Meet Thomas-François Boutry, bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay/France from 1907 to 1925. In this photo you get a half-decent look at the special kind of watered silk, which I have only seen on pictures of French prelates so far. While the bishop does not look particularly happy here, the next photos - all taken on the day of his consecration - make up for that:




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