Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot

His Eminence Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Bordeaux
See	Bordeaux
Appointed	26 June 1890
Installed	1 September 1890
Term ended	19 December 1908
Predecessor	Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert
Successor	Pierre-Paulin Andrieu
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1894-1908)
Orders
Ordination	24 June 1855
Consecration	11 July 1886 by Joseph-Maxence Péronne
Created cardinal	12 June 1893 by Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot 8 January 1831 Montescourt-Lizerolles, French Kingdom
Died	19 December 1908(1908-12-19) (aged 77) Chambéry, French Third Republic
Buried	Bordeaux Cathedral
Parents	Pierre Henri Lécot Celestine Alexandrine Pourrier
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Dijon (1886-90)
Motto	Nos autem Christi
Coat of arms

Styles of Victor Lecot
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Bordeaux

Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot (8 January 1831—19 December 1908) was a French archbishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Biography[edit]

He was born in Montescourt-Lizerolles, and studied at the Minor Seminary of Compiègne and Major Seminary of Beauvais. He was ordained to the priesthood on 24 June 1855, and then taught at the Minor Seminary of Dijon until 1858. He also served as vicar of the Cathedral of Beauvais (1858-1872), military chaplain in the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War and pastor of the church of Saint-Antoine in Compiègne (1872-1886).^{[citation needed]}

On the 10 June 1886, he was appointed Bishop of Dijon by Pope Leo XIII. He received his consecration on the following 11 July from Bishop Joseph-Maxence Péronne, with Bishops Paul-François-Marie de Forges and François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp., serving as co-consecrators. He was later transferred to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux on 26 June 1890.^{[citation needed]}

Pope Leo XIII created him Cardinal Priest of the Basilica of Santa Pudenziana in the consistory of 12 June 1893.^{[citation needed]} He participated in the Papal Conclave of 1903, which elected Pope Pius X.^[1]

He died in Chambéry, aged 77. He is buried in the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Andrew in Bordeaux.^{[citation needed]}

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