Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard,

M.E.P. The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (french: Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris, short M.E.P.) is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. It is not a religious institute, but an organization of secular priests and lay persons ...

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 A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of ''Zela'' (1878–1889).

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 The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (french: Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris, short M.E.P.) is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. It is not a religious institute, but an organization of secular priests and lay persons de ...

. On 13 August 1878, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...

as Prefect Apostolic of Kuamsi and Titular Bishop of Zela. On 23 March 1879, he was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

bishop by François-Eugène Lions,

of ''Basilinopolis''. He served as Prefect Apostolic of Kuamsi until his death on 31 March 1889. While bishop, he was the

principal consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

of Augustin Chausse,

Coadjutor The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence. These include: * Coadj ...

Prefect of Kouangtong and

of ''Capsus'' (1881).

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