Henri de Gondi

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Henri de Gondi

Henri de Gondi (* 1572 in Paris , † August 14, 1622 in Béziers ) was a French bishop and cardinal .

Life

The de Gondi family originally came from Florence . He was the second child of Albert de Gondi, duc de Retz , who was made Marshal of France in 1573 , and the Baroness Claude-Catherine de Clermont-Dapierre. His brother Jean-François later became the first Archbishop of Paris . As the nephew of the Bishop of Paris Pierre de Gondi , he became his uncle's coadjutor before succeeding him as bishop in 1598. He was the uncle of Cardinal Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz . He obtained a licentiate utroque iure in canonical and secular law .

On June 16, 1597 he became Bishop of Paris. He was ordained bishop on March 1, 1598 by his predecessor and uncle Cardinal Pierre de Gondi; Co- consecrators were Armand Sorbin , Bishop of Nevers , and René Potier , Bishop of Beauvais . He was a participant in the General Estates in 1614 and 1615, a member of the Privy Council and from 1619 its chairman.

Pope Paul V elevated him to cardinal priest in the consistory of March 26, 1618 , but de Gondi never traveled to Rome to receive the red hat and a titular church . Also at the 1621 conclave , when Pope Gregory XV. was elected, he did not participate.

He died in Paris and was buried in a family chapel in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral.

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predecessor Office successor
Pierre de Gondi Bishop of Paris
1598–1622 		Jean-François de Gondi
personal data
SURNAME Gondi, Henri de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cardinal von Retz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French bishop and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH 1572
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1622
Place of death Beziers