Emmanuel Desgrées du Loû

As a journalist, he managed several publications and co-founded the major regional daily newspaper L'Ouest-Éclair.

He was associated with Albert de Mun, Abbé Gayraud, and, in 1894, founded the Catholic Workers' Committee in Brest.

[1][2] He authored several works, including De Léon XIII au Sillon in 1908 and La politique d'après-guerre in 1919.

[1] Described as "one of the most courageous and effective pioneers of Christian democracy", Emmanuel Desgrées du Loû co-founded the Popular Democratic Party in 1924 and became one of its main supporters.

[2] He was the father of François Desgrées du Loû (1909–1985), a Resistance fighter and co-founder of Ouest-France, and Magdeleine Desgrées du Loû (1896–1991), who married Paul Hutin-Desgrées (1888–1975), also a Resistance fighter, co-founder of Ouest-France, and deputy.