Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert

Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert (15 November 1812 – 16 August 1889) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop in 1867. He was Bishop of Gap from 1867 to 1879, then Bishop of Amiens until 1883, and then Archbishop of Bordeaux until his death. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 1889.


Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux
Photograph by Pierre Petit, c.1880
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseBordeaux
Appointed9 August 1883
Term ended16 August 1889
PredecessorFrançois-Auguste-Ferdinand Donnet
SuccessorVictor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot
Orders
Ordination17 December 1836
by Louis-Jean-Julien Robiou de la Tréhonnais
Consecration10 November 1867
by François-Augustin Delamare
Created cardinal24 May 1889
by Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born15 November 1812
Died16 August 1889(1889-08-16) (aged 76)
Gap, French Third Republic
BuriedBordeaux Cathedral
ParentsJean Victor Guilbert
Jeanne Françoise Thienotte
Previous post(s)
  • Bishop of Gap (1867-79)
  • Bishop of Amiens (1879-83)
MottoCrux spes
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