Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart

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Jean-François-Joseph Rochechouart de Foudoas
Bishop of Laon, Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio; Peer of France
The Cardinal de Rochechouart (Jean François Joseph de Rochechouart) wearing the Sash of the Order of the Holy Spirit in 1762 by Pompeo Batoni.jpg
Cardinal Rochechouart by Pompeo Batoni, 1762, Saint Louis Art Museum
SeeDiocese of Laon
Installed18 September 1741—20 March 1777
Other post(s)Previously Vicar general of the Archdiocese of Rouen
Orders
Created cardinal23 November 1761
Personal details
Born(1708-01-27)27 January 1708
Toulouse, France
Died20 March 1777(1777-03-20) (aged 69)
Paris, France

Jean-François-Joseph Rochechouart de Foudoas (27 January 1708 – 20 March 1777) was a French Roman Catholic Cardinal.

Born in Toulouse, he was educated in the University of Paris, where he achieved licentiate in theology. After having been ordained priest he became vicar general of the archdiocese of Rouen for seven years. Elected bishop of Laon on 18 September 1741 he was also French ambassador to the Holy See from 1758 to 1762.

Pope Clement XIII created him cardinal priest in the consistory of 23 November 1761 with the title of Sant'Eusebio. He participated in the Papal conclave of 1769, but not that of 1774-1775.

Rochechouart died in 1777 in Paris.

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