Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart
Jean François Joseph Rochechouart | |
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Cardinal Bishop of Laon Peer of France |
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File:The Cardinal de Rochechouart (Jean François Joseph de Rochechouart) wearing the Sash of the Order of the Holy Spirit in 1762 by Pompeo Batoni.jpg
Cardinal Rochechouart (Pompeo Batoni - 1762) in the Saint Louis Art Museum.
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Laon |
See | Laon |
Appointed | 18 September 1741 |
Term ended | 20 March 1777 |
Predecessor | Etienne-Joseph de La Fare |
Successor | Louis-Hector-Honoré-Maxime de Sabran |
Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio (1762-77) |
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Consecration | 15 October 1741 by Nicolas-Charles de Saulx-Tavannes |
Created Cardinal | 23 November 1761 by Pope Clement XIII |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Jean François Joseph de Rochechouart |
Born | Toulouse, Kingdom of France |
27 January 1708
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Paris, Kingdom of France |
Parents | Charles de Rochechouart Françoise de Montesquiou |
Previous post | Vicar General of Rouen (1734-41) |
Alma mater | La Sorbonne |
Jean François Joseph Rochechouart, Cardinal de Rochechouart (27 January 1708 – 20 March 1777) was a French Roman Catholic Cardinal.
Born in Toulouse, he was educated in the University of Paris, where he achieved licentiate in theology. After having been ordained priest he became vicar general of the archdiocese of Rouen for seven years. Elected bishop of Laon on 18 September 1741 he was also French ambassador to the Holy See from 1758 to 1762.
Pope Clement XIII created him cardinal priest in the consistory of 23 November 1761 with the title of Sant'Eusebio. He participated in the Papal conclave of 1769, but not that of 1774-1775.
Rochechouart died in 1777 in Paris.
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- The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church-Biographical Dictionary
- Catholic Hierarchy data for this Cardinal [self-published]
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