His Eminence

Stanislas Touchet
Bishop of Orléans
Picture circa 1901.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseOrléans
SeeOrléans
Appointed18 May 1894
Term ended23 September 1926
PredecessorPierre-Hector Coullié
SuccessorJules-Marie-Victor Courcoux
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (1922-26)
Orders
Ordination29 June 1872
Consecration15 July 1894
by Flavien-Abel-Antoinin Hugonin
Created cardinal11 December 1922
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet

13 November 1842
Soliers, French Kingdom
Died23 September 1926(1926-09-23) (aged 83)
Orléans, French Third Republic
BuriedOrléans Cathedral
ParentsLouis Modeste Touchet
Stéphanie Félicité Ducellier
MottoJesus Maria spes ac robur
Styles of
Stanislas Touchet
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
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Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet (13 November 1842 – 23 September 1926) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Orléans from 1894 until his death, and became a cardinal in 1922.[1]

Biography

Stanislas Touchet was born in Soliers, and studied at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. He was ordained to the priesthood on 13 June 1872, and then did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Besançon until 1894.

On 18 May 1894, Touchet was appointed Bishop of Orléans by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 15 July from Bishop Flavien-Abel Hugonin, with Bishops Abel-Anastase Germain and Charles-Bonaventure Theuret serving as co-consecrators, in the Besançon Cathedral.

After becoming an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 19 June 1922, Touchet was created Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva by Pope Pius XI in the consistory of 11 December of that same year.[1] He would serve as Bishop of Orléans for a period of thirty-two years.

He was also a Knight of the Legion of Honour.[2]

He died in Orléans, at the age of 77, and is buried in its Cathedral.[1]

Some of the Books Written by him:

  1. Retraites spirituelles[3]
  2. La sainte de la patrie[4]
  3. Vie de sainte Jeanne d'Arc
  4. Pour les Arméniens
  5. Panégyrique de Jeanne d'Arc
  6. Ce que fut Jeanne d'Arc
  7. Oeuvres choisies
  8. La mission de la vénérable Jeanne d'Ar
  9. Aux infirmières de France

References

  1. 1 2 3 Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary, Pope Pius XI (1922-1939)
  2. ↑ France Ministry of Culture website, Notice 360388
  3. ↑ Google Books website, Retraites spirituelles
  4. ↑ Google Books website, La sainte de la patrie
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