Etienne-René Cardinal Potier de Gesvres †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1697		Born	Paris
18 Feb 1728	31.1	Appointed	Bishop of Beauvais, France
24 Apr 1728	31.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Beauvais, France
6 Jun 1728	31.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Beauvais, France
5 Apr 1756	59.3	Elevated to Cardinal
2 Aug 1758	61.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura
22 May 1772	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Beauvais, France
24 Jul 1774	77.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais, France

a bishop for 46.1 years
a cardinal for 18.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis de La Vergne de Tressan †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Charles-Antoine Cardinal de la Roche-Aymon †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Etienne-René Cardinal Potier de Gesvres † (1728)
Archbishop Louis de La Vergne de Tressan † (1718)
Bishop Olivier Jégou de Kervilio † (1694)
Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Michel Colbert † (1675)
Archbishop Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † (1668)
Antonio Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1655)
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Scanaroli † (1622)
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:
Jean-Baptiste Cardinal de Belloy-Morangle †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Frédéric-Jérôme Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld †
Louis-Joseph Cardinal de Montmorency-Laval †

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