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French Catholic archbishop From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Théodore-Augustin Forcade (1816–1885) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence from 1873 to 1885.
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Théodore-Augustin Forcade | |
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Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence | |
Personal details | |
Born | March 2, 1816 Versailles, France |
Died | September 12, 1885 Aix-en-Provence, France |
Nationality | French |
Théodore-Augustin Forcade was born on March 2, 1816, in Versailles near Paris.[1]
Forcade was ordained priest at the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1839.[1]
He served as the Apostolic Vicar of Japan from 1846 to 1852,[1][2] as the Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Hong Kong from 1847, as the Bishop of Basse Terre from 1853 to 1860, and as the Bishop of Nevers from 1860 to 1873.[1]
He served as the Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence from 1873 to 1885.[1]
He died on September 12, 1885, in Aix-en-Provence.[1]
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