Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart explained

Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Type:Cardinal
Jean François Joseph Rochechouart
Cardinal
Bishop of Laon
Peer of France
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Laon
See:Laon
Appointed:18 September 1741
Term End:20 March 1777
Predecessor:Etienne-Joseph de La Fare
Successor:Louis-Hector-Honoré-Maxime de Sabran
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio (1762-77)
Consecration:15 October 1741
Consecrated By:Nicolas-Charles de Saulx-Tavannes
Cardinal:23 November 1761
Created Cardinal By:Pope Clement XIII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Jean François Joseph de Rochechouart
Birth Date:27 January 1708
Birth Place:Toulouse, Kingdom of France
Death Place:Paris, Kingdom of France
Parents:Charles de Rochechouart
Françoise de Montesquiou
Alma Mater:La Sorbonne
Previous Post:Vicar General of Rouen (1734-41)

Jean François Joseph Rochechouart, Cardinal de Rochechouart (27 January 1708 – 20 March 1777) was a French Roman Catholic Cardinal.

Born in Toulouse, he was educated in the University of Paris, where he achieved licentiate in theology. After having been ordained priest he became vicar general of the archdiocese of Rouen for seven years. Elected bishop of Laon on 18 September 1741 he was also French ambassador to the Holy See from 1758 to 1762.

Pope Clement XIII created him cardinal priest in the consistory of 23 November 1761 with the title of Sant'Eusebio. He participated in the Papal conclave of 1769, but not that of 1774-1775.

Rochechouart died in 1777 in Paris.

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