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He studied theology in the German College at Rome, and then became successively a member of the chapter of Porrentruy, bishop in partibus of Lydda, and finally suffragan of Basel for that part of the diocese situated in French territory. His political life began when he was elected deputy to the states-general of 1789 by the clergy of the bailliage of Huningue .

The turning-point of his life was his action in taking the oath of the civil constitution of the clergy ( January 3, 1791); in favour of which he had declared himself since May 5, 1790. The civil constitution of the clergy gave the appointment of priests to the electoral assemblies, ahd since taking the oath Gobel had become so popular that he was elected bishop in several dioceses. He chose ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to, and in spite of the difficulties which he had to encounter before he could enter into possession, was consecrated on March 27March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). There are 279 days remaining. Events 1306 Robert I of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh are crowned king and Queen of the Scots. 1513 (not 1512 as often cited) Explorer Jua, 1791 by eight bishops, including Talleyrand.

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The followers of Hébert, who were then pursuing their anti-Christian policy, claimed Gobel as one of themselves; while, on the other hand, Robespierre looked upon him as an atheist, though apostasy cannot strictly speaking be laid to the charge of the ex-bishop, nor did he ever make any actual profession of atheism. Robespierre, however, found him an obstacle to his religious schemes, and involved him in the fate of the Hébertists. Gobel was condemned to death with Chaumette, Hébert and Anacharsis Cloots, and was guillotined on the 12th of April 1794.

See Etienne Charavay, Assemble electorate de Paris (Paris, 1890); H Monin, La Chanson et l'Eglise sous la Révolution (Paris, 1892); A Aulard, La Culte de la raison in the review, La Révolution Française (1891). For a bibliography of documents relating to his episcopate see Episcopat de Gobel in vol. iii. (1900) of M Tourneux's Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris pendant la Rév. Fr.

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