Charles Antoine, Count of La Roche-Aymon, born at Mainsat (Marche) on 17 February 1697 and died in Paris on 27 October 1777, was a French

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. La Roche-Aymon was born in the diocese of Limoges in 1696, and had a doctorate in theology (Paris 1724). He was a Canon of Mâcon, and served as Vicar-General of Limoges. He had been titular Bishop of Sarepta and Auxiliary Bishop of Limoges (1725–1730), Bishop of Tarbes (1730–1740), Archbishop of Toulouse (1740–1752), and

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(1752–1763). He was nominated Archbishop of Reims by King

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on 5 December 1762, and was approved (preconized) on 24 January 1763 by

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. He was created a cardinal on 16 December 1771 by Pope Clement XIV. A member of the assemblies of the clergy in 1735, 1740, 1745, and 1748, he presided over them from 1760. In 1770, Louis XV, the dean of the bishops of France in 1770, a courtier and a conciliator, appointed him minister of the profits sheet after the disgrace of M. de Jarente. He administered the sacraments to Louis XV., Dying on 10 May 1774.Adolphe de Cardevacque, Histoire de l’abbaye de Cercamp, p.255, On 16 May 1770 he had married Versailles Louis,

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, Archduchess of Austria, then became

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on 11 June 1775. Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon was also elected as the maintainer of the Floral Games Academy in 1742. He died on 27 October 1777.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:La Roche-Aymon, Charles Antonio 18th-century French cardinals 1697 births 1777 deaths