Victor-Félix Bernadou

Victor-Félix Bernadou (25 June 1816 – 15 November 1891) was a French cardinal, since 1867 Archbishop of Sens.

His Eminence Victor-Félix Bernadou
Archbishop of Sens
The then-archbishop circa 1870.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Sens
See	Sens
Appointed	12 July 1867
Installed	3 September 1867
Term ended	15 November 1891
Predecessor	Mellon de Jolly
Successor	Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1887-91)
Orders
Ordination	19 December 1840 by Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien
Consecration	29 June 1862 by Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion
Created cardinal	7 June 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Victor-Félix Bernadou
Born	25 June 1816 Castres, French Kingdom
Died	15 November 1891(1891-11-15) (aged 75) Sens, French Third Republic
Buried	Sens Cathedral
Parents	Jean Louis Bernadou Marguerite Elisabeth Vincens
Previous post	Bishop of Gap (1862-67)

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, which he remained until 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

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Jean-Irénée Depéry	Bishop of Gap 1862–1867	Succeeded by Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert
Preceded by Mellon de Jolly	Archbishop of Sens 1867–1891	Succeeded by Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin