Pierre Lambert Ledrou
Most Reverend Pierre Lambert Ledrou | |
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Titular Bishop of Porphyreon | |
![]() Pierre-Lambert Ledrou (etching, 1707) | |
Church | Catholic Church |
In office | 1641–1721 |
Predecessor | Giuseppe Eusanio |
Successor | Agostino Nicola degl'Abbati Olivieri |
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Ordination | 12 April 1664 |
Consecration | 21 December 1692 by Fabrizio Spada |
Personal details | |
Born | 1641 Huy, Belgium |
Died | 6 May 1721 (age 80) |
Pierre Lambert Ledrou, O.E.S.A. (1641 – 6 May 1721) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Porphyreon (1692–1721).[1]
Biography
Pierre Lambert Ledrou was born in Huy, Belgium in 1641 and ordained a priest in the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine on 12 April 1664.[2][3] On 25 June 1692, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Titular Bishop of Porphyreon.[2][3] On 21 December 1692, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, and Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators.[2][3] He served as Titular Bishop of Porphyreon until his death on 6 May 1721.[2][3]
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]
- Carlo Cutillo, Bishop of Minori (1694);
- Giovanni Battista Capilupi, Bishop of Polignano (1694);
- Giovanni Battista Gentile, Bishop of Ajaccio (1694);
- Girolamo Grimaldi, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne (1713); and
- Jean-Ernest de Löwenstein-Wertheim, Bishop of Tournai (1714).
References
- ^ Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 320. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c d e Cheney, David M. "Bishop Pierre Lambert Ledrou, O.E.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019. [self-published]
- ^ a b c d Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Pierre Lambert Ledrou, O.E.S.A." GCatholic.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019. [self-published]
External links and additional sources
Media related to Pierre-Lambert Ledrou at Wikimedia Commons
- Cheney, David M. "Porphyreon (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Porphyreon (Israel)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
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Preceded by | Titular Bishop of Porphyreon 1692–1721 | Succeeded by Agostino Nicola degl'Abbati Olivieri |
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