Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart
{{Short description|French Roman Catholic Cardinal}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific_prefix = His Eminence
| type = Cardinal
| name = Jean François Joseph Rochechouart
| image = CardinalRochechouart.JPG
| caption = Cardinal Rochechouart (Pompeo Batoni - 1762) in the Saint Louis Art Museum.
| title = Cardinal
Bishop of Laon
Peer of France
| church = Roman Catholic Church
| diocese = Laon
| see = Laon
| term =
| appointed = 18 September 1741
| term_end = 20 March 1777
| predecessor = Etienne-Joseph de La Fare
| successor = Louis-Hector-Honoré-Maxime de Sabran
| other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio (1762-77)
| consecration = 15 October 1741
| consecrated_by = Nicolas-Charles de Saulx-Tavannes
| cardinal = 23 November 1761
| created_cardinal_by = Pope Clement XIII
| rank = Cardinal-Priest
| birth_name = Jean François Joseph de Rochechouart
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1708|1|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Toulouse, Kingdom of France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1777|3|20|1708|1|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Paris, Kingdom of France
| parents = Charles de Rochechouart
Françoise de Montesquiou
| alma_mater = La Sorbonne
| previous_post = Vicar General of Rouen (1734-41) }}
Jean François Joseph Rochechouart, Cardinal de Rochechouart (27 January 1708 – 20 March 1777) was a French Roman Catholic Cardinal.
Born in Toulouse, he was educated in the University of Paris, where he achieved licentiate in theology. After having been ordained priest he became vicar general of the archdiocese of Rouen for seven years. Elected bishop of Laon on 18 September 1741 he was also French ambassador to the Holy See from 1758 to 1762.
Pope Clement XIII created him cardinal priest in the consistory of 23 November 1761 with the title of Sant'Eusebio. He participated in the Papal conclave of 1769, but not that of 1774-1775.
Rochechouart died in 1777 in Paris.
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External links
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- [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1761.htm#Rochechourat The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church-Biographical Dictionary]
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brofa.html Catholic Hierarchy data for this Cardinal] Wikipedia:SPS
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Category:18th-century French cardinals
Category:18th-century peers of France
Category:University of Paris alumni
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