Louis-François de Bausset
Catholic cardinal, bishop of Alès, duke-pair of France, Minister of State
About Louis-François de Bausset
Lived 1748 – 1824 (aged 75). Louis-François de Bausset was a French politician, catholic priest, catholic bishop, bishop and catholic theologian.
Louis-François de BaussetLouis-François de Bausset (14 December 1748 – 21 June 1824) was a French cardinal, writer and member of the Académie française.
He was Vicar-General of the Diocese of Aix and Digne before being nominated a bishop.
He was nominated Bishop of Alais (or Alès) by King Louis XVI on 23 February 1784, and received approval from Pope Pius VI on 25 June 1784. He resigned the diocese in 1801, at the request of Pope Pius VII, who had entered into the Concordat of 1801 with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. The Concordat called for the reorganization of the episcopate in France, and the Pope had asked all bishops, pre- and post- Revolutionary, to resign in order to allow him a free hand.
He was born in Pondicherry, and died in Paris.
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Catholic cardinal, bishop of Alès, duke-pair of France, Minister of State (1748-1824)
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Louis-François de Bausset was born on 14 December 1748 in Pondicherry.
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Louis-François de Bausset died on 21 June 1824 in Paris.
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Louis-François de Bausset was a politician, catholic priest, catholic bishop, bishop and catholic theologian.
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