(10) 1. LA ROCHE-AYMON, Charles-Antoine de (1696-1777)
Birth. February 17, 1696 (1), Castle of Mainsac, diocese of Limoges, France.
Education. Theological Faculty, Paris (doctorate in theology, April 1724).
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Canon of the cathedral chapter of Mâcon. Vicar general of Limoges, 1724.
Episcopate. Elected titular bishop of Sarepta and appointed suffragan of Limoges, June 11, 1725. Consecrated, August 5, 1724, cathedral of Meaux, by Cardinal Henri de Thyard de Bissy, bishop of Meaux, assisted by Jean Le Normand, bishop of Évreux, and by Scipion-Jérôme Bégon, bishop of Toul. Transferred to the see of Tarbes, October 2, 1730. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Toulouse, November 11, 1740. Member of the Assembly of the Clergy since 1740; vice-president, 1748-1760; president, 1760-1775. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Narbonne, December 18, 1752. Grand almoner of the French Kingdom, 1760-1777. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Reims, January 24, 1763. Legate of the Holy See. Abbot commendatario of St. Germain des Prés from 1771.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 16, 1771; never received the red hat and the title. Did not participate in the conclave of 1774-1775, which elected Pope Pius VI.
Death. October 27, 1777, Paris. Exposed and buried (no information found).
Links. Biography, in German; his portrait, Studio of Alexandre Roslin, in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Caliornia, United States of America; and his coat of arms, second from the bottom.
(1) This is according to Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, V, 345. Dictionnaire des Cardinaux, col. 1464, indicates that he was born on February 17, 1692. Biographisch-BibliographischesKirchelexicon (see link), gives February 17, 1697 as the date of his birth. Both Diccionario Hispano Americano and Enciclopedia ilustrada Seguí also indicate that he was born in 1697.
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