François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis

His Eminence

François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bust by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, c. 1620-1622
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseBordeaux
Appointed5 July 1599
Term ended18 June 1628
PredecessorJean Le Breton
SuccessorHenri de Sourdis
Orders
Consecration21 December 1599
by François de Joyeuse
Created cardinal3 March 1599
by Pope Clement VIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
BornFrançois d'Escoubleau de Sourdis
25 October 1574
Mauléon, France
Died7 February 1628(1628-02-07) (aged 53)
Bordeaux, France
Coat of arms

François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis (25 October 1574 – 1628) was a French Catholic prelate, the Archbishop of Bordeaux and founder of the Irish College in Bordeaux in 1603.

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