Nationality French | Occupation Archbishop | |
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Born March 2, 1816 Versailles, France Died 12 September 1885, Aix-en-Provence, France | ||
Théodore-Augustin Forcade (1816–1885) was a French Roman Catholic archbishop.
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Early life
Théodore-Augustin Forcade was born on March 2, 1816 in Versailles near Paris.
Vocation
Forcade was ordained priest at the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1839.
He served as the Apostolic Vicar of Japan from 1846 to 1852. He served as the Bishop of Basse Terre from 1853 to 1860, and as the Bishop of Nevers from 1860 to 1873.
He served as the Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence from 1873 to 1885.
Death
He died on September 12, 1885 in Aix-en-Provence.
References
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