Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet (8 April 1922 – 23 January 2013) was a French
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Vilnet was born in Chaumont and was ordained a priest on 22 October 1944. Vilnet was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Saint-Dié
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History
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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
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presidential candidate
Mitt Romney.
Vilnet was appointed to the
Diocese of Lille
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Insulensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Lille'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Marian Minor Basil ...
on 13 August 1983 and remained there until his retirement on 2 July 1998.
See also
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List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name
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Archdiocese of Lille
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lille (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Insulensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Lille'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Marian Minor Basilic ...
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Diocese of Saint-Dié
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
External links
Catholic-HierarchyLille Diocese
(French)
Saint-Dié Diocese
(French)
References
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
1922 births
2013 deaths
Bishops of Saint-Dié
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