Dominique de La Rochefoucauld

Dominique de La Rochefoucauld (Saint-Ilpize, Haute-Loire, 26 September 1712 – Münster, Germany, 23 September 1800) was a French bishop and cardinal.[1]


Dominique de La Rochefoucauld

Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen,
Primate of Normandy
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseRouen
SeeNotre-Dame de Rouen
Installed2 June 1759
Term ended23 September 1800
PredecessorNicolas II de Saulx-Tavannes
SuccessorÉtienne Hubert de Cambacérès
Other post(s)Archbishop of Albi
Vicar-General of Bourges
Personal details
Born(1712-09-26)26 September 1712
Died23 September 1800(1800-09-23) (aged 87)
Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire
NationalityFrench
EducationSaint-Sulpice Seminary, Paris
Seminary of Clermont
Deputy to the Estates General
for the First Estate
ConstituencyRouen

Life

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Before the French Revolution

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He was from an impoverished branch of the La Rochefoucauld family. He became archbishop of Albi in 1747, and archbishop of Rouen in 1759.

Under the Revolution

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The clergy of Rouen sent him as their deputy to the États généraux of 1789. As President of the chamber of clergy, he refused its union with the Third Estate. He had to submit, given a direct order from Louis XVI. In protest he submitted a list of clerical rights.

He led a fierce opposition to the Constitution, and signed the protest of 12 September 1791. After 10 August 1792 he went into exile, in Germany from 1794.

He joined the Société des amis des noirs.

Notes

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  1. ^ From 1778.

Bibliography

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  • Fisquet, Honoré (1864). La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Metropole de Rouen: Rouen (in French). Paris: Etienne Repos. pp. 268–275.
  • Loth, Julien (1893). Histoire du cardinal de la Rochefoucauld et du diocèse de Rouen pendant la Révolution (in French). Evreux: l'Eure. p. 743.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Abbot of Cluny
1757-1790
Succeeded by
Abolished