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Jean-Charles Thomas

His Excellency
Jean-Charles Thomas
Bishop Emeritusof Versailles
Church Roman Catholic Church
See Diocese of Versailles
Predecessor Louis Simonneaux
Successor Éric Aumonier
Orders
Ordination 5 July 1953
Consecration 1 May 1972
by Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty
Personal details
Born (1929-12-16) 16 December 1929 (age 87)
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers, France
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Jean-Charles Thomas (born 16 December 1929 on Saint-Martin-des-Noyers) received on July 5, 1953, the sacrament of Holy Orders and was incardinated in the clergy of the Diocese of Luçon.

On 13 March 1972 he was named by Pope Paul VI, Titular bishop of Gemellae in Numidia and appointed him auxiliary bishop in Aire and Dax. The bishop of Luçon, Mgr Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty, gave him on 1 May of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Archbishop Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers, and the Bishop André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet. On 4 February he was named by Pope Paul VI Bishop of Ajaccio. Then he was named on 23 December 1986, Coadjutor bishop of Versailles, and Bischop of Versailles on the 4 June 1988. The 11 January 2001, the Pope Jean-Paul II accepted his demission and named Éric Aumonier to succeed him.



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