Louis de Fortia-Montréal explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Louis de Fortia-Montréal
Bishop of Carpentras
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Carpentras
Term:1657–1661
Predecessor:Alessandro Bichi
Successor:Gaspard de Lascaris
Consecration:23 September 1646
Consecrated By:Pier Luigi Carafa
Birth Date:1618
Birth Place:Avignon, France
Death Date:26 April 1661 (age 43)
Death Place:Carpentras, France
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Louis de Fortia-Montréal (1618–1661) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Carpentras (1657–1661) and Bishop of Cavaillon (1646–1656).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Biography

Louis de Fortia-Montréal was born in Avignon, France in 1618 and ordained a deacon on 9 June 1646.On 10 September 1646, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Cavaillon.On 23 September 1646, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Alphonse Sacrati, Bishop Emeritus of Comacchio, and Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators. On 26 June 1656, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Coadjutor Bishop of Carpentras and succeeded to the bishopric on 25 May 1657.He served as Bishop of Carpentras until his death on 26 April 1661.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 136 and 143. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfortia.html "Bishop Louis de Fortia-Montréal"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dc525.html "Diocese of Carpentras"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t2066.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Carpentras"
  5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dc527.html "Diocese of Cavaillon"
  6. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t2064.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Cavaillon"