Bishop Gabriel-Melchior de Messey †

Deceased

Bishop of Valence, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Sep 1748		Born
3 Aug 1788	39.8	Selected	Bishop of Valence, France
15 Sep 1788	39.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Valence, France
5 Oct 1788	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Valence, France
17 Mar 1806	57.4	Died	Bishop of Valence, France

MicroData Summary for Gabriel-Melchior de Messey
(VIAF: 37053669; WikiData: Q22212244)
Bishop Gabriel-Melchior de Messey (born 18 Sep 1748, died 17 Mar 1806) Bishop of Valence

Event Place
Birth Place Biesles

a bishop for 17.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé †
Archbishop of Aix

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé † (1765)
Archbishop of Aix
Archbishop Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne † (1761)
Archbishop of Toulouse
Paul Cardinal d’Albert de Luynes † (1729)
Archbishop of Sens
Archbishop Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan † (1718)
Archbishop of Rouen
Bishop Olivier Jégou de Kervilio † (1694)
Bishop of Tréguier
Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Michel Colbert de Saint-Pouange † (1675)
Archbishop of Toulouse
Archbishop Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † (1668)
Archbishop of Reims
Antonio Cardinal Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1655)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Bishop Giovanni Battista Scanaroli (Scannaroli) † (1630)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Biesles

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 430
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1788, Number 21

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