Louis Cardinal de Guise de Lorraine †

Deceased

Bishop of Metz

Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Oct 1527		Born	Castle of Joinville
11 May 1545	17.6	Appointed	Bishop of Troyes, France
27 Jun 1550	22.7	Appointed	Bishop of Albi, France
22 Dec 1553	26.2	Elevated to Cardinal
17 Jul 1555	27.7	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Tommaso in Parione
1561	33.2	Resigned	Bishop of Albi, France
9 May 1561	33.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Sens, France
1562¹	34.2	Resigned	Archbishop of Sens, France
24 Mar 1568	40.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione
5 Oct 1568	41.0	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Metz, France
1 Apr 1571	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metz, France
29 Mar 1578	50.4	Died	Bishop of Metz, France

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

Consistory - 1553: Created Cardinal
Conclave - April 1555: Unable to Participate
Conclave - May 1555: Participated
Conclave - 1559: Participated
Conclave - 1565/1566: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1572: Unable to Participate

a bishop for 7.0 years
a cardinal for 24.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Charles Cardinal de Guise de Lorraine †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Louis Cardinal de Guise de Lorraine † (1571)
Charles Cardinal de Guise de Lorraine † (1545)
Claude Cardinal de Longwy de Givry †

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 22 Dec 1553
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 3, Page 298

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Conclaves | Consistories | Councils

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2012
code: v2.8.1, 5 Sep 2012; data: 8 Sep 2012