Armand-Jean Cardinal du Plessis de Richelieu †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

Abbot of Cluny

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Sep 1585		Born
1605	19.3	Selected	Bishop of Luçon, France
18 Dec 1606	21.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Luçon, France
17 Apr 1607	21.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Luçon, France
5 Sep 1622	37.0	Elevated to Cardinal
29 Apr 1624⁶	38.6	Resigned	Bishop of Luçon, France
17 Apr 1627	41.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Abbot of Cluny, France
29 Aug 1635	49.9	Succeeded	Abbot of Cluny, France
4 Dec 1642	57.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

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MicroData Summary for Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu
(VIAF: 12314392; WikiData: Q26702)
Armand-Jean Cardinal du Plessis de Richelieu (born 5 Sep 1585, died 4 Dec 1642) Bishop Emeritus of Luçon

Consistory - 1622: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1623: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Paris, Diocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop S. Luigi dei Francesi, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Paris, Diocese of Paris
Buried Place (Original) La Sorbonne, Paris, Diocese of Paris

a bishop for 35.6 years
a cardinal for 20.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Anne Cardinal d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Anne Cardinal d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henri Louis Chasteigner de La Rocheposay † (1612)
Bishop Richard Smith † (1625)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Paris, Diocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop	S. Luigi dei Francesi, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Paris, Diocese of Paris
Buried Place (Original)	La Sorbonne, Paris, Diocese of Paris

Source(s):

b: LC
b/c: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1607, Number 6
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 5 Sep 1622

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a bishop for 35.6 years a cardinal for 20.2 years	Principal Consecrator: Anne Cardinal d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Anne Cardinal d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Henri Louis Chasteigner de La Rocheposay † (1612) Bishop Richard Smith † (1625)