Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet †

Deceased

Bishop of Meaux, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Sep 1627		Born
16 Mar 1652	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Sep 1669	41.9	Selected	Bishop of Condom, France
2 Jun 1670	42.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Condom, France
21 Sep 1670	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Condom, France
31 Oct 1671	44.0	Resigned	Bishop of Condom, France
21 May 1681	53.6	Selected	Bishop of Meaux, France
17 Nov 1681	54.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Meaux, France
12 Apr 1704	76.5	Died	Bishop of Meaux, France

MicroData Summary for Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
(VIAF: 2467099; WikiData: Q294100)
Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (born 27 Sep 1627, died 12 Apr 1704) Bishop of Meaux

Event Place
Birth Place Dijon

a priest for 52.0 years
a bishop for 33.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles-Maurice Le Tellier †
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Armand de Monchy d’Hocquincourt †
Bishop of Verdun
Bishop Gabriel de Roquette †
Bishop of Autun

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † (1668)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jacques de Goyon de Matignon † (1673)
Bishop Pierre de La Broue † (1680)
Archbishop François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon † (1695)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Godet des Marais † (1692)
Bishop Michel Le Peletier † (1692)
Bishop Ludovicus Quémeneur † (1698)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dijon

Source(s):

b/c2: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 168, and Page 263
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1670, Number 27

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