Bishop Claude Auvry †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Coutances, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1606¹		Born
3 Dec 1646	40.9	Appointed	Bishop of Coutances, France
15 Feb 1647	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Coutances, France
Sep 1658³	52.6	Resigned	Bishop of Coutances, France
9 Jul 1687	81.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Coutances, France

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Claude Auvry
Bishop Claude Auvry
(born 1606, died 9 Jul 1687)
Bishop Emeritus of Coutances

Event Place
Birth Place Paris, Diocese of Paris

a bishop for 40.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dominique de Vic †
Archbishop of Auch
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jacques Le Noël du Perron †
Bishop of Évreux
Bishop Arthus de Lionne †
Bishop of Gap

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Dominique de Vic † (1625)
Archbishop of Auch
Archbishop Léonard de Trapes, O.F.M. Cap. † (1600)
Archbishop of Auch
Pierre Cardinal de Gondi † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Prospero Publicola Cardinal Santacroce †
Bishop of Kisamos (Cisamo)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Jacques de La Haye, O.S.Sp. † (1653)
Bishop Eustache Le Clerc de Lesseville † (1659)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre de Bedacier, O.S.B. † (1649)
Bishop Gabriel de Boislève † (1651)
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop François de Rouxel de Médavy † (1652)
Bishop Bernard de Sariac † (1659)
Bishop Jean de Meaupéou † (1660)
Bishop François de Clermont-Tonnerre † (1661)
Bishop François de Nesmond † (1662)
Archbishop Michel Amelot de Gournay † (1671)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 19686370
WikiData: Q22247987

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 161
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1647, Number 2

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