Bishop Gabriel de Boislève †

Deceased

Bishop of Avranches, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Mar 1595		Born
5 Jan 1651	55.8	Selected	Bishop of Avranches, France
10 Dec 1651	56.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Avranches, France
3 Dec 1667	72.7	Died	Bishop of Avranches, France

MicroData Summary
Gabriel de Boislève
Bishop Gabriel de Boislève
(born 1 Mar 1595, died 3 Dec 1667)
Bishop of Avranches

Event Place
Birth Place Angers

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Robert Cupif †
Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Claude Auvry †
Bishop of Coutances
Bishop Jean d’Estrade †
Bishop of Condom

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Robert Cupif † (1640)
Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Archbishop Victor Le Bouthilier † (1628)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Tours
Archbishop Jean-François de Gondi † (1623)
Archbishop of Paris
François Cardinal d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † (1599)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
François Cardinal de Joyeuse †
Archbishop of Toulouse

External Link(s):

VIAF: 309699510
WikiData: Q22970538

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 65
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1651, Number 29

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