Roger de Harlay

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Roger de Harlay , Count of Cési (* 1615 ; † March 14, 1669 in Pézenas ) was bishop and count of Lodève 1657–1669

Life

Roger de Harlay was the eldest son of Philip von Harlay, Count of Cési, from 1619 to 1639 the French ambassador to the Sublime Porte. His mother was Marie de Béthune. He probably studied in Paris, but was only awarded a doctorate in theology in Bourges in 1656. He was abbot of Saint-Pierre-d'Auxerre, Notre-Dame de Chaalis and Perseigne . Appointed Bishop and Count of Lodève by the King in 1657, he was ordained bishop on June 2, 1658 in the Church of the Feuillanten in Paris by Bishop Ferdinand de Neuville of Chartres . On August 1, 1658, he took the oath of allegiance in the chapel of Compiègne Castle. As early as August 25, 1658 he assisted the bishop of Saint-Brieuc , Denys de La Barde , in the consecration of Bonaventure Rousseau as bishop of Caesarea in partibus.

Soon after his ordination, Bishop Harlay went to his diocese, which he only left for a short time in the following years. B. 1662 when he took part in the episcopal ordination of François de Bertier in the cathedral of Rieux . In July 1665 he took part in the National Assembly of the French clergy and subsequently assisted in the ordination of Pierre-Jean-François Percin de Montgaillard as Bishop of Saint-Pons . On February 2, 1666, in the private chapel of the Hôtel de Ventadour in Paris, he gave the thirteen-year-old André-Hercule de Fleury from Lodève, later Cardinal Minister Louis XV. , the lesser ordinations .

After Harlay had received an allocation of 8,000 livres from the state treasury, he set about rebuilding the bishop's palace , which had been destroyed in the wars of religion , but died over it on March 14, 1669 in Pézenas, where he took part in the session of the Landtag of Languedoc. There, in the presence of the Governor of Languedoc and former Bishop of Metz, Henri de Bourbon, duc de Verneuil , the funeral mass was held before the remains were transferred to the Cathedral of Lodève and buried there.

Bishop Harlay's construction project, the new bishop's palace, was only continued seventy years later by his successor, Jean-Georges de Souillac .

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SURNAME Harlay, Roger de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harlay de Césy, Roger de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop and Count of Lodève (1657–1669)
DATE OF BIRTH 1615
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1669
Place of death Pézenas