Bishop Jean-François de Hercé †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Feb 1776		Born
18 Dec 1830	54.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Oct 1835	59.6	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Nantes, France
1 Feb 1836	59.9	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Nantes, France
1 Feb 1836	59.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Botrys
17 Apr 1836	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Botrys
12 May 1838	62.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Nantes, France
29 Nov 1848³	72.7	Resigned	Bishop of Nantes, France
31 Jan 1849	72.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Jean-François de Hercé
Bishop Jean-François de Hercé
(born 18 Feb 1776, died 31 Jan 1849)
Bishop Emeritus of Nantes

Event Place
Birth Place Mayenne

a priest for 18.1 years
a bishop for 12.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph-Michel-Jean-Baptiste-Paul-Augustin Micolon de Guérines †
Bishop of Nantes
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Bouvier †
Bishop of Le Mans
Bishop Mathias Le Groing de La Romagère †
Bishop of Saint-Brieuc

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph-Michel-Jean-Baptiste-Paul-Augustin Micolon de Guérines † (1822)
Bishop of Nantes
Bishop Charles-Antoine-Henri Du Valk de Dampierre † (1802)
Bishop of Clermont
Archbishop Marie-Charles-Isidore de Mercy † (1776)
Archbishop of Bourges
Archbishop Pierre-Louis de Leyssin † (1767)
Archbishop of Embrun
Archbishop Alexandre-Angélique Talleyrand de Périgord † (1766)
Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
Archbishop Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon † (1725)
Archbishop of Reims
Henri-Pons Cardinal de Thiard de Bissy † (1692)
Bishop of Meaux
Archbishop Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette † (1676)
Archbishop of Sens
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Guillaume-Laurent-Louis Angebault † (1842)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Godefroy Cardinal Brossais Saint-Marc † (1841)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 44369542
WikiData: Q3165956

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 116, and Page 276
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1836, Number 12

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