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. He was a member of the

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, which had held the bishopric of Paris for nearly a century, and would continue to do so after him. Jean-François succeeded his brother Henri de Gondi. Henri had himself succeeded his uncle

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wrote him a personal letter in 1631 requesting him to do so.Goyau, Georges. "Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 23 May 2021 Following his death in

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, he was succeeded by his nephew Jean-François Paul de Gondi, cardinal of Retz.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gondi Archbishops of Paris 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France 1584 births 1654 deaths Burials at Notre-Dame de Paris