Alphonse-Louis Cardinal du Plessis de Richelieu †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
1582		Born	Paris
6 Dec 1625	43.9	Selected	Archbishop of Aix, France
27 Apr 1626	44.3	Confirmed	Archbishop of Aix, France
21 Jun 1626	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Aix, France
Sep 1628	46.7	Selected	Archbishop of Lyon, France
27 Nov 1628	46.9	Confirmed	Archbishop of Lyon, France
19 Nov 1629	47.9	Elevated to Cardinal
4 Jun 1635	53.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
23 Mar 1653	71.2	Died	Archbishop of Lyon, France

a bishop for 26.8 years
a cardinal for 23.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Guillaume d’Hugues, O.F.M. Conv. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Claude de Rueil †
Bishop Nicolas Sanguin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Alphonse-Louis Cardinal du Plessis de Richelieu † (1626)
Archbishop Guillaume d’Hugues, O.F.M. Conv. † (1612)
Giovanni Garzia Cardinal Millini †

Source(s):

b/c2+: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 19 Nov 1629

a bishop for 26.8 years a cardinal for 23.3 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Guillaume d’Hugues, O.F.M. Conv. † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Claude de Rueil † Bishop Nicolas Sanguin †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Alphonse-Louis Cardinal du Plessis de Richelieu † (1626) Archbishop Guillaume d’Hugues, O.F.M. Conv. † (1612) Giovanni Garzia Cardinal Millini †