Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet (13 November 1842 – 23 September 1926) was a
French
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prelate of the
Roman Catholic Church who served as
Bishop of Orléans from 1894 until his death, and became a
cardinal
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in 1922.
Biography
Stanislas Touchet was born in
Soliers, and studied at the
Seminary of
Saint-Sulpice in
Paris. He was
ordained to the
priesthood on 13 June 1872, and then did
pastoral
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work in the
Archdiocese of Besançon until 1894.
On 18 May 1894, Touchet was appointed
Bishop of Orléans by
Pope Leo XIII. He received his
episcopal consecration on the following 15 July from Bishop Flavien-Abel Hugonin, with Bishops Abel-Anastase Germain and Charles-Bonaventure Theuret serving as
co-consecrators
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, in the
Besançon Cathedral
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.
After becoming an
Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 19 June 1922, Touchet was created
Cardinal Priest of
Santa Maria sopra Minerva by
Pope Pius XI
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in the
consistory of 11 December of that same year. He would serve as Bishop of
Orléans for a period of thirty-two years.
He died in Orléans, at the age of 77, and is buried in
its Cathedral.
Some of the Books Written by Him:
# La sainte de la patrie
# Vie de sainte Jeanne d'Arc
# Pour les Arméniens
# Panégyrique de Jeanne d'Arc
# Ce que fut Jeanne d'Arc
# Oeuvres choisies
# La mission de la vénérable Jeanne d'Ar
# Aux infirmières de France
References
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
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1842 births
1926 deaths
19th-century French Roman Catholic bishops
20th-century French cardinals
Bishops of Orléans