Pierre-Guérin Cardinal de Tencin †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lyon

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Aug 1680		Born	Grenoble
12 Jun 1724	43.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Embrun, France
2 Jul 1724	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Embrun, France
23 Feb 1739	58.5	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Jul 1739	58.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
11 Nov 1740	60.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Lyon, France
2 Mar 1758	77.5	Died	Archbishop of Lyon, France

Consistory - February 1739: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1740: Participated

a bishop for 33.7 years
a cardinal for 19.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Guérin Cardinal de Tencin † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Raymond Recrosio, B. †

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