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His Eminence Alexis Billiet
Archbishop of Chambéry
Billiet in 1869
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Chambéry
Installed	27 April 1840
Term ended	30 April 1873
Predecessor	Antoine Martinet
Successor	Pierre-Anastase Pichenot
Other post(s)	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (1825–1840)
Orders
Ordination	23 May 1807
Consecration	19 March 1826 by François-Marie Bigex
Created cardinal	27 September 1861 by Pope Pius IX
Personal details
Born	(1783-02-28)28 February 1783 Les Chapelles, Kingdom of France
Died	30 April 1873(1873-04-30) (aged 90)
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Date 23 May 1807 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator François-Marie Bigex Co-consecrators Claude-François de Thiollaz, Pierre-Joseph Rey Date 19 March 1826 Cardinalate Elevated by Pope Pius IX Date 27 September 1861
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Alexis Billiet as principal consecrator Louis Rendu 9 April 1843 Claude-Marie Magnin 11 June 1861 François Gros 1 May 1867

Alexis Billiet (28 February 1783 – 30 April 1873) was a French Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal and politician. He was the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chambéry from 1840 to his death in 1873.

References

1. "Alexis Cardinal Billiet". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
2. Frederick, Martin (1873). The Statesman's Year-Book (10th ed.). p. 299.

• 1783 births
• 1873 deaths
• 19th-century French Roman Catholic bishops
• 19th-century French cardinals