Stanislas Touchet
Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Cardinal Touchet (born November 13, 1848 in Soliers , France , † September 23, 1926 in Orléans ) was Bishop of Orléans .
Life
Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet, a nephew of Bishop Arthur-Xavier Ducellier and born like him in Soliers, studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the St. Sulpice Seminary in Paris . On June 13, 1872 he received the sacrament of ordination and was then installed as a pastor in the Archdiocese of Besançon . His uncle had been archbishop there since 1887.
In 1894 Pope Leo XIII appointed him . to the Bishop of Orléans. In 1922 Pope Pius XI took him . as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in the college of cardinals . Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet died on September 23, 1926 in Orléans and was buried in the local cathedral .
Act
During his tenure as Bishop of Orléans Touchet dealt intensively with the processing of the trial against Joan of Arc . His work was instrumental in their beatification in 1909 by Pius X and the canonization in 1920 by Benedict XV. initiated and prepared. Touchet was also considered a strong opponent of the strict separation of church and state in France.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Pierre-Hector Coullié |
Bishop of Orléans 1894–1926 |
Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Touchet, Stanislas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Touchet, Cardinal Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, Bishop of Orléans and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soliers , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1926 |
| Place of death | Orleans |