Bishop Léonor III de Goyon de Matignon †

Deceased

Bishop of Coutances, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1683¹		Born
8 Jan 1721	38.0	Selected	Bishop of Coutances, France
1 Dec 1721	38.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Coutances, France
11 Jan 1722	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Coutances, France
29 Mar 1757	74.2	Died	Bishop of Coutances, France

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Léonor III de Goyon de Matignon
Bishop Léonor III de Goyon de Matignon
(born 1683, died 29 Mar 1757)
Bishop of Coutances

Event Place
Birth Place Torigni-sur-Vire

a bishop for 35.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop André-Hercule de Fleury †
Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dominique-Barnabé Turgot de Saint-Clair †
Bishop of Sées {Séez}
Bishop François-César Le Blanc, C.R.S.A. †
Bishop of Avranches

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop André-Hercule de Fleury † (1699)
Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus
Archbishop Louis-Antoine 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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Louis de Gouyon de Vaudurand † (1745)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Denis-Alexandre Le Blanc, C.R.S.A. † (1722)
Henri-Osvald Cardinal de La Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon † (1722)
Bishop Paul-Robert Hertault de Beaufort † (1722)
Bishop Pierre-Jules-César de Rochechouard-Montigny † (1734)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q3271732

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1722, Number 1
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 169

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