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Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure

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French Roman-Catholic prelate

His Excellency
Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure
Archbishop of Mechelen
Primate of Belgium
Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure
Portrait by Johann Julius Heinsius
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseMechelen
Appointed14 April 1802
In office1802–1808
PredecessorJoannes-Henricus de Franckenberg
SuccessorDominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt
Previous post(s)Bishop of Senlis (1754–1801)
Orders
Consecration16 June 1754
by Christophe de Beaumont
Personal details
Born(1721-02-24)24 February 1721
Lassouts, Kingdom of France
Died23 April 1818(1818-04-23) (aged 97)
NationalityFrench
Coat of armsJean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure's coat of arms

Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure (Lassouts, Aveyron 24 February 1721 – 23 April 1818), was a Roman Catholic prelate. He was appointed Bishop of Senlis (France) on 17 March 1754 and resigned on 21 September 1801. He was appointed Archbishop of Malines on 9 April 1802 and resigned the see in 1809 due to old age.

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Académie française seat 35
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byFrançois-Firmin Trudaine Bishop of Senlis
until 1801
Succeeded bynone
Preceded byJoannes-Henricus de Franckenberg 12th Archbishop of Mechelen
1802-1808
Succeeded byDominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt


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