Félix Fournier was born on 3 May 1803 in Nantes and died on 9 June 1877 in Rome (Italy).J.B. Russon et D. Duret, La cathédrale de Nantes, Roumegoux et Cie, Savenay, 1933, 145 p., p. 69 Fournier was ordained in 1827. He was vicar and parish priest of the parish of Saint-Nicolas in Nantes from 1836 to 1870 before reaching the Bishopric.
