# Jean-Charles Thomas

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{{Short description|French Roman Catholic bishop (1929–2023)}}
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| type             = Bishop
| honorific_prefix = His Excellency
| name             = Jean-Charles Thomas
| title            = [Bishop Emeritus of Versailles](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Versailles)
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| archdiocese      = [Paris](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Paris)
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| predecessor      = [Louis Simonneaux](/source/Louis_Simonneaux)
| successor        = [Éric Aumonier](/source/%C3%89ric_Aumonier_(bishop))
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| previous_post    = Auxiliary Bishop of [Aire and Dax](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Aire_and_Dax) and Titular Bishop of [Gemellae in Numidia](/source/Gemellae) (1972–1974)<br>Bishop of [Ajaccio](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ajaccio) (1974–1986)
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| ordination       = 5 July 1953
| ordained_by      = [Antoine-Marie Cazaux](/source/Antoine-Marie_Cazaux)
| consecration     = 1 May 1972
| consecrated_by   = [Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty](/source/Charles-Auguste-Marie_Paty)
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1929|12|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Saint-Martin-des-Noyers](/source/Saint-Martin-des-Noyers), [France](/source/French_Third_Republic)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2023|10|14|1929|12|16|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [Machecoul](/source/Machecoul), France
| motto            = COMPRENDRE, AIMER, SERVIR
| coat_of_arms     = Coat of arms of Mgr Jean-Charles Thomas.svg
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*[His Excellency](/source/Excellency)
*[The Most Reverend](/source/The_Most_Reverend)
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| image = Coat of arms of Mgr Jean-Charles Thomas.svg
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'''Jean-Charles Thomas''' (16 December 1929 – 14 October 2023) was a French Catholic bishop. He was [ordained](/source/ordination) on July 5, 1953, and was [incardinated](/source/Incardination_and_excardination) in the clergy of the [Diocese of Luçon](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Lu%C3%A7on).

On 13 March 1972, he was named by [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI), [titular bishop](/source/titular_bishop) of Gemellae in Numidia and appointed him auxiliary bishop in Aire and Dax. The bishop of Luçon, Mgr. [Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty](/source/Charles-Auguste-Marie_Paty), gave him on 1 May of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Archbishop [Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers](/source/Marius-F%C3%A9lix-Antoine_Maziers), and the Bishop [André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Pierre_Louis_Marie_Fauchet). On 4 February he was named by Pope Paul VI Bishop of Ajaccio. Then he was named on 23 December 1986, [Coadjutor bishop](/source/Coadjutor_bishop) of Versailles, and Bishop of Versailles on the 4 June 1988. On the 11 January 2001, the Pope Jean-Paul II accepted his demission and named [Éric Aumonier](/source/%C3%89ric_Aumonier_(bishop)) to succeed him.

Thomas died in [Machecoul](/source/Machecoul) on 14 October 2023, at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite web |last=rédaction |first=La |date=1974-02-04 |title=Mgr Jean-Charles Thomas, ancien évêque de Corse, n'est plus |url=https://www.corsenetinfos.corsica/Mgr-Jean-Charles-Thomas-ancien-eveque-de-Corse-n-est-plus_a74158.html |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Corse Net Infos - Pure player corse |language=fr}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bthomasjc.html Jean-Charles Thomas] on catholic-hierarchy.org

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{{s-bef|before=[André Charles Collini](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Charles_Collini)}} 
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{{s-ttl|title=[Auxiliary Bishop of Aire and Dax](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Aire_and_Dax)|years=1972–1974}}
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