Clément Cardinal Villecourt †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Oct 1787		Born	Lyon
21 Dec 1811	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lyon, France
1832	44.2	Incardinated	Priest of Sens (-Auxerre), France
6 Oct 1835	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of La Rochelle, France
1 Feb 1836	48.3	Confirmed	Bishop of La Rochelle, France
13 Mar 1836	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of La Rochelle, France
7 Mar 1855	67.4	Resigned	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
17 Dec 1855	68.2	Elevated to Cardinal
17 Dec 1855	68.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio
17 Jan 1867	79.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

Consistory - 1855: Created Cardinal

a priest for 55.1 years
a bishop for 30.8 years
a cardinal for 11.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jacques-Louis-David de Seguin des Hons †
Archbishop Romain-Frédéric Gallard †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Clément Cardinal Villecourt † (1836)
Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac † (1819)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Antonio Cardinal Dugnani † (1785)
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis-Théophile Palluc du Parc †
Archbishop Henri-Marie Amanton †
Archbishop Charles-Amable de la Tour d'Auvergne Lauraguais †
Charles-Martial Cardinal Allemand-Lavigerie †

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