Jean-François de Gondi (1584 – 21 March 1654) was the first
archbishop of Paris, from 1622 to 1654.
He was the son of
Albert de Gondi and
Claude Catherine de Clermont. He was a member of the
Gondi family, 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
Pierre de Gondi (1533–1616), cardinal and
commendatory abbot
A commendatory abbot () is an ecclesiastic, or sometimes a layman, who holds an abbey ''in commendam'', drawing its revenues but not exercising any authority over its inner monastic discipline. If a commendatory abbot is an ecclesiastic, however, ...
of the abbeys of Saint-Aubin-d'Angers, La Chaume, Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé and
Buzay.
He refused his blessing to the
Company of the Blessed Sacrament, even though
Louis XIII
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.
...
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
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, he was succeeded by his nephew
Jean-François Paul de Gondi, cardinal of Retz.
Notes and references
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Archbishops of Paris
17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France
1584 births
1654 deaths
Burials at Notre-Dame de Paris