Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot

Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot (8 January 1831—19 December 1908) was a French archbishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church.


Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseBordeaux
SeeBordeaux
Appointed26 June 1890
Installed1 September 1890
Term ended19 December 1908
PredecessorAimé-Victor-François Guilbert
SuccessorPierre-Paulin Andrieu
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1894-1908)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Dijon (1886-90)
Orders
Ordination24 June 1855
Consecration11 July 1886
by Joseph-Maxence Péronne
Created cardinal12 June 1893
by Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot

8 January 1831
Died19 December 1908(1908-12-19) (aged 77)
Chambéry, French Third Republic
BuriedBordeaux Cathedral
ParentsPierre Henri Lécot
Celestine Alexandrine Pourrier
MottoNos autem Christi
Coat of armsVictor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot's coat of arms
Styles of
Victor Lecot
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBordeaux

Biography

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He was born in Montescourt-Lizerolles, and studied at the Minor Seminary of Compiègne and Major Seminary of Beauvais. He was ordained to the priesthood on 24 June 1855, and then taught at the Minor Seminary of Dijon until 1858. He also served as vicar of the Cathedral of Beauvais (1858-1872), military chaplain in the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War and pastor of the church of Saint-Antoine in Compiègne (1872-1886).[citation needed]

On the 10 June 1886, he was appointed Bishop of Dijon by Pope Leo XIII. He received his consecration on the following 11 July from Bishop Joseph-Maxence Péronne, with Bishops Paul-François-Marie de Forges and François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp., serving as co-consecrators. He was later transferred to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux on 26 June 1890.[citation needed]

Pope Leo XIII created him Cardinal Priest of the Basilica of Santa Pudenziana in the consistory of 12 June 1893.[citation needed] He participated in the Papal Conclave of 1903, which elected Pope Pius X.[1]

He died in Chambéry, aged 77. He is buried in the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Andrew in Bordeaux.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Burkle-Young, Francis A. (2000). Papal Elections in the Age of Transition, 1878-1922. Lexington Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7391-0114-8.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Aime Guilbert
Archbishop of Bordeaux
3 June 1890–19 December 1908
Succeeded by