Victor-Félix Bernadou (25 June 1816 – 15 November 1891) was a French

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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

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. He was promoted to metropolitan see of Sens on 12 July 1867,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''
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. On 7 July 1886 Pope Leo XIII created him Cardinal Priest. He died in

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, and was buried in '' Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens''..

References

1816 births 1891 deaths People from Castres 19th-century French cardinals Archbishops of Sens Bishops of Gap Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII Participants in the First Vatican Council {{France-reli-bio-stub