Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet


Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Donnet circa 1880.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseBordeaux
SeeBordeaux
Appointed19 May 1837
Term ended23 December 1882
PredecessorJean-Louis Anne-Magdalen Lefebvre de Cheverus
SuccessorAimé-Victor-François Guilbert
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1853–82)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination7 March 1819
Consecration31 May 1835
by Charles Auguste Marie Joseph, Count of Forbin-Janson
Created cardinal15 March 1852
by Pope Pius IX
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet

16 November 1795
Died23 December 1882(1882-12-23) (aged 87)
Bordeaux, French Third Republic
BuriedBordeaux Cathedral
ParentsFrançois Donnet
Madeleine Reynaud
MottoAd fortiter finem suaviter Omnia
Styles of
Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBordeaux

Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet (French pronunciation: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa oɡyst dɔnɛ]; 16 November 1795 – 23 December 1882) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bordeaux from 1837 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1852.