Cousin had previously been a Canon of Montpellier, Vicar-General of the diocese, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Montpellier. Ferdinand Saurel (1894). Histoire religieuse du département de l'Hérault: Pendant la Révolution (in French). Vol. Tome I. Paris: H. Champion. pp. Appendix, p. vi.
Bardou had been a priest of the diocese of Albi and curate of the parish of Saint-Amans la Bastide, as well as Honorary Canon of Albi. He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He died on 30 January 1863. Melanges Religieux, Recueil Periodique (in French). Vol. Tome IV. Montreal. 1842. p. 250.
Grimardias was born at Maringues, near Clermont-Ferrand, in 1819. He studied with the Jesuits, and completed his religious studies at the Grand Seminaire of Clermont. He was Vicar of the parish of the Cathedral of Clermont, and in 1845 became Secretary of the Bishop, though in 1847 he returned to the Cathedral as curate of the Cathedral Parish. In 1862 he was named honorary Vicar-General. He was named Bishop of Cahors by the government on 30 December 1865, and preconized (approved) by Pope Pius IX on 17 June 1866. He was consecrated on 6 August 1866. Victor Frond (1870). Actes et histoire du concile oecuménique de Rome MDCCCLXIX, 1er du Vatican, 1689 (in French). Paris: Pilon. pp. 36–37.
