Victor-Félix Bernadou (25 June 1816 – 15 November 1891) was a French cardinal, since 1867 Archbishop of Sens.

Biography

Born in Castres, he was ordained to the priesthood on 19 December 1840. By 7 April 1862 he was appointed bishop of Gap, received his episcopal consecration on 29 June 1862 from Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion, with bishops Louis-Antoine Pavy and Jean-Jacques Bardou serving as co-consecrators. He was promoted to metropolitan see of Sens on 12 July 1867, which he remained until death. He took part in First Vatican Council. On 7 July 1886 Pope Leo XIII created him Cardinal Priest.

Victor-Félix Bernadou

He died in Sens, and was buried in Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens

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1816 births

1891 deaths

People from Castres

19th-century French cardinals

Archbishops of Sens

Bishops of Gap

Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII

Participants in the First Vatican Council

Victor-Félix Bernadou