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| - | + | An '''archbishop''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀρχι-, chief, and ἐπίσκοπος, bishop) is a [[bishop]] of higher rank, but not of higher [[sacrament]]al [[Holy Orders|order]] above that of the three orders of [[deacon]], [[priest #In Christianity|priest]] ([[presbyter]]) and bishop. Accordingly, one does not become an archbishop by [[ordination]]. | |
| - | '''Henri d'Escoubleau de Sourdis''' (1593–1645) was a French military commander and Archbishop of [[Bordeaux]]. | + | |
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| - | Like many churchmen of his day, de Sourdis was a military man as well as a prelate. He fought in the [[Thirty Years' War]] and in 1628 served as commander of the artillery at the [[Siege of La Rochelle]]. The next year, 1629, Henri succeeded his brother [[François de Sourdis]] as [[Archbishop]] of Bordeaux (the succession had been legally arranged several years before and was confirmed by [[Cardinal Richelieu]] the day François died). | + | |
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| - | As Vice Admiral of the fleet he won the [[Battle of Guetaria]] against Spain, but presided over a disastrous sea battle at [[Fuenterrabia]] later in 1638. He attempted to blame the defeat on one of his generals, [[Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette d'Épernon|Bernard de La Valette]], duke d'Épernon, who had refused to lead the attack, believing that it would fail. (There had been bad blood between de Sourdis and the de La Valettes for some time—Bernard's father, [[Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette]], had publicly struck de Sourdis four years before). De Sourdis was assisted in this ploy by Richelieu, whose niece had been unhappily married to de La Valette. | + | |
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| - | After this episode, de Sourdis retired to his [[diocese]] in Bordeaux. He died there in 1645. | + | |
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An archbishop (from Greek ἀρχι-, chief, and ἐπίσκοπος, bishop) is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest (presbyter) and bishop. Accordingly, one does not become an archbishop by ordination.
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