Archbishop Paul-Ambroise Frère de Villefrancon †

Deceased

Archbishop of Besançon, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jun 1754³		Born
20 Dec 1777	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 Mar 1821	66.7	Selected	Coadjutor Archbishop of Besançon, France
27 Jun 1821	67.0	Confirmed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Besançon, France
27 Jun 1821	67.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Adana
12 Aug 1821	67.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Adana
2 May 1823	68.8	Succeeded	Archbishop of Besançon, France
27 Mar 1828	73.7	Died	Archbishop of Besançon, France

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Paul-Ambroise Frère de Villefrancon
(VIAF: 310745338; WikiData: Q3370231)
Archbishop Paul-Ambroise Frère de Villefrancon (born 20 Jun 1754, died 27 Mar 1828) Archbishop of Besançon

Event Place
Birth Place Besançon

a priest for 50.2 years
a bishop for 6.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny †
Archbishop of Besançon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy †
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil †
Bishop of Chartres

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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	Besançon

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 58, and Page 112
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1821, Number 16

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