Joseph-Alfred Foulon

Joseph-Alfred Cardinal Foulon †
Archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio
See	Archdiocese of Lyon
Installed	26 May 1887 — 23 January 1893
Predecessor	Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot
Successor	Pierre-Hector Coullie
Other post(s)	Previously Archbishop of Besançon
Orders
Created cardinal	24 May 1889
Personal details
Born	(1823-04-29)29 April 1823 Paris, France
Died	23 January 1893(1893-01-23) (aged 69) Lyon, France

Joseph-Alfred Foulon (29 April 1823 – 23 January 1893) was a French Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon.

Life

Foulon was born in Paris and studied in the Saint-Sulpice Seminary. He was ordained priest on 18 December 1847 in Paris, where he taught for twelve years in the minor seminary.

He was elected bishop of Nancy on 27 March 1867. He took part in the First Vatican Council. He was promoted to the Metropolitan See of Besançon on 30 March 1882, and transferred to the Metropolitan See of Lyon on 26 May 1887.
Pope Leo XIII created him cardinal priest in the consistory of 24 May 1889 with the title of Sant'Eusebio.

Cardinal Foulon died on 23 January 1893 in Lyon and was buried in Lyon Cathedral.

External links

• The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary
• Catholic Hierarchy data for this cardinal ^{[self-published]}