Clément Cardinal Villecourt †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes)

Cardinal-Priest of San 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
30 Oct 1835	48.1	Selected	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
17 Dec 1855	68.2	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Dec 1855	68.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
7 Mar 1856	68.4	Resigned	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
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 Séguin 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 † (1851)
Archbishop Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. † (1857)
Archbishop Charles-Amable de la Tour d’Auvergne Lauraguais † (1861)
Charles-Martial Cardinal Allemand-Lavigerie † (1863)

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 51
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 327

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