Louis-Marie Caverot


Louis-Marie Caverot
Archbishop of Lyon
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseLyon
SeeLyon
Appointed26 July 1876
Term ended23 January 1887
PredecessorJacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac
SuccessorJoseph-Alfred Foulon
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1884-87)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Saint-Dié (1849-76)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (1877-84)
Orders
Ordination19 March 1831
Consecration22 July 1849
by Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu
Created cardinal12 March 1877
by Pope Pius IX
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot

26 May 1806
Died23 January 1887(1887-01-23) (aged 80)
Lyon, French Third Republic
ParentsClaude Marie Caverot
Anne-Marguerite Noël
MottoDilectione et pace
Coat of armsLouis-Marie Caverot's coat of arms

Louis-Marie Caverot (French pronunciation: [lwi maʁi kavʁo]; 26 May 1806 – 23 January 1887) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop in 1849 and served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1876 to 1887. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 1877.