François Nicholas Madeleine Morlot

François Nicholas Madeleine Morlot (; 28 December 1795 – 29 December 1862) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Paris from 1857 until his death. He was previously Bishop of Orléans from 1839 and then Archbishop of Tours from 1843.

Life Morlot was born in Langres was he began his studies before pursuing theological studies in Dijon. As he had not yet reached the required age for ordination, he worked for a time as a private tutor before becoming a priest. Morlot was then again re-appointed vicar general.

Bishop In March 1839, Morlot was made Bishop of Orléans. He was consecrated bishop August 18, 1839, in the chapel of the Dames du Sacré Coeur, Paris, by Charles de Forbin-Janson, bishop of Nancy et Toul.

King Louis Philippe I took the occasion of the christening of his grandson, Prince Philippe, comte de Paris, to recognize Morlot's valuables services and awarded him the Legion of Honour. In January 1843, Morlot was named Archbishop of Tours.

Pope Pius IX named him a cardinal in March 1853, and as such he took a seat in the senate of the Second French Empire. In June that year he was given the titular church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo. In January 1857, he was appointed to succeed the assassinated Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour as Archbishop of Paris.

Morlot died on 29 December 1862 in Paris and was interred in the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris.