Léon-Benoit-Charles Cardinal Thomas †

Deceased

Archbishop of Rouen, France

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 May 1826		Born
21 Dec 1850	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Autun, France
19 Jan 1867	40.6	Selected	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
27 Mar 1867	40.8	Confirmed	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
15 May 1867	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
28 Nov 1883	57.4	Selected	Archbishop of Rouen, France
24 Mar 1884	57.8	Confirmed	Archbishop of Rouen, France
16 Jan 1893	66.6	Elevated to Cardinal
15 Jun 1893	67.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
9 Mar 1894	67.7	Died	Archbishop of Rouen, France

MicroData Summary for Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas
(VIAF: 22444154; WikiData: Q2255313)
Léon-Benoit-Charles Cardinal Thomas (born 30 May 1826, died 9 Mar 1894) Archbishop of Rouen

First Vatican Council: Council Father
Consistory - January 1893: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Paray-le Monial, Diocese of Autun
Ordained Priest Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Autun, Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon)
Death Place Rouen, Archdiocese of Rouen
Buried Place (Original) Sainte-Marguerite Chapel, Cathedral, Rouen, Archdiocese of Rouen
Buried Place (Current) Archbishops' Crypt, Sainte-Vierge Chapel, Cathedral, Rouen, Archdiocese of Rouen

a priest for 43.2 years
a bishop for 26.8 years
a cardinal for 1.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot †
Archbishop of Reims
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frédéric-Gabriel-Marie-François de Marguerye †
Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon)
Bishop Jean-Sébastien-Adolphe Devoucoux †
Bishop of Évreux

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot † (1856)
Archbishop of Reims
Louis-Jacques-Maurice Cardinal de Bonald † (1823)
Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne)
Bishop Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil † (1816)
Bishop of Chartres
Archbishop François de Pierre de Bernis † (1781)
Archbishop Emeritus of Albi
Pope Pius VI (1775)
(Giovanni Angelico Braschi †)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Charles-Paul Sagot du Vauroux † (1881)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Théodore Duval † (1890)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre-Louis-Marie Cortet † (1875)
Bishop Charles-Honoré Laborde † (1877)
Bishop Guillaume-Marie-Frédéric Bouange † (1877)
Bishop Etienne-Antoine-Alfred Lelong † (1877)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Paray-le Monial, Diocese of Autun
Ordained Priest	Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Autun, Diocese of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon)
Death Place	Rouen, Archdiocese of Rouen
Buried Place (Original)	Sainte-Marguerite Chapel, Cathedral, Rouen, Archdiocese of Rouen
Buried Place (Current)	Archbishops' Crypt, Sainte-Vierge Chapel, Cathedral, Rouen, Archdiocese of Rouen

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 486, and Page 488
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 50
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 16 Jan 1893
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1867, Number 35

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