Stanislas Touchet

Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet (13 November 1842 – 23 September 1926) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Orléans from 1894 until his death, and became a cardinal in 1922. He was ordained to the priesthood on 13 June 1872, and then did pastoral 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, in the Besançon Cathedral.

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 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 was also a Knight of the Legion of Honour.

He died in Orléans, at the age of 77, and is buried in its Cathedral. 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'Arc Aux infirmières de France