Alexis Lépicier

Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier O.S.M. (28 February 1863, Vaucouleurs, Meuse – 20 May 1936) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious.

His Eminence Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier O.S.M.
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious
The cardinal pictured in Tunisia in 1930.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	17 December 1928
Term ended	31 December 1935
Predecessor	Camillo Laurenti
Successor	Vincenzo Lapuma
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna (1927–36)
Orders
Ordination	19 September 1885 by William Weathers
Consecration	29 May 1924 by Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum
Created cardinal	19 December 1927 by Pope Pius XI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier
Born	28 February 1863 Vaucouleurs, Second French Empire
Died	20 May 1936 (aged 73) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Parents	François-Henri Lépicier Marie-Claire Hette
Previous post	Prior General of the Servites (1913–20) Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1924–27)
Motto	Tuam voluntatem doce me facere
Coat of arms

Styles of Alexis Lépicier
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Tarsus (titular see)

Lépicier was born in Vaucouleurs, France. He joined the Order of Servants of Mary on 1 March 1878 in London. He attended the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice Paris and the Pontifical Urban University "De Propaganda Fide" in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 19 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 the Servite College, Rome from 1895 until 1913 and was General Procurator of his order in 1901. He was appointed Apostolic visitor and delegate to Scotland by Pope Pius X and was in Scotland in 1912–1913.

Episcopate

He was appointed titular Archbishop of Tarsus on 22 May 1924. He was appointed as Apostolic Visitor to the East Indies dioceses dependent on the Congregation for the Propagation of Faith on 11 June 1924, as well as serving as Apostolic Visitor to Abyssinia and Eritrea in 1927.

Cardinal

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna in the consistory of 19 December 1927 by Pope Pius XI. He was then appointed as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious in 1928. He resigned the prefecture on the last day of 1935. He died in 1936.

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