François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot

Cardinal Morlot

François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot (28 December 1795 – 29 December 1862)[1] was a French prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Paris from 1857 until his death. He was previously Bishop of Orléans from 1839 and then Archbishop of Tours from 1843.

Pope Pius IX named him a cardinal in March 1853.[2]

Born at Langres, he was a private tutor before becoming a priest.[1]

He died on 29 December 1862 in Paris and was exposed and buried in the cathedral.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. p. 695.
  2. ↑
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Marie Dominique Auguste Sibour		 Archbishop of Paris
1857–1862		 Succeeded by
Georges Darboy


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