Anne-Antoine-Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre

His Eminence Anne-Antoine-Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre
Archbishop of Toulouse
Portrait circa 1830.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Toulouse
See	Toulouse
Appointed	28 August 1820
Term ended	21 February 1830
Predecessor	François de Bovet
Successor	Paul-Thérèse-David d'Astros
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio (1823-30)
Orders
Consecration	14 April 1782 by Alexandre-Angélique Talleyrand de Périgord
Created cardinal	2 December 1822 by Pope Pius VII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Anne-Antoine-Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre 1 January 1749 Paris, Kingdom of France
Died	21 February 1830(1830-02-21) (aged 81) Toulouse, French Kingdom
Buried	Toulouse Cathedral
Parents	Charles Henry Jules Marie Anne Julie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne (1782-1801)
Alma mater	Sorbonne University

Anne Antoine Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre (1 January 1749–21 February 1830) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church. He was made a cardinal by Pope Pius VII in 1822.

Life

He became Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in 1782. He was consecrated as bishop on 14 April 1782. He resigned as ordered by Pope Pius VII. He was a member of the states-general in 1789.

He took refuge in Brussels and Holland, while both his parents were guillotined in Paris. After the return of the Louis XVIII to the French throne, he was named a Peer of France and named to the new Diocese of Châlons–that of Châlons-sur-Marne was lost in the reorganization of that year–in 1817 but failure of the National Assembly to ratify the new Concordat between France and the Papacy.

He was named Archbishop of Toulouse on 28 August 1820 and a cardinal on 2 December 1822. He participated in the papal conclaves of 1823 and 1829.

He died in Toulouse on 21 February 1830.