate, but this period was interrupted by his appointment to teach philosophy at Nantes from December 1878 to March 1879. After completing the novitiate he taught dogmatic theology in the seminary at Rodez (1879–87). In the summer of 1887 he went to St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md., where he taught dogmatic theology (1887–95) and canon law (1889–93).

He played an important part in expanding the program of theological studies at St. Mary's. Recognizing the acute need for suitable textbo