Jean François de Gondi, cardinal de Retz

Jean-François de Gondi (1584 - 21 March 1654)

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Jean-François de Gondi was the first archbishop of Paris, from 1622 to 1654.

He was the son of Albert de Gondi and Claude Catherine de Clermont. He was a member of the Gondi family, which had held the bishopric of Paris for nearly a century, and would continue to do so after him. Jean-François succeeded his brother Henri de Gondi. Henri had himself succeeded his uncle Pierre de Gondi (1533-1616), cardinal and commendatory abbot of the abbeys of Saint-Aubin-d'Angers, La Chaume, Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé and Buzay.

He refused his blessing to the Company of the Blessed Sacrament, even though Louis XIII wrote him a personal letter in 1631 requesting him to do so.

Following his death in Paris, he was succeeded by his nephew Jean-François Paul de Gondi, cardinal of Retz.

Notes and references:

• Goyau, Georges. "Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 23 May 2021
• Jean-François de Gondi, archbishop of Paris, was bought back the château, after Jean de Bueil's death (comte de Sancerre), which Jean-Baptiste de Gondi, II. son of Baron Jérôme de Gondi, de Codun, II sold to Jean de Bueil in 1618.