Cardinal Joseph Fesch (Q3763)
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3 January 1763Gregorian
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13 May 1839Gregorian
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3 January 1763Gregorian
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Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, in 1763, Joseph Fesch was ordained as a priest in 1785 and became the archdeacon of Ajaccio when he was 24 years old. Through his half-sister, Laetitia Bonaparte, he was the uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte and as such served in multiple diplomatic roles. In 1802 he became the Archbishop of Lyon (1802-1839) and was Prince of France from 1807. Cardinal Joseph Fesch amassed a
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