Léopold-Charles de Choiseul-Stainville
Léopold-Charles de Choiseul-Stainville (born December 6, 1724 in Lunéville , † September 10, 1774 in Moulins ) was a Roman Catholic bishop and regent of the Monastery of Cambrai .
Family background
Choiseul-Stainville came from the noble family Choiseul , who came from the place of the same name Choiseul . His father was François-Joseph de Choiseul-Beaupré, the Marquis de Stainville. His younger brother Étienne-François de Choiseul was French foreign and war minister and was in the favor of the French king Louis XV. Also Foreign Minister under Louis XV. was his cousin César Gabriel de Choiseul-Praslin . Another younger brother was the Marshal of France and Duc of Stainville Jacques Philippe de Choiseul-Stainville . One uncle was the French cardinal Antoine Clairiard de Choiseul de Beaupré . His cousin Claude-Antoine de Choiseul-Beaupré , the Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne , was also active in the clerical field .
Life
Choiseul quickly followed a clerical career influenced by his parents. On August 23, 1738, he received his tonsure in Paris . In September 1745 he received the minor orders and became a subdeacon . He was ordained a deacon and priest on December 17, 1746 by his cousin, the bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, Claude-Antoine de Choiseul-Beaupré . His cousin then appointed him vicar general .
On May 14, 1758 he was chosen as Bishop of Évreux and confirmed on October 2. He received his episcopal ordination on October 29, 1758. Shortly thereafter, in April 1759, he was chosen as Archbishop of Albi and installed as such on May 28, 1759. Also in 1759 he was appointed abbot of the Saint Arnulf Abbey in Metz . An office that he held until the end of his life.
Choiseul was chosen on May 13, 1764 as Prince Archbishop of Cambrai and regent of the Monastery of Cambrai with the rank of duke and installed on July 9, 1764. He died on the way back from a trip to Vichy and was buried in St. Peter's Church in Cambrai . His grave was destroyed in the French Revolution .
literature
- Honoré Fisquet : La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana), Paris, Volume 3, p. 238 ff.
- Théodore Le Puillon de Boblaye: Notice historique sur l'ancienne Abbaye Royale de Saint-Arnould , Metz, 1857, p. 143.
- Jean Julg: Les évêques dans l'histoire de la France: des origines à nos jours , 2004, p. 253.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Charles de Saint-Albin |
Archbishop of Cambrai 1764–1774 |
Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Ceilhes de Rosset de Rocozel de Fleury |
| Dominique de La Rochefoucauld |
Archbishop of Albi 1759–1764 |
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis |
| Arthur-Richard Dillon |
Bishop of Évreux 1758–1759 |
Louis-Albert de Lézay-Marnésia |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Choiseul-Stainville, Léopold-Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Choiseul de Stainville, Léopold-Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luneville |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1774 |
| Place of death | Moulins |