Bishop François Bécherel †

Deceased

Bishop of Valence, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Mar 1732		Born
22 Feb 1791	58.9	Selected	Bishop of [Manche (Constitutional), France]
20 Mar 1791	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of [Manche (Constitutional), France]
5 Jul 1802	70.3	Selected	Bishop of Valence, France
15 Jul 1802	70.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Valence, France
23 Jul 1802	70.3	Installed	Bishop of Valence, France
25 Jun 1815	83.2	Died	Bishop of Valence, France

MicroData Summary
François Bécherel
Bishop François Bécherel
(born 7 Mar 1732, died 25 Jun 1815)
Bishop of Valence

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcôuët
Ordained Bishop Oratoire, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Death Place Valence, Diocese of Valence

a bishop for 24.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
[Constitutional Patriarch Robert Thomas Lindet] †
Bishop of [Eure (Constitutional)]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
[Constitutional Patriarch Jean-Pierre Saurine] †
Bishop of [Landes (Constitutional)]
[Constitutional Patriarch Henri Grégoire] †
Bishop of [Loir-et-Cher (Constitutional)]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

[Constitutional Patriarch Robert Thomas Lindet] † (1791)
Bishop of [Eure (Constitutional)]
[Constitutional Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel] † (1772)
Titular Bishop of Lydda
Bishop Joseph-Nicolas de Montenach † (1759)
Bishop of Lausanne
Bishop Georg Joseph Wilhelm Aloys Rinck von Baldenstein † (1744)
Bishop of Basel
Archbishop Antoine-Pierre de Grammont † (1735)
Archbishop of Besançon
Archbishop Melchior de Polignac † (1726)
Archbishop of Auch
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
[Constitutional Bishop Matthieu Asselin] † (1797)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 2581197
WikiData: Q3084138

Source(s):

b: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 387
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1791, Number 18

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