[Constitutional Bishop François Nicolas] †

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Not in Union with the Holy See

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of [Meurthe (Constitutional), France]

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Sep 1741		Born
1800¹	58.2	Selected	Bishop of [Meurthe (Constitutional), France]
2 Feb 1800	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of [Meurthe (Constitutional), France]
1801²	59.2	Resigned	Bishop of [Meurthe (Constitutional), France]
24 Jul 1807	65.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of [Meurthe (Constitutional), France]

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
François Nicolas
Bishop François Nicolas
(born 16 Sep 1741, died 24 Jul 1807)
Bishop Emeritus of Meurthe

Event Place
Birth Place Epinal
Ordained Bishop Nancy
Death Place Nancy

a bishop for 7.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
[Constitutional Bishop Nicolas Francin] †
Bishop of [Moselle (Constitutional)]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
[Constitutional Bishop Jean Antoine Maudru] †
Bishop of [Vosges (Constitutional)]
[Constitutional Bishop Joseph Monin], O. Praem. †
Bishop of [Ardennes (Constitutional)]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

[Constitutional Bishop Nicolas Francin] † (1791)
Bishop of [Moselle (Constitutional)]
[Constitutional Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel] † (1772)
Bishop of [Paris (Constitutional)]
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):

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WikiData: Q64781656

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1800, Number 3

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