Léon-Benoît-Charles Thomas (1826–1894) was a French cardinal.^[1]

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His Eminence Léon-Benoît-Charles Thomas
Archbishop of Rouen
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Rouen
See	Rouen
Appointed	24 March 1884
Term ended	9 March 1894
Predecessor	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose
Successor	Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieau
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova (1893-94)
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1850
Consecration	15 May 1867 by Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot
Created cardinal	16 January 1893 by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Léon-Benoît-Charles Thomas 30 May 1826 Paray-le-Monial, Autun, French Kingdom
Died	9 March 1894(1894-03-09) (aged 67) Rouen, French Third Republic
Buried	Rouen Cathedral
Previous post(s)	Bishop of La Rochelle (1867-84)
Motto	Nil forties nil dulcius
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He studied in Paris and Rome and earned a doctorate in theology in 1856.^[1]

He served as Bishop of La Rochelle (1867–1883) and Archbishop of Rouen (1883–1894).^[2]

He died in 1894 and was buried in the chapel of Sainte-Marguerite in Rouen; bombings during WWII damaged his tomb, and his remains were transferred to the crypt of the archbishops in the chapel of the Sainte-Vierge.^[1]