| Styles of Victor Lecot |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Bordeaux |
Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot (January 8, 1831—December 19, 1908) was a French archbishop and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
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 June 24, 1855, and then taught at the Minor Seminary of Dijon until 1858. He also served as vicar of the cathedral of Beauvais (1858-1872), chaplain in the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War, and pastor of the church of Saint-Antoine in Compiègne (1872-1886).
On June 10, 1886, he was appointed bishop of Dijon by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 11 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 promoted to metropolitan see of Bordeaux on June 26, 1890.
Leo XIII created him Cardinal Priest of S. Pudenziana in the consistory of June 12, 1893. He participated in the papal conclave of 1903, which elected Pope Pius X.
He died in Chambéry, aged 77. He is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Bordeaux.
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| Preceded by Aime Guilbert |
Archbishop of Bordeaux 3 June 1890–19 December 1908 |
Succeeded by Pierre Andrieu |