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Episcopal Consecration in Paris

When
8 December 1658
Where
Paris
Part of
Appointment of François de Laval as Vicar Apostolic

Laval was consecrated as a bishop in Paris by Cardinal Celio Piccolomini with two co-consecrators.

On 8 December 1658, in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, Laval received his episcopal consecration. Cardinal Celio Piccolomini, Apostolic Nuncio to France, performed the rite, assisted by Bishop Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont of Rodez and Bishop André du Saussay of Toul.

Sources

  1. François de Laval Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-11

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