Stanislas Touchet

Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet (13 November 1842 – 23 September 1926) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Orléans from 1894 until his death, and became a cardinal in 1922.

[1] Stanislas Touchet was born in Soliers, and studied at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris.

He was ordained to the priesthood on 13 June 1872, and then did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Besançon until 1894.

On 18 May 1894, Touchet was appointed Bishop of Orléans by Pope Leo XIII.

After becoming an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 19 June 1922, Touchet was created Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva by Pope Pius XI in the consistory of 11 December of that same year.