Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds
Bishop of Bayonne | |
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| Born | 1 May 1698 |
| Died | 20 July 1746 (aged 48) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
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Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds (1698–1746) was a
Archbishop of Arles
from 1741 to 1746.
Biography
Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds was born at the Château de Montifray, near Beaumont-la-Ronce, on 1 May 1698.
He was appointed
Archbishop of Arles, with Pope Benedict XIV
confirming the appointment on 20 December 1741.
Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds was appointed
Archbishop of Paris on 4 March 1746, with Benedict XIV confirming the appointment on 2 May 1746. He died in Paris of smallpox
only months after becoming Archbishop, on 20 July 1746.
His career was marked by his opposition to Jansenism within the Catholic Church in France. Shortly before his death from smallpox, he had denounced the Pensées philosophiques by Denis Diderot.
References
- This page is based on this page from French Wikipedia.
- Profile from www.catholic-hierarchy.org
