Jean-Vincent de Tulle, died in December 1668 in Paris, was a French prelate of the 17th century.[1]

Family

He is the nephew of his predecessor, John II of Tulle and the grandnephew of John I. Tulle, also a Bishop of Orange. Jean-Vincent de Tulle is the son of Peter Lord of Hertel and Lucretius Lascaris.[2][3][4][5]

Career

He was educated partly in Paris in the 1630s. He was commendatory abbot of St. Eusebius of Apt and was co-opted as coadjutor of his uncle. On 16 March 1637 he was appointed titular bishop of Dioclea in Phrygia and enshrined as such in Rome on 13 April.[6] He was made bishop of Orange on 3 October 1640.[7][8]

He was a fearless defender of the rights of the Catholic Church while being a supporter of Mazarin.[9] Under his episcopate he worked for consolidation of powers in the seat of Orange in the Church of France. On 27 May 1647, he was appointed to the diocese of Lavaur.[10]

References

  1. ↑ J. Michael Hayden, Malcolm R. Greenshields, Six Hundred Years of Reform: Bishops and the French Church, 1190-1789(McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2005, ISBN 0773528938) page 603.
  2. ↑ Mr. Saint-Allais (Nicolas Viton), Angel Marie Jacques Poisson The Chabeaussière, Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, Lespines (Abbe), Saint-Pons, Ducas, Johann Lanz Universal nobility of France: Series or general historical genealogies of the noble houses of the kingdom, Volume 4, (The office of universal nobility of France, Reprinted Bookstore Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1815), page 191.
  3. ↑ François-Alexandre Aubert Chesnaye Des Bois, Genealogical Dictionary heraldic And Chronological History: Containing The origin & the current status of the first Maisons de France, Sovereign Homes & main of Europe: The Names of Provinces, Cities, Land, & c. erected in Principautes, duchies, Marquisats, counties, viscounts & Baronnies; Extinct houses who owned them; Those by Heritage Alliance, Purchase, or Donation of Sovereign possess them today; The noble families of the kingdom, and the name & weapons only those whose genealogies were not published. Extra charge ; 3, Volume 6 (Duchese, 1761 - 740) page 512.
  4. ↑ Louis-Pierre d'Hozier, Armorial General of France, Volumes 1-2 (Firmin-Didot, 1738) p 583.
  5. ↑ Nicolas Viton Saint Allais, Universal Nobiliare of France, or general collection of historical genealogies of the noble houses of the kingdom (Nicolas Viton Saint Allais, 1815) page 191.
  6. ↑ Les Ordinations Episcopales, Year 1637, Number 14.
  7. ↑ Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 406.
  8. ↑ Sacres Episcopaux a Rome de 1565 a 1662, Page 98, number 593.
  9. ↑ Joseph Bergin, The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589-1661 (Yale University Press, 1996, ISBN 0300067518) page 38.
  10. ↑ Joseph Bergin, The Making of French Episcopate, 1589-1661, Yale University Press, 1996 (ISBN 978-0300067514), p. 709
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