Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret
Bishop of Rodez
Statute of Rodez - Cathédrale Notre-Dame - Tombeau du cardinal Joseph Bourret
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseRodez
SeeRodez
Appointed27 October 1871
Term ended10 July 1896
PredecessorLouis-Auguste Delalle
SuccessorJean-Augustin Germain
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova (1894-96)
Orders
Ordination20 September 1851
by Georges Jacquot
Consecration30 November 1871
by Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert
Created cardinal12 June 1893
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret

9 December 1827
Died10 July 1896(1896-07-10) (aged 68)
Rodez, French Third Republic
BuriedRodez Cathedral
ParentsLouis Bourret
Ursule Christine Bonhomme
Alma materSorbonne University
MottoRobur et solatium
Styles of
Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeRodez

Joseph Christian Ernest Bourret (9 December 1827 in the hamlet of Labro, near Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, Ardèche – 10 July 1896 in Rodez) was a French churchman, bishop and cardinal.

Life

Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret was ordained into the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri as priest in 1851 in Paris. He was ordained bishop of Rodez in 1871, and made a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in 1893.

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