Charles Théodore Colet

Charles Théodore Colet (30 April 1806 – 27 November 1883) was a French Roman Catholic Archbishop.

[2] In June 1861, Napoleon III nominated Colet to succeed François-Augustin Delamare as bishop of Luçon.

In December, Pius IX approved the appointment, and Colet was installed at the Cathedral of Saint Gatianus in Tours on February 3, 1875.

He supported Leo Dupont in his efforts to promote the local devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.

After Dupont's death in March 1876, the Archdiocese purchased his house on the Rue St. Etienne and established the Oratory of the Holy Face.

Coat of arms of Mgr Charles Théodore Colet
Tours Cathédrale Saint-Gatien Monument commémoratif de Mgr Colet