Jean-François de Gondi was the first archbishop of Paris

Archbishop of Paris

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, from 1622 to 1654.

He was the son of Albert de Gondi

Albert de Gondi

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 and Claude Catherine de Clermont

Claude Catherine de Clermont

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. 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. Following his death in Paris

Paris

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, he was succeeded by his nephew Jean-François Paul de Gondi

Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz

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, cardinal of Retz.

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