Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet

His Excellency Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet
Bishop of Lille
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Lille
In office	1983 - 1998
Predecessor	Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand
Successor	Gérard Denis Auguste Defois
Orders
Ordination	22 October 1944
Consecration	13 December 1964
Personal details
Born	(1922-04-08)8 April 1922 Chaumont, France
Died	23 January 2013(2013-01-23) (aged 90)
Previous post(s)	Prelate

Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet (8 April 1922 – 23 January 2013) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Vilnet was born in Chaumont and was ordained a priest on 22 October 1944. Vilnet was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Saint-Dié on 24 September 1964 and consecrated on 13 December 1964.

On 16 June 1968, Bishop Vilnet was involved in a serious automobile accident with another vehicle driven by future American presidential candidate Mitt Romney.^[1]

Vilnet was appointed to the Diocese of Lille on 13 August 1983 and remained there until his retirement on 2 July 1998.

See also

• List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name
• Archdiocese of Lille
• Diocese of Saint-Dié

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Lille Diocese (French)
• Saint-Dié Diocese (French)

References