Jean-Charles Thomas
His Excellency Jean-Charles Thomas | |
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Bishop Emeritusof Versailles | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
See | Diocese of Versailles |
Predecessor | Louis Simonneaux |
Successor | Éric Aumonier |
Orders | |
Ordination | 5 July 1953 |
Consecration |
1 May 1972 by Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty |
Personal details | |
Born |
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers, France | 16 December 1929
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Jean-Charles Thomas (born 16 December 1929 on Saint-Martin-des-Noyers) received on July 5, 1953, the sacrament of Holy Orders and was incardinated in the clergy of the Diocese of Luçon.
On 13 March 1972 he was named by Pope Paul VI, Titular bishop of Gemellae in Numidia and appointed him auxiliary bishop in Aire and Dax. The bishop of Luçon, Mgr Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty, gave him on 1 May of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Archbishop Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers, and the Bishop André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet. On 4 February he was named by Pope Paul VI Bishop of Ajaccio. Then he was named on 23 December 1986, Coadjutor bishop of Versailles, and Bischop of Versailles on the 4 June 1988. The 11 January 2001, the Pope Jean-Paul II accepted his demission and named Éric Aumonier to succeed him.
References
External links
- Jean-Charles Thomas on catholic-hierarchy.org
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Preceded by Louis Simonneaux |
Catholic Bishop of Versailles 1988-2001 |
Succeeded by Éric Aumonier |
Preceded by André Charles Collini |
Catholic Bishop of Ajaccio 1974-1986 |
Succeeded by Sauveur Casanova |
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