His Excellency Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt | |
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| Archbishop of Mechelen Primate of Belgium | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Mechelen |
| Appointed | 27 March 1809 |
| In office | 1809–1815 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure |
| Successor | François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux |
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| Ordination | June 1783 |
| Consecration | 2 February 1805 by Pius VII |
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| Born | 23 April 1759 Allanche, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 18 March 1837 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | French |
| Previous post | Bishop of Poitiers (1805–1808) |
Abbé Dominique G. F. de Rion de Prolhiac Dufour or de Fourt de Pradt (23 April 1759 in Allanches (Auvergne, France – 18 March 1837 in Paris) was a French clergyman and ambassador.
In 1804 he became a secretary of Napoleon, in 1805 Bishop of Poitiers. On 12 May 1808 he was appointed as archbishop of Mechelen (resigned in 1815). In 1812 he was awarded the position of the French ambassador in Warsaw, preparing the Concordat of 1813. After the Napoleonic wars he published a series of books which portrayed Russia as a "despotic" and "Asiatic" power hungry to conquer Europe.[1]
See also
- Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussel
References
- ^ Neumann, Iver B. "Europe's post-Cold War memory of Russia: cui bono?" in Memory and power in post-war Europe: studies in the presence of the past ed. Jan-Werner Müller. Cambridge University Press, 2002: p. 133
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| Preceded by Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure | 13th Archbishop of Mechelen | Succeeded by François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux |
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