Roman Catholic Cardinal. Parisian born César-Guillaume de La Luzerne entered the Saint-Magloire Seminary at the capital Paris, later pursuing his studies at the Collège de Navarre, being ordained priest in March 1762. Abbot of Mortemer between 1756 and 1782, and vicar general of the diocese of Narbonne from 1763 until 1770, he obtained the promotion to the episcopate through the influence of the family of Lamoignonand, being nominated by the king of France to the see of Langres on June 24, 1770, at the young age of thirty two, receiving his episcopal consecration in the Visitation church of Paris the following September. Named duke and peer of the French kingdom and abbot of Bourgueil, having refused to accept the Civil Constitution of the Clergy of 1791 he went into exile in Switzerland, Austria, and ultimately Venice, where he offered generous hospitality to fellow French exiles and dedicated himself to extensive writing. Refusing to resign his see as mandated by the Concordat of 1801 between France and the Holy See, it was eventually suppressed on November 29 that year. In 1814, following the restoration of the French monarchy, he returned to France, remaining in Paris even along the brief return of Napoleon Bonaparte. Created cardinal priest by Pope Pius VII in the consistory of July 28, 1817, he never received the red hat or his cardinalitial title. When the diocese of Langres was reestablished on July 27, 1817, he was appointed its ordinary again on October 1, 1817, but the promotion was never effected. Named state minister in 1817, he ended his days in his native Paris.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. Parisian born César-Guillaume de La Luzerne entered the Saint-Magloire Seminary at the capital Paris, later pursuing his studies at the Collège de Navarre, being ordained priest in March 1762. Abbot of Mortemer between 1756 and 1782, and vicar general of the diocese of Narbonne from 1763 until 1770, he obtained the promotion to the episcopate through the influence of the family of Lamoignonand, being nominated by the king of France to the see of Langres on June 24, 1770, at the young age of thirty two, receiving his episcopal consecration in the Visitation church of Paris the following September. Named duke and peer of the French kingdom and abbot of Bourgueil, having refused to accept the Civil Constitution of the Clergy of 1791 he went into exile in Switzerland, Austria, and ultimately Venice, where he offered generous hospitality to fellow French exiles and dedicated himself to extensive writing. Refusing to resign his see as mandated by the Concordat of 1801 between France and the Holy See, it was eventually suppressed on November 29 that year. In 1814, following the restoration of the French monarchy, he returned to France, remaining in Paris even along the brief return of Napoleon Bonaparte. Created cardinal priest by Pope Pius VII in the consistory of July 28, 1817, he never received the red hat or his cardinalitial title. When the diocese of Langres was reestablished on July 27, 1817, he was appointed its ordinary again on October 1, 1817, but the promotion was never effected. Named state minister in 1817, he ended his days in his native Paris.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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