- Alexis Lépicier
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See=Tarsus (titular see )|Alexis-Henri-Marie Cardinal Lépicier OSM (
28 February 1863 -20 May 1936 ) was a Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church and was former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious.Lépicier was born in
Vaucouleurs ,France . He joined theOrder of Servants of Mary onMarch 1 1878 inLondon . He attended theSeminary ofSaint-Sulpice Paris and thePontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide" inRome . He was ordained to the priesthood on19 September 1885 in London. He served as Master of novices from 1890 until 1892 and was a faculty member of Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide," from 1892 until 1913. He served as Rector of Servite College, Rome from 1895 until 1913 and was General procurator of his order in 1901. He was appointedApostolic visitor and delegate toScotland byPope Pius X and was in Scotland from 1912-1913.Episcopate
He was appointed
titular Archbishop of Tarsus on22 May 1924 . He was appointed as Apostolic visitor to Eastern Indies dioceses dependent on the Congregation for Propagation of Faith onJune 11 1924 as well as serving as Apostolic visitor to Abyssinia andEritrea in 1927.Cardinal
He was created and proclaimed
Cardinal-Priest of "Santa Susanna " in theconsistory ofDecember 19 1927 byPope Pius XI . He was then appoined as Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious in 1928. He resigned the prefecture on the last day of 1935. He died in 1936.
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