Bishop François-François Besson †

Deceased

Bishop of Metz

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Sep 1756		Born	Seyssel
18 Dec 1779	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Oct 1823	67.1	Selected	Bishop of Metz, France
24 Nov 1823	67.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Metz, France
23 Feb 1824	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metz, France
23 Jul 1842	85.9	Died	Bishop of Metz, France

a priest for 62.6 years
a bishop for 18.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alexandre-Raymond Devie †
Bishop Antoine-Jacques de Chamon †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François-François Besson † (1824)
Archbishop Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins † (1822)
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
César-Guillaume Cardinal de la Luzerne † (1770)
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Nicolò Cardinal Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de’ Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere † (1481)
Pope Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. † (1471)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 263

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