Archdiocese Ferrara Rank Cardinal-Priest Predecessor Marcello Crescenzi See Ferrara Name Bernardino Giraud Consecration April 26, 1767 | Term ended 14 February 1777 Died May 5, 1782 Ordination March 19, 1767 Created Cardinal 17 June 1771 Successor Alessandro Mattei Appointed March 15, 1773 | |
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinita al Monte Pincio | ||
Bernardino Giraud (born 14 July 1721 in Rome, died 5 May 1782) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Apostolic Nuncio to France from 1767 to 1773, and as Archbishop of Ferrara from 1773 until his resignation in 1777. He was elevated to Cardinal in pectore on 17 June 1771, and installed as Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio in 1773. He participated in the Papal conclave, 1774–1775.
Episcopal succession
Giraud was ordained a Bishop by Pope Clement XIII on 26 April 1767, being appointed as titular Archbishop of Damascus. Having himself consecrated Alessandro Mattei to the episcopacy, Cardinal Giraud is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis.
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