Alexis Lépicier
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| Styles of Alexis Cardinal Lépicier |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Tarsus (titular see) |
His Most Reverend Eminence Alexis-Henri-Marie Cardinal Lépicier OSM (28 February 1863 - 20 May 1936) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious.
Lépicier was born in Vaucouleurs, France. He joined the Order of Servants of Mary on March 1, 1878 in London. He attended the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice Paris and the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide" in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 19 September 1885 in London. He served as Master of novices from 1890 until 1892 and was a faculty member of Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide," from 1892 until 1913. He served as Rector of Servite College, Rome from 1895 until 1913 and was General procurator of his order in 1901. He was appointed Apostolic visitor and delegate to Scotland by Pope Pius X and was in Scotland from 1912-1913.
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He was appointed titular Archbishop of Tarsus on 22 May 1924. He was appointed as Apostolic visitor to Eastern Indies dioceses dependent on the Congregation for Propagation of Faith on June 11, 1924 as well as serving as Apostolic visitor to Abyssinia and Eritrea in 1927.
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He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna in the consistory of December 19, 1927 by Pope Pius XI. He was then appoined as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious in 1928. He resigned the prefecture on the last day of 1935. He died in 1936.
| Preceded by Camillo Cardinal Laurenti |
Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious 17 December 1928–31 December 1935 |
Succeeded by Vincenzo Cardinal Lapuma |
