Eustache du Bellay (died 4 September 1565) was Bishop of Paris from 1551 to 1563.

Biography

Eustache du Bellay was the nephew of

Jean du Bellay Jean du Bellay (1492 – 16 February 1560) was a French diplomat and cardinal, a younger brother of Guillaume du Bellay, and cousin and patron of the poet Joachim du Bellay. He was bishop of Bayonne by 1526, member of the ''Conseil privé'' ( ...

, who was Bishop of Paris from 1532 to 1541. In 1551,

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selected Eustache du Bellay as the new Bishop of Paris. He was consecrated as a

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on 15 November 1551. He attended the

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and opposed the introduction of the

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into his

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. He resigned his bishopric in 1563. He died at Bellay in

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on 4 September 1565.

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