Jean-Georges de Souillac
Jean-Georges de Souillac (born August 20, 1685 in Azérat , † February 14, 1750 in Lodève ) was a French prelate and bishop of the diocese of Lodève .
Life
Jean-Baptiste Georges de Souillac was a son of François de Souillac, lord of Verneuil, and Charlotte d'Aubusson. He was born in Azérat in 1685, at Le Poirier Castle, where his parents lived. He was a doctor of theology at the Sorbonne and prior of Saint-Germain-de-Pontroumieu. Shortly after his ordination, he was appointed Vicar General of the Bishop of Périgeux and on June 14, 1732 at the suggestion of the Cardinal Minister Fleury , who came from Lodéve, appointed Bishop of Lodève in the ecclesiastical province of Narbonne. Preconized in the consistory of November 3, 1732 , he received the certificate of appointment on October 1, and on January 18, 1733 in the Cathedral of Agde by Bishop Claude-Louis de La Châtre, the episcopal ordination. On May 10, 1733, he took the oath of allegiance to the king.
As bishop Souillac resumed a project that his predecessor Roger de Harlay (r. 1657–1669) had started and had a new bishop's palace built. Like his consecrators La Châtre from Agde and Armand Bazin de Bezons from Carcassonne, Souillac was a representative of moderate Jansenism . In 1745 he issued new diocesan statutes and publicly condemned the book L'Esprit de Jesus Christ et de l'eglise sur la frequente communion by the Jesuit Jean Pichon, which appeared in the same year .
Bishop Souillac died on February 14, 1750 and was buried in the Cathedral of St-Fulcran de Lodève .
literature
- Fisquet H [onoré Jean Pierre]: La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana). Paris: Repos, 1864–1871.
- Jean, Armand: Les Évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801. Paris [et al.]: Picard [et al.], 1891.
- Xavier du Pavillon: Mgr de Souillac, évêque de Lodève (1685–1750) , Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique du Périgord, Vol. 41: 3, May – June 1914, pp. 234–242
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| SURNAME | Souillac, Jean-Georges de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French prelate and bishop of the Diocese of Lodève |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1685 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Azérat |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1750 |
| Place of death | Lodève |