Michel de Verthamon de Chavagnac

Michel de Verthamon de Chavagnac (born November 7, 1687 in Limoges , † September 25, 1762 in Montauban ) was a French bishop of the diocese of Montauban from 1728 to 1762.

Life

Michel de Verthamon-Chavagnac was born in Limoges in 1687 as the son of Michel de Verthamon, seigneur du Fraysse et de Chavagnac, Trésorier receveur-général des finances, and his wife Catherine de Petiot. His family belonged to the nobility. He was an elder brother of Bishop Samuel-Guillaume de Verthamon de Chavagnac of Luçon , a nephew of the Bishop of Couserans , Jean-Jacques de Verthamon , and a cousin of the Bishop of Pamiers , Jean-Baptiste de Verthamon (1646-1735). He studied at the Sorbonne and after his ordination was first vicar general of the Bishop of Couserans, then in Limoges.

He was Vicar General and Grand Cantor in Limoges when he was appointed Bishop of Montauban by the King on June 30, 1729. Pope Benedict XIII confirmed the appointment (date of receipt January 2, 1730). On January 15, the newly appointed in the palace chapel of Versailles took the oath of allegiance to the Grand Chaplain, Cardinal Armand-Gaston de Rohan , and received the oath on February 8, 1730 by the Archbishop of Paris, Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc Consecration (after Jean on January 8th). On April 13, 1830, the newly consecrated bishop took possession of his diocese.

As bishop he consecrated the cathedral built by his predecessors Jean-Baptiste Michel Colbert de Saint-Pouange and Henri de Nesmond on November 1, 1739 . He was also involved in founding the Montauban Academy, of which he was an active member. Since the education of the children was very important to him, he brought the Order of Christian School Brothers to his diocese.

Like his great uncle Pierre de Verthamon SJ (1614–1686), secretary to the Jesuit general in Rome and rector of the Collége Louis-le-Grand in Paris, he was a staunch opponent of Jansenism and dated October 4, 1761, wrote a fiery letter in favor since the bankruptcy of the Jesuit missions in Latin America in 1755 standing much pressure Jesuits to the French State Chancellor.

He died on September 25, 1762. His bones, which were scattered by the revolutionaries in 1793 and later buried in a makeshift manner, have been in the cathedral of Montauban since 1854 .

Works

• Maximes spirituelles qui peuvent conduire une âme à la perfection (1751)
• Instructions, poèmes et cantiques à l'usage des Missions (1752),
• Abrégé de la doctrine chrétienne, pour l'usage de la jeunesse (1755)

literature

• Jean, Armand: Les Évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801 / par Armand Jean. - Paris [et al.]: Picard [et al.], 1891
• Abbé Camille Daux: Histoire de l'Eglise du diocèse de Montauban, Montauban 1882
• 800 authors: Dix siècles d'écriture en Tran et Garonne (Amis de la bibliothèque centrale de prêt de Tarn et Garonne), Montauban 1992