Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau


Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan, Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen, and Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates.

Biography

Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau was born in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France on 6 Jan 1787 and ordained a priest in the La Société des Missions Etrangères in 1812.
On 3 Oct 1817, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius VII as Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen.
On 1 Feb 1818, he was consecrated bishop by François de Bovet, Archbishop of Toulouse, with Jean-Claude Leblanc de Beaulieu, Archbishop of Arles, and William Poynter, Titular Bishop of Alias, serving as co-consecrators.
On 11 Jul 1838, he succeeded to the bishopric.
On 4 Apr 1856, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IX as Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan.
He served as Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan until his death on 6 May 1861.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: