Bishop François-César Le Blanc, C.R.S.A. †

Deceased

Bishop of Avranches, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Mar 1672		Born
20 Mar 1720	48.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Avranches, France
1 May 1720	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Avranches, France
13 Mar 1746	73.9	Died	Bishop of Avranches, France

MicroData Summary
François-César Le Blanc
Bishop François-César Le Blanc C.R.S.A.
(born 15 Mar 1672, died 13 Mar 1746)
Bishop of Avranches

Event Place
Birth Place Paris, Archdiocese of Paris

a bishop for 25.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Bezons †
Archbishop of Rouen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan †
Bishop of Nantes
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Massillon, C.O.I. †
Bishop of Clermont

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Bezons † (1693)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † (1668)
Archbishop of Reims
Antonio Cardinal Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1655)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Bishop Giovanni Battista Scanaroli (Scannaroli) † (1630)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
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 Denis-Alexandre Le Blanc, C.R.S.A. † (1722)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Nicolas-Charles Cardinal de Saulx-Tavannes † (1721)
Bishop Léonor III de Goyon de Matignon † (1722)
Archbishop Charles de Saint-Albin † (1722)
Bishop Joseph-Alphonse de Valbelle de Tourves † (1723)
Bishop Etienne-Joseph de La Fare † (1724)
Bishop Jacques-Charles-Alexandre Lallemant † (1729)
Paul Cardinal d’Albert de Luynes † (1729)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q3083336

Source(s):

b: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 65
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1720, Number 10

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 29 Aug 2026

✠