François II de Nesmond [SEP] place of death
François II de Nesmond
François II de Nesmond (1629–1715) was a French bishop of Bayeux, noted for his reformist principles drawing on the Counter-Reformation as laid down by the Council of Trent.
Life.
He was bishop in Bayeux from 1661 for the rest of his life. In 1693 he founded the seminary there. In Bayeux Cathedral he undertook construction from 1700 of a rood screen, and a central tower by Jacques Moussard. He also founded in 1700 the chapel of the Augustinians.
He condemned
Administrator of temporalities?, 1590–1598)
- Arnault d'Ossat 1600–1604
- Jacques d'Angennes 1606–1647
- Édouard Molé 1647–1652
- François I. Servien 1654–1659
- François II de Nesmond 1661–1715
- Joseph-Emmanuel de la Tremoille 1716–1718
- François Armand of Lothringen-Armagnac 1719–1728
- Paul d'Albert de Luynes 1729–1753
- Pierre-Jules César de Rochechouart-Montigny 1753–1776
- Joseph-Dominique de Cheylus 1776–1797
Bishops From 1800.
- Charles Brault (9 Apr 1802 Appointed – 8 Aug 1817
- Jean de