Théodore-Augustin Forcade (1816–1885) was a French Roman Catholic archbishop.
Early life
Théodore-Augustin Forcade was born on March 2, 1816, in
Versailles
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near Paris.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Vocation
Forcade was ordained priest at the
Paris Foreign Missions Society
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 ...
in 1839.
He served as the
Apostolic Vicar of Japan from 1846 to 1852,
[Claire Lesegretain]
Au Japon, 150e anniversaire de la découverte des « chrétiens cachés »
''La Croix La Croix primarily refers to:
* ''La Croix'' (newspaper), a French Catholic newspaper
* La Croix Sparkling Water, a beverage distributed by the National Beverage Corporation
La Croix or Lacroix may also refer to:
Places
* Lacroix-Barrez, a muni ...
'', March 13, 2015 as the
Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Hong Kong from 1847, as the
Bishop of Basse Terre from 1853 to 1860, and as the Bishop of
Nevers
Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...
from 1860 to 1873.
He served as the
Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence from 1873 to 1885.
Death
He died on September 12, 1885, in Aix-en-Provence.
References
1816 births
1885 deaths
People from Versailles
People from Aix-en-Provence
French Roman Catholic missionaries
19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France
Roman Catholic bishops of Basse-Terre
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