Alphonse-Louis Cardinal du Plessis de Richelieu, O. Cart. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lyon, France

Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1582¹		Born
1602²	20.0	Entered	Member of Carthusian Order
12 Mar 1603	21.1	Professed	Member of Carthusian Order
6 Dec 1625	43.9	Selected	Archbishop of Aix, France
27 Apr 1626	44.3	Confirmed	Archbishop of Aix, France
21 Jun 1626	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Aix, France
Sep 1628	46.6	Selected	Archbishop of Lyon, France
27 Nov 1628	46.9	Confirmed	Archbishop of Lyon, France
19 Nov 1629	47.8	Elevated to Cardinal
4 Jun 1635	53.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
23 Mar 1653	71.2	Died	Archbishop of Lyon, France

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu
(VIAF: 172059215; WikiData: Q1079409)
Alphonse-Louis Cardinal du Plessis de Richelieu O. Cart. (born 1582, died 23 Mar 1653) Archbishop of Lyon

Consistory - 1629: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1644: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Paris, Diocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop Chartreux, Paris, Diocese of Paris
Death Place Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon

a bishop for 26.7 years
a cardinal for 23.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Guillaume d’Hugues, O.F.M. Conv. †
Archbishop of Embrun
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Claude de Rueil †
Bishop of Bayonne
Bishop Nicolas Sanguin †
Bishop of Senlis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Guillaume d’Hugues, O.F.M. Conv. † (1612)
Archbishop of Embrun
Giovanni Garzia Cardinal Mellini (Millini) † (1605)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Archbishop Ludovico de Torres (II) † (1588)
Archbishop of Monreale
Gabriele Cardinal Paleotti † (1566)
Archbishop of Bologna
St. Charles Cardinal Borromeo † (1563)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Serbelloni † (1557)
Bishop of Novara
Giovanni Angelo Cardinal de’ Medici † (1546)
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Bishop Filippo Archinto †
Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Auguste de Forbin de Solliers † (1628)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Paris, Diocese of Paris
Ordained Bishop	Chartreux, Paris, Diocese of Paris
Death Place	Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon

Source(s):

b/c2+: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 19 Nov 1629
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 89
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1626, Number 15
qcar: CB, 30 May 2018

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