Pierre Lambert Ledrou
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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]
Most Reverend Pierre Lambert Ledrou | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 April 1664 |
| Consecration | 21 December 1692 by Fabrizio Spada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1641 |
| Died | 6 May 1721 (age 80) |
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).
