Jean-Charles Thomas (born 16 December 1929 on

Saint-Martin-des-Noyers Saint-Martin-des-Noyers () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Geography The river Yon has its source in the commune and forms part of its southern border. See also *Communes of the Vendée ...

) is a French

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Bishop. He was

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on July 5, 1953 and was

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in the clergy of the

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. On 13 March 1972 he was named by

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of Gemellae in Numidia and appointed him auxiliary bishop in Aire and Dax. The bishop of Luçon, Mgr Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty, gave him on 1 May of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Archbishop Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers, and the Bishop

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. On 4 February he was named by Pope Paul VI Bishop of Ajaccio. Then he was named on 23 December 1986,

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of Versailles, and Bischop of Versailles on the 4 June 1988. The 11 January 2001, the Pope Jean-Paul II accepted his demission and named Éric Aumonier to succeed him.

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Jean-Charles Thomas
on catholic-hierarchy.org 1929 births Living people French Roman Catholic titular bishops Bishops of Versailles 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in France Bishops of Ajaccio {{France-reli-bio-stub