Bishop Gilles de Souvre †

Deceased

Bishop of Auxerre, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Mar 1596³		Born
17 Feb 1617	20.9	Appointed	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France
12 Mar 1617	21.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France
1625¹	28.8	Resigned	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France
9 Feb 1626	29.9	Appointed	Bishop of Auxerre, France
19 Sep 1631	35.5	Died	Bishop of Auxerre, France

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Gilles de Souvre
Bishop Gilles de Souvre
(born Mar 1596, died 19 Sep 1631)
Bishop of Auxerre

a bishop for 14.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Domenico Cardinal Rivarola †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cesare Bartorelli †
Bishop of Forli
Bishop Rodolfo Paleotti †
Bishop of Imola

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Domenico Cardinal Rivarola † (1608)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Michelangelo Cardinal Tonti † (1608)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis Dinet † (1621)
Bishop Gilles Boutault † (1627)
Bishop Jean Guérin † (1630)
Bishop John O’Mollony † (1630)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre Scarron † (1621)
Bishop Simon Le Gras † (1624)
Bishop Jacques de Neuchèze † (1624)
Bishop Henri de Baradat † (1626)
Bishop Gaspard de Daillon du Lude † (1631)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 189546912
WikiData: Q3106589

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 87, and Page 163
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1617, Number 8

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