Charles Théodore Colet

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

In November 1874, Colet was nominated to succeed Felix Pierre Fruchaud as Archbishop of Tours.

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.