Jean Jaubert de Barrault

Jean Jaubert de Barrault (1584 – 30 July 1643) was Bishop of Bazas, Bishop of Diocèse étranger, then archbishop of Arles.

Jean Jaubert de Barrault
Orders
Consecration7 August 1611
by François de La Rochefoucauld
Personal details
Bornc. 1584
DiedJuly 30, 1643(1643-07-30) (aged 58–59)
Bordeaux
NationalityFrench
DenominationCatholic
Bishop of Bazas
In office
1611–1630
Preceded byArnaud de Pontac
Succeeded byNicolas de Grillié
Archbishop of Arles
In office
20 July 1630 – 30 July 1643
Preceded byGaspard du Laurens
Succeeded byFrançois Adhémar de Monteil

Early years

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Jean Jaubert de Barrault was born in 1584 in Blaignac. He was the son of Aymeric Jaubert de Barrault and Guyonne de la Motte. He first studied in Bordeaux where he obtained a license in utroque jure in January 1598. He also studied at La Flèche around 1606–1609 and completed his knowledge of theology in Rome. He was tonsured on 9 June 1591 and was a sub-deacon until his promotion to the episcopate, and also commendatory abbot of Solignac Abbey in the diocese of Limoges, prior of Saint-Aubin in the diocese of Bazas and archdeacon of Bazas.[1]

Prelate

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Jaubert became Bishop of Bazas in the Archbishopric of Auch in February 1605. He was appointed bishop of a foreign diocese in 1611 and consecrated bishop on 7 August 1611 in Rome by Cardinal François de La Rochefoucauld, Bishop of Senlis. In 1630 he was transferred to Arles where on 20 July he acceded to the seat of archbishop of this city. He was confirmed on 12 May 1631.

Very closely linked to the Benedictines of the Congregation of Saint Maur, he introduced the Benedictine regime in the Arles monasteries of Saint-Jean and Montmajour. In Montmajour, he encountered opposition from the monks. In 1638, he had to appeal to letters patent from the king authorizing him if necessary to have recourse to the Intendant of Provence to impose the concordat of 1639. The Maurists took possession of this monastery at the feast of Saint Michael in 1639.[2]

Jean Jaubert de Barrault fell sick and had to move away from Arles, first to Paris then to Bordeaux where he died on 30 July 1643. He was replaced at the archbishopric by his coadjutor, François Adhémar de Monteil.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Bergin 1996, p. 569.
  2. ^ Congrès archéologique de France - 134th session - Pays d'Arles, pages 220ff.
  3. ^ Jean-Maurice Rouquette (sous la direction de) - ARLES, histoire, territoires et cultures, page 645.

Sources

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  • Bergin, Joseph (1996), The Making of French Episcopate (1589-1661), Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0300067514
  • catholic-hierarchy