Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet | |
Bishop of Lille | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Diocese of Lille |
Term: | 1983 - 1998 |
Predecessor: | Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand |
Successor: | Gérard Denis Auguste Defois |
Ordination: | 22 October 1944 |
Consecration: | 13 December 1964 |
Birth Date: | 1922 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Chaumont, France |
Previous Post: | Prelate |
Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet (8 April 1922 – 23 January 2013) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Vilnet was born in Chaumont and was ordained a priest on 22 October 1944. Vilnet was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Saint-Dié on 24 September 1964 and consecrated on 13 December 1964.
On 16 June 1968, Bishop Vilnet was involved in a serious automobile accident with another vehicle driven by future American presidential candidate Mitt Romney.[1]
Vilnet was appointed to the Diocese of Lille on 13 August 1983 and remained there until his retirement on 2 July 1998.