Victor-Félix Bernadou

French cardinal
His Eminence

Victor-Félix Bernadou
Archbishop of Sens
The then-archbishop circa 1870.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSens
SeeSens
Appointed12 July 1867
Installed3 September 1867
Term ended15 November 1891
PredecessorMellon de Jolly
SuccessorPierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1887-91)
Orders
Ordination19 December 1840
by Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien
Consecration29 June 1862
by Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion
Created cardinal7 June 1886
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Victor-Félix Bernadou

25 June 1816
Died15 November 1891(1891-11-15) (aged 75)
Sens, French Third Republic
BuriedSens Cathedral
ParentsJean Louis Bernadou
Marguerite Elisabeth Vincens
Previous post(s)Bishop of Gap (1862-67)

Victor-Félix Bernadou (25 June 1816 – 15 November 1891) was a French cardinal and Archbishop of Sens.[1]

Biography

Born in Castres, he was ordained to the priesthood on 19 December 1840. By 7 April 1862 he was appointed bishop of Gap, received his episcopal consecration on 29 June 1862 from Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion, with bishops Louis-Antoine Pavy and Jean-Jacques Bardou serving as co-consecrators. He was promoted to metropolitan see of Sens on 12 July 1867,[2] where he remained until his death.[3] He took part in First Vatican Council. On 7 July 1886 Pope Leo XIII created him Cardinal Priest.

He died in Sens, and was buried in Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens..[2]

References

  1. ^ Google Books website, Le pouvoir des nombres sur l'homme, l'âme et le temps, page 197
  2. ^ a b Florida International University, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of June 7, 1886 (IX), Bernadou, Victor-Felix
  3. ^ Catholic.com website, Encyclopedia section, Archdiocese of Sens
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Jean-Irénée Depéry
Bishop of Gap
1862–1867
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Mellon de Jolly
Archbishop of Sens
1867–1891
Succeeded by
Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin
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