Stanislas Touchet

Stanislas Touchet was born in Soliers, and studied at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. He was ordained to the priesthood on 13 June 1872, and then did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Besançon until 1894.

On 18 May 1894, Touchet was appointed Bishop of Orléans by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 15 July from Bishop Flavien-Abel Hugonin, with Bishops Abel-Anastase Germain and Charles-Bonaventure Theuret serving as co-consecrators, in the Besançon Cathedral.

After becoming an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 19 June 1922, Touchet was created Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva by Pope Pius XI in the consistory of 11 December of that same year. He would serve as Bishop of Orléans for a period of thirty-two years.

He died in Orléans, at the age of 77, and is buried in its Cathedral.

Some of the Books Written by Him:

1. La sainte de la patrie
2. Vie de sainte Jeanne d'Arc
3. Pour les Arméniens
4. Panégyrique de Jeanne d'Arc
5. Ce que fut Jeanne d'Arc
6. Oeuvres choisies
7. La mission de la vénérable Jeanne d'Ar
8. Aux infirmières de France

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