Léon-Benoît-Charles Thomas Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Léon-Benoît-Charles Thomas
Archbishop of Rouen
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Rouen
See:Rouen
Appointed:24 March 1884
Term End:9 March 1894
Predecessor:Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose
Successor:Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieau
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova (1893-94)
Ordination:21 December 1850
Consecration:15 May 1867
Consecrated By:Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot
Cardinal:16 January 1893
Created Cardinal By:Pope Leo XIII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Léon-Benoît-Charles Thomas
Birth Date:30 May 1826
Birth Place:Paray-le-Monial, Autun, French Kingdom
Death Place:Rouen, French Third Republic
Buried:Rouen Cathedral
Previous Post:Bishop of La Rochelle (1867-84)
Motto:Nil forties nil dulcius
Coat Of Arms:Armoiries cardinal Leon Benoit Charles Thomas.svg

Léon-Benoît-Charles Thomas (1826–1894) was a French cardinal.[1]

He studied in Paris and Rome and earned a doctorate in theology in 1856.

He served as Bishop of La Rochelle (1867–1883) and Archbishop of Rouen (1883–1894).[2]

He died in 1894 and was buried in the chapel of Sainte-Marguerite in Rouen; bombings during WWII damaged his tomb, and his remains were transferred to the crypt of the archbishops in the chapel of the Sainte-Vierge.

Notes and References

  1. https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1893.htm Florida International University, Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church website, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of January 16, 1893 (XVIII)
  2. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13208b.htm New Advent website, Archdiocese of Rouen