Henri de Villars (Bishop of Vienne)

Henri de Villars, Bishop of Vienne (c.1621 in Rome - December 27, 1693), was a French prelate of the 17th century. He was the son of Claude de Villars, Baron de Maclas, and Charlotte Calvisson and his brother was the writer and diplomat Pierre de Villars. His uncle was Pierre de Villars, Archbishop of Vienna.[1]

Henri de Villars was a canon and capiscopal in Vienne Cathedral. In 1650 he attended the general assembly of the clergy of Ecclesiastical Province of Vienna. In 1651 was appointed general agent of the clergy of France following the death of Théophile Lauraet. On August 30, 1655, he was appointed titular bishop of "Philippopolis of Arabia" and coadjutor with his uncle Pierre de Villars, Archbishop of Vienna and succeeded him on May 25, 1662.

He established a seminary in Vienna, which he entrusted to the priests of the Society oratory of Jesus, and he undertook to reform the breviary of the diocese.

References

  1. ↑ François-Zénon Collombet, Histoire de la sainte Église de Vienne, Lyon, 1847.
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