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.

His Eminence Stanislas Touchet
Bishop of Orléans
Picture circa 1901.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Orléans
See	Orléans
Appointed	18 May 1894
Term ended	23 September 1926
Predecessor	Pierre-Hector Coullié
Successor	Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (1922-26)
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1872
Consecration	15 July 1894 by Flavien-Abel-Antoinin Hugonin
Created cardinal	11 December 1922 by Pope Pius XI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet
Born	13 November 1842 Soliers, French Kingdom
Died	23 September 1926(1926-09-23) (aged 83) Orléans, French Third Republic
Buried	Orléans Cathedral
Parents	Louis Modeste Touchet Stéphanie Félicité Ducellier
Motto	Jesus Maria spes ac robur

Styles of Stanislas Touchet
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	none

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 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 died in Orléans, at the age of 77, and is buried in its Cathedral.

Some of the Books Written by Him:

1. La sainte de la patrie
2. Vie de sainte Jeanne d'Arc
3. Pour les Arméniens
4. Panégyrique de Jeanne d'Arc
5. Ce que fut Jeanne d'Arc
6. Oeuvres choisies
7. La mission de la vénérable Jeanne d'Ar
8. Aux infirmières de France

References

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}
• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Pierre-Hector Coullie	Bishop of Orléans 1894–1926	Succeeded by Jules-Marie Courcoux