Jean Duval Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Jean Duval
Bishop of Baghdad
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Diocese of Baghdad
Term:1638–1669
Successor:Placide-Louis du Chemin
Consecration:22 August 1638
Consecrated By:Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta
Birth Date:22 April 1597
Birth Place:Clamecy, France
Death Date:10 April 1669 (age 71)
Death Place:Baghdad
Previous Post:Bishop of Ispahan (1632-1639).
Nationality:Spanish

Jean Duval, OCD (22 April 1597 – 10 April 1669) was a Discalced Carmelite and a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Baghdad (1638–1669) and Bishop of Ispahan (1638–1669).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Biography

Jean Duval was born in Clamecy, France on 22 April 1597 and was ordained a priest in the Order of Discalced Carmelites. On 16 August 1638, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Baghdad. On 22 August 1638, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, with Antonio Severoli, Archbishop of Dubrovnik, and Tommaso Carafa, Bishop Emeritus of Vulturara e Montecorvino, serving as co-consecrators. On 25 September 1638, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Ispahan. He served as Bishop of Baghdad and Bishop of Ispahan until his death on 10 April 1669.

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 107 and 97. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bduvalje.html "Bishop Jean Duval, OCD"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bagh2.htm "Archdiocese of Baghdad"
  4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbagh.html "Archdiocese of Baghdad"
  5. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ispa0.htm "Archdiocese of Isfahan"
  6. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dispa.html "Archdiocese of Ispahan"