Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1664		Born
2 Mar 1716	51.2	Selected	Bishop of Troyes, France
27 Jun 1718	53.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Troyes, France
31 Jul 1718	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Troyes, France
30 Mar 1742	77.3	Retired	Bishop of Troyes, France
12 Jul 1743	78.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France

MicroData Summary for Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
(VIAF: 27103667; WikiData: Q3158442)
Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (born 11 Dec 1664, died 12 Jul 1743) Bishop Emeritus of Troyes

Event Place
Birth Place Dijon

a bishop for 24.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles-Daniel-Gabriel de Pestel de Levis de Tubières de Caylus †
Bishop of Auxerre
Bishop Roland-François de Kerhoent de Coetenfao †
Bishop of Avranches

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
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)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dijon

Source(s):

b/c2: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 387
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1718, Number 60

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