Bishop Martin du Bellay †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 May 1703		Born
1727¹	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 May 1739	36.0	Selected	Bishop of Fréjus, France
16 Nov 1739	36.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Fréjus, France
13 Dec 1739	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Fréjus, France
4 Aug 1766	63.2	Resigned	Bishop of Fréjus, France
19 Dec 1775	72.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus, France

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Martin du Bellay
Bishop Martin du Bellay
(born 5 May 1703, died 19 Dec 1775)
Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus

Event Place
Birth Place Clereau

a priest for 48.9 years
a bishop for 36.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henri-Constance de Lort de Sérignan de Valras †
Bishop of Mâcon
Bishop Pierre-Jules-César de Rochechouard-Montigny †
Bishop of Évreux

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc † (1692)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop Louis de Thomassin † (1672)
Bishop of Sisteron
Bishop Jacques Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan † (1645)
Bishop of Uzés
Archbishop François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan † (1631)
Archbishop of Arles
Archbishop Jean Jaubert de Barrault † (1611)
Archbishop of Arles
François Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld † (1585)
Bishop of Senlis
Bishop Girolamo Ragazzoni †
Bishop of Bergamo

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis-Charles de Machault † (1772)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q22209640

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 218
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1739, Number 42

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