Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres
Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres (born January 2, 1697 in Paris , † July 24, 1774 ibid) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .
Life
He was the son of Duke François-Bernard Potier de Gesvres and his wife Marie Geneviève de Seiglières. His uncle was the Cardinal Léon Potier de Gesvres ; the Cardinal Nicolas de Saulx-Tavannes was a distant maternal cousin.
Potier studied in Paris, where he obtained a licentiate in theology and later in constitutional and canon law in 1718 . In 1725 he was ordained a priest and then worked for two years as vicar general of the Archdiocese of Bourges .
On the April 24, 1728 Bishop of Beauvais appointed, he received on June 6, 1728 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône the consecration by the archbishop of Rouen Louis de la Vergne Tressan ; Co-consecrators were his cousin Nicolas de Saulx-Tavannes, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne , and Charles de La Roche-Aymon , auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Limoges .
Pope Benedict XIV created him cardinal priest on April 5, 1756 and awarded him the titular church of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura on August 2, 1756 . After taking part in the conclave of 1758 and 1769 , he renounced his diocese on May 22, 1772.
Web links
- Potier de Gesvres, Étienne-René. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 8, 2016.
- Entry on Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 8, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Potier de Gesvres, Étienne-René |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1697 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1774 |
| Place of death | Paris |