Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau

Roman Catholic bishop

Most Reverend Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau
Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates

Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Apostolic Vicariate of Northwestern Szechwan
In office	1856–1861
Predecessor	Giacomo Luigi Fontana
Successor	Annet-Théophile Pinchon
Previous post(s)	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (1838–1856)
Orders
Ordination	1812
Consecration	1 Feb 1818 by François de Bovet
Personal details
Born	6 Jan 1787 Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
Died	6 May 1861 (age 74)

Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. (Chinese name: 馬伯樂; 1787–1861) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan (1856–1861), Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (1838–1856), and Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates (1817–1861).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Biography

Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau was born in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France on 6 Jan 1787 and ordained a priest in the La Société des Missions Etrangères in 1812.^[2] On 3 Oct 1817, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius VII as Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen.^[1]^[2] On 1 Feb 1818, he was consecrated bishop by François de Bovet, Archbishop of Toulouse, with Jean-Claude Leblanc de Beaulieu, Archbishop of Arles, and William Poynter, Titular Bishop of Alias, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] On 11 Jul 1838, he succeeded to the bishopric.^[2] On 4 Apr 1856, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IX as Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan.^[2] He served as Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan until his death on 6 May 1861.^[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[2]

Giacomo Luigi Fontana, Titular Bishop of Sinitis and Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (1820);
Joseph Ponsot, Titular Bishop of Philomelium and Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan (1843);
Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, Titular Bishop of Sinitis and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (1844); and
Annet-Théophile Pinchon, Titular Bishop of Polemonium and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan (1859).

References

^ ^a ^b Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1968). Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi sive summorum pontificum, S. R. E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series... A pontificatu Pii PP. VII (1800) usque ad pontificatum Gregorii PP. XVI (1846) (in Latin). Vol. VII. Monasterii: Libr. Regensburgiana. p. 257.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Cheney, David M. "Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.^{self-published}
^ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Chengdu [Chengtu]". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.^{self-published}
^ Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Chengdu 成都". GCatholic.org. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)^{self-published}
^ Cheney, David M. "Maxula Prates (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.^{self-published}
^ Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Maxula Prates". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.^{self-published}

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Preceded by John Young (bishop of Limerick)	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates 1817–1861	Succeeded by Léon-Paul Classe
Preceded by Giacomo Luigi Fontana	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen then Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan 1838–1861	Succeeded by Annet-Théophile Pinchon

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