Bishop Jacques-François Besson †

Deceased

Bishop of Metz, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Sep 1756		Born
18 Dec 1779	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Oct 1823	67.0	Selected	Bishop of Metz, France
24 Nov 1823	67.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Metz, France
23 Feb 1824	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metz, France
23 Jul 1842	85.8	Died	Bishop of Metz, France

MicroData Summary for Jacques-François Besson
(VIAF: 22133430; WikiData: Q1677853)
Bishop Jacques-François Besson (born 12 Sep 1756, died 23 Jul 1842) Bishop of Metz

Event Place
Birth Place Seyssel

a priest for 62.5 years
a bishop for 18.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins †
Bishop of Limoges
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alexandre-Raymond Devie †
Bishop of Belley
Bishop Antoine-Jacques de Chamon †
Bishop of Saint-Claude

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins † (1822)
Bishop of Limoges
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny † (1786)
Archbishop of Besançon
Bishop César-Guillaume de La Luzerne † (1770)
Bishop of Langres
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Seyssel

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 263
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1824, Number 11

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