About Victor-Félix Bernadou
Lived 1816 – 1891 (aged 75). Victor-Félix Bernadou was a French catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Victor-Félix Bernadou (25 June 1816 – 15 November 1891) was a French cardinal and Archbishop of Sens.
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 co-consecrators. He was promoted to metropolitan see of Sens on 12 July 1867, where he remained until his death. He took part in First Vatican Council. On 7 July 1886 Pope Leo XIII created him Cardinal Priest.
He died in Sens, and was buried in Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens..
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French cardinal (1816–1891)
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Victor-Félix Bernadou was born on 25 June 1816 in Castres.
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Victor-Félix Bernadou died on 15 November 1891 in Sens.
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Victor-Félix Bernadou was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Victor-Félix Bernadou was French.
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