Victor-Félix Bernadou
Victor-Félix Bernadou (25 June 1816 – 15 November 1891) was a French cardinal, since 1867 Archbishop of Sens.
Victor-Félix Bernadou | |
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Archbishop of Sens | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Sens |
See | Sens |
Appointed | 12 July 1867 |
Installed | 3 September 1867 |
Term ended | 15 November 1891 |
Predecessor | Mellon de Jolly |
Successor | Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1887-91) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 19 December 1840 by Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien |
Consecration | 29 June 1862 by Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion |
Created cardinal | 7 June 1886 by Pope Leo XIII |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | Victor-Félix Bernadou 25 June 1816 |
Died | 15 November 1891 75) Sens, French Third Republic | (aged
Buried | Sens Cathedral |
Parents | Jean Louis Bernadou Marguerite Elisabeth Vincens |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Gap (1862-67) |
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, which he remained until death. 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
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