[Constitutional Bishop Michel-Joseph Dufraisse] †

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Not in Union with the Holy See

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of [Cher (Constitutional), France]

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Apr 1728		Born
1798¹	69.7	Selected	Bishop of [Cher (Constitutional), France]
28 Oct 1798	70.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of [Cher (Constitutional), France]
24 Oct 1801	73.5	Resigned	Bishop of [Cher (Constitutional), France]
17 Sep 1802	74.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of [Cher (Constitutional), France]

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Michel-Joseph Dufraisse
Bishop Michel-Joseph Dufraisse
(born 12 Apr 1728, died 17 Sep 1802)
Bishop Emeritus of Cher

Event Place
Birth Place Clermont-Ferrand
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Death Place Bourges

a bishop for 3.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
[Constitutional Bishop Henri Grégoire] †
Bishop of [Loir-et-Cher (Constitutional)]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
[Constitutional Bishop Jean-Baptiste Royer] †
Bishop of [Ain (Constitutional)]
[Constitutional Bishop Jean-Pierre Saurine] †
Bishop of [Landes (Constitutional)]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

[Constitutional Bishop Henri Grégoire] † (1791)
Bishop of [Loir-et-Cher (Constitutional)]
[Constitutional Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel] † (1772)
Titular Bishop of Lydda
Bishop Joseph-Nicolas de Montenach † (1759)
Bishop of Lausanne
Bishop Georg Joseph Wilhelm Aloys Rinck von Baldenstein † (1744)
Bishop of Basel
Archbishop Antoine-Pierre de Grammont † (1735)
Archbishop of Besançon
Archbishop Melchior de Polignac † (1726)
Archbishop of Auch
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

VIAF: 64172583
WikiData: Q24578825

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1798, Number 10

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