Théodore-Augustin Forcade

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
Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence
Personal details
Born	2 March 1816 Versailles, France
Died	12 September 1885 (1885-09-13) (aged 69) Aix-en-Provence, France
Nationality	French

Biography

Théodore-Augustin Forcade was born on 2 March 1816 in Versailles, near Paris.^[1]

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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 12 September 1885 in Aix-en-Provence.^[1]