Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard
Titular Bishop of Zela
Prefect Apostolic of Kuamsi
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Prefecture Apostolic of Kuamsi
Term:1878–1889
Predecessor:Father Aloysius Jolly
Successor:Jean-Benoît Chouzy
Birth Date:24 December 1830
Birth Place:Olivet, France
Death Date:31 March 1889 (age 58)
Death Place:China

Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard, M.E.P. or Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucart (1830–1889) (Chinese: 富于道) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Prefect Apostolic of Kuamsi (1878–1889) and Titular Bishop of Zela (1878–1889).[1] [2]

Biography

Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard was born in Olivet, France on 24 December 1830 and ordained a priest in the La Société des Missions Etrangères.On 13 August 1878, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Leo XIII as Prefect Apostolic of Kuamsi and Titular Bishop of Zela.On 23 March 1879, he was consecrated bishop by François-Eugène Lions, Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis. He served as Prefect Apostolic of Kuamsi until his death on 31 March 1889.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Augustin Chausse, Coadjutor Prefect of Kouangtong and Titular Bishop of Capsus (1881).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Ritzler, Remigius. Pirminus Sefrin. Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi... A Pontificatu PII PP. IX (1846) usque ad Pontificatum Leonis PP. XIII (1903). 1978. VIII. 602. Il Messaggero di S. Antonio. Latin.
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard, M.E.P. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 25 March 2018.