Charles Joachim Colbert (11 June 1667 – 8 April 1738) was a bishop of Montpellier from 1697. He was a son of

Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning wa ...

and a nephew of

Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert (; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the countr ...

.
As an ardent

Jansenist Jansenism was a 17th- and 18th-century theological movement within Roman Catholicism, primarily active in France, which arose as an attempt to reconcile the theological concepts of free will and divine grace in response to certain development ...

he had père François-Aimé Pouget edit the noted ''Catéchisme de Montpellier''. His writings were condemned by

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. He was also part of the 'Appelant' movement alongside

Jean Soanen Jean Soanen (1647–1740) was a French Oratorian and bishop of Senez. He was a convinced Jansenist. In opposition to the papal bull '' Unigenitus'', he with Charles-Joachim Colbert, bishop of Montpellier, Pierre de la Broue who was bishop o ...

, Pierre de La Broue and

Pierre de Langle Pierre de Langle (6 March 1643, in Evreux – 12 April 1724, in Boulogne-Sur-Mer) was a French bishop and Jansenism, Jansenist theologian. Life At the request of his friend Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Bossuet, he was made tutor to Louis Alexandre, C ...

, calling for a church council to discuss the papal bull ''

Unigenitus ''Unigenitus'' (named for its Latin opening words ''Unigenitus Dei Filius'', or "Only-begotten Son of God") is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Clement XI in 1713. It opened the final phase of the Janse ...

''.

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1667 births 1738 deaths Bishops of Montpellier Colbert family {{Montpellier-stub