Victor-Félix Bernadou Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Victor-Félix Bernadou
Archbishop of Sens
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Sens
See:Sens
Appointed:12 July 1867
Enthroned:3 September 1867
Term End: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)
Ordination:19 December 1840
Ordained By:Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien
Consecration:29 June 1862
Consecrated By:Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion
Cardinal:7 June 1886
Created Cardinal By:Pope Leo XIII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Victor-Félix Bernadou
Birth Date:25 June 1816
Birth Place:Castres, French Kingdom
Death Place:Sens, French Third Republic
Buried:Sens Cathedral
Parents:Jean Louis Bernadou
Marguerite Elisabeth Vincens
Previous Post:Bishop of Gap (1862-67)

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..

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8lgxKdhaoe4C&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=Victor-F%C3%A9lix+Bernadou++cardinal+sens&source=bl&ots=fDUgbCsgFK&sig=ACfU3U1M905PMPJDAkhfG8Ahf6YsTqgaSA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOkdLzpZmDAxW0UEEAHYX4BJw4MhDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=Victor-F%C3%A9lix%20Bernadou%20%20cardinal%20sens&f=false Google Books website, Le pouvoir des nombres sur l'homme, l'âme et le temps, page 197
  2. https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1886.htm Florida International University, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of June 7, 1886 (IX), Bernadou, Victor-Felix
  3. https://catholic.com/encyclopedia/archdiocese-of-sens Catholic.com website, Encyclopedia section, Archdiocese of Sens