Church Roman Catholic Church Successor Eric Aumonier Name Jean-Charles Thomas | Coat of arms See Diocese of Versailles Ordination July 5, 1953 | |
Consecration 1 May 1972
by Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty Born 16 December 1929 (age 94)
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers, France ( 1929-12-16 ) Predecessor Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux | ||
KIM CHUI ON JEAN CHARLES AND EMILY JOY THOMAS
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.