Louis-François de Bausset-Roquefort
Louis-François de Bausset-Roquefort (born December 14, 1748 in Pondichéry , India , † June 21, 1824 in Paris ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .
Life
After de Bausset-Roquefort had received his first training at the Collège La Flèche in Paris, he switched to the seminary of St-Sulpice de Paris , where he completed his theological studies with a licentiate . He was ordained a priest in 1773, was appointed vicar general in the Archdiocese of Aix in 1775 and vicar general and diocesan administrator of the diocese of Digne (ecclesiastical province of Marseille) in 1778 .
Appointed Bishop of Alès on June 25, 1784 , he received episcopal ordination on July 18, 1784 in Issy by the Archbishop of Aix , Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé . In 1788 he refused to be appointed bishop of Grenoble . In 1791 he refused to take the oath on the civil constitution and went to Switzerland. He returned to France as early as 1792, where, however, after the fall of Maximilien Robespierre, he served a brief prison sentence. Now living in Villemoison , he renounced his diocese on September 22, 1801, which was repealed on November 29 of the same year. His poor health prevented the takeover of a new diocese, but on March 21, 1806 he became canon of Saint-Denis, 1808 member of the council of the Université de France and 1816 member of the Académie française . As early as 1815 he became peer of France .
Pope Pius VII called Bausset on July 28, 1817 as a cardinal priest in the college of cardinals , but he never received the red hat or a title church . Minister of State since 1821, he did not take part in any conclave .
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Building set-Roquefort, Louis-François de. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 12, 2016.
- Entry on Louis-François de Bausset-Roquefort on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 12, 2016.
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SURNAME | Building set-Roquefort, Louis-François de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, cardinal of the Roman Church |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1748 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pondichéry |
DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1824 |
Place of death | Paris |