Jean-Baptiste de Verthamon

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Jean-Baptiste de Verthamon (* around 1646 in Paris , Kingdom of France , † March 20, 1735 in Pamiers , Kingdom of France) was a French clergyman who was Bishop of Pamiers from 1693 until his death .

Career

Jean-Baptiste de Verthamon was born in Paris during the reign of King Louis XIV as the second son of François-Michel de Verthamon († 1697) and his wife Renée Quatre-Sous († 1657). The last years of the Thirty Years' War overshadowed his first years of life. His father was an adviser in 1647 and maître des requêtes of the Parlement de Paris in 1653 . His cousin Isaac-Jacques de Verthamon de Chalucet was Bishop of Couserans . Isaac-Jacques de Verthamon de Chalucet had two nephews, the brothers Michel de Verthamon de Chavagnac and Guillaume-Samuel de Verthamon de Chavagnac . Michel de Verthamon de Chavagnac was Bishop of Montauban (1728–1763) and Guillaume-Samuel de Verthamon de Chavagnac was Bishop of Luçon (1738–1758).

In 1676 Jean-Baptiste de Verthamon received his doctorate in theology from the University of Paris . In the following years he held a number of offices: head of the États du Pays de Foix , canon in the palace chapel of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and vicar general of the Archbishop of Rouen . On September 8, 1693 he was appointed Bishop of Pamiers and confirmed on November 9, 1693. The episcopal ordination took place in 1694 by the Archbishop of Albi , Charles Le Goux de La Berchère , in the parish church of St-Paul-St-Louis in Paris. In 1702 de Verthamon took part as a deputy of the Province ecclésiastique de Toulouse in the Assemblée du clergé . He became head of États de Foix .

When a Jesuit college was established in Pamiers, Bishop de Verthamon joined the appellants on April 12, 1717 . The appellants were a group of clergy who took part in the bull Unigenitus Dei filius Pope Clement XI. opposed the Jansenists and, in contrast to Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles, did not change his stance later.

Jean-Baptiste de Verthamon died in 1735 at the age of 89, in his 41 year as bishop. He was buried behind the altar in the Saint-Antonin Cathedral.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henri Gabriel O'Gilvy: Nobiliaire de Guyenne et de Gascogne, Paris, 1858, p 243f
  2. ^ Armand Jean: Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801, Paris et Mamers, p. 488

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predecessor Office successor
François de Camps Bishop of Pamiers
1693–1735 		François-Barthélemy de Salignac-Fénelon
personal data
SURNAME Verthamon, Jean-Baptiste de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1646
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , Kingdom of France
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1735
Place of death Pamiers , Kingdom of France