Pierre-Guérin Cardinal de Tencin †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lyon, France

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Aug 1680		Born
12 Jun 1724	43.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Embrun, France
2 Jul 1724	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Embrun, France
23 Feb 1739	58.5	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Jul 1739	58.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
17 Sep 1740	60.0	Selected	Archbishop of Lyon, France
11 Nov 1740	60.2	Confirmed	Archbishop of Lyon, France
2 Mar 1758	77.5	Died	Archbishop of Lyon, France

MicroData Summary for Pierre-Guérin de Tencin
(VIAF: 64134252; WikiData: Q1239818)
Pierre-Guérin Cardinal de Tencin (born 22 Aug 1680, died 2 Mar 1758) Archbishop of Lyon

Consistory - February 1739: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1740: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Grenoble

a bishop for 33.6 years
a cardinal for 19.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Benedict XIII
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Filippo Valignani, O.P. †
Archbishop of Chieti
Bishop Cesare Francesco Lucini, O.P. †
Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Raymond Recrosio, B. † (1727)
Bishop Domenico Antonio Brizi † (1741)
Bishop Romualdu Massei † (1741)
Bishop Paulo Maria Mariotti † (1741)
Bishop Georges-Gaspard-Alexis de Plan des Augiers † (1742)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Méallet de Fargues † (1742)
Bishop François-Marie Le Maistre de La Garlaye † (1743)
Bishop Claude Bouhier † (1744)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Bron † (1754)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Patriarch Mondilio Orsini, C.O. † (1724)
Niccolò Paolo Andrea Cardinal Coscia † (1724)
Giuseppe Cardinal Accoramboni † (1724)
Archbishop Carlo Maielli † (1724)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Grenoble

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 23 Feb 1739
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Additions/Corrections (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1724, Number 18

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