Pierre Lambert Ledrou, O.E.S.A. (1641 – 6 May 1721) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Porphyreon (1692–1721).[1]
Most Reverend Pierre Lambert Ledrou | |
|---|---|
| Titular Bishop of Porphyreon | |
 Pierre-Lambert Ledrou (etching, 1707) | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| In office | 1641–1721 |
| Predecessor | Giuseppe Eusanio |
| Successor | Agostino Nicola degl'Abbati Olivieri |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 April 1664 |
| Consecration | 21 December 1692 by Fabrizio Spada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1641 |
| Died | 6 May 1721 (age 80) |
Biography
editPierre Lambert Ledrou was born in Huy, Belgium in 1641 and ordained a priest in the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine on 12 April 1664.[2][3] On 25 June 1692, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Titular Bishop of Porphyreon.[2][3] On 21 December 1692, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, and Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators.[2][3] He served as Titular Bishop of Porphyreon until his death on 6 May 1721.[2][3]
Episcopal succession
editWhile bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]
- Carlo Cutillo, Bishop of Minori (1694);
- Giovanni Battista Capilupi, Bishop of Polignano (1694);
- Giovanni Battista Gentile, Bishop of Ajaccio (1694);
- Girolamo Grimaldi, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne (1713); and
- Jean-Ernest de Löwenstein-Wertheim, Bishop of Tournai (1714).
References
edit- ^ Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 320. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c d e Cheney, David M. "Bishop Pierre Lambert Ledrou, O.E.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019. [self-published]
- ^ a b c d Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Pierre Lambert Ledrou, O.E.S.A." GCatholic.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019. [self-published]
External links and additional sources
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Media related to Pierre-Lambert Ledrou at Wikimedia Commons- Cheney, David M. "Porphyreon (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Porphyreon (Israel)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
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