Léon Cardinal Potier de Gesvres †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1656		Born	Paris
30 Aug 1694	38.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Bourges, France
23 Jan 1695	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bourges, France
29 Nov 1719	63.3	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Mar 1729	72.6	Resigned	Archbishop of Bourges, France
12 Nov 1744	88.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

Consistory - 1719: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1721: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1724: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1730: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1740: Unable to Participate

a bishop for 49.8 years
a cardinal for 25.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
César Cardinal d'Estrées †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Léon Cardinal Potier de Gesvres † (1695)
César Cardinal d'Estrées †

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