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Bishop Gabriel-Melchior de Messey †

Deceased

Bishop of Valence, France

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Biesles

a bishop for 17.4 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé † Archbishop of Aix

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé † (1765) Archbishop of Aix Archbishop Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne † (1761) Archbishop of Toulouse Paul Cardinal d’Albert de Luynes † (1729) Archbishop of Sens Archbishop Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan † (1718) Archbishop of Rouen Bishop Olivier Jégou de Kervilio † (1694) Bishop of Tréguier Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Michel Colbert de Saint-Pouange † (1675) Archbishop of Toulouse 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

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