Alexis Billiet

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Alexis Billiet
Archbishop of Chambéry
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Billiet in 1869
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseChambéry
Installed27 April 1840
Term ended30 April 1873
PredecessorAntoine Martinet
SuccessorPierre-Anastase Pichenot
Other postBishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (1825–1840)
Orders
Ordination23 May 1807
Consecration19 March 1826
by François-Marie Bigex
Created cardinal27 September 1861
by Pope Pius IX
Personal details
Born(1783-02-28)28 February 1783
Died30 April 1873(1873-04-30) (aged 90)
Coat of armsAlexis Billiet's coat of arms
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Date23 May 1807
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorFrançois-Marie Bigex
Co-consecratorsClaude-François de Thiollaz,
Pierre-Joseph Rey
Date19 March 1826
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Pius IX
Date27 September 1861
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Alexis Billiet as principal consecrator
Louis Rendu9 April 1843
Claude-Marie Magnin11 June 1861
François Gros1 May 1867

Alexis Billiet (28 February 1783 – 30 April 1873) was a French Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal and politician. He was the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chambéry from 1840 to his death in 1873.[1][2]

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