Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau
Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. (Chinese name: ; 1787–1861) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan (1856–1861), Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (1838–1856), and Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates (1817–1861). 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: Giacomo Luigi Fontana, Titular Bishop of Sinitis and Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (1820); Joseph Ponsot, Titular Bishop of Philomelium and Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan (1843); Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, Titular Bishop of Sinitis and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (1844); and Annet-Théophile Pinchon, Titular Bishop of Polemonium and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan (1859). See also Catholic Church in Sichuan References 1787 births 1861 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in China Apostolic vicars of Sichuan Bishops appointed by Pope Pius VII Bishops appointed by Pope Pius IX Paris Foreign Missions Society bishops Roman Catholic missionaries in Sichuan People from Les Sables-d'Olonne Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu