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Victor-Félix Bernadou

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Victor-Félix Bernadou
Archbishop of Sens
The then-archbishop circa 1870.
The then-archbishop circa 1870.
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 Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1887-91)
Previous post Bishop of Gap (1862-67)
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
Castres, French Kingdom
Died 15 November 1891 (aged 75)
Sens, French Third Republic
Buried Sens Cathedral
Parents Jean Louis Bernadou
Marguerite Elisabeth Vincens

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]

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