Churchman
After studies at the collège de Navarre he gained a licence in theology at the Sorbonne and then embarked on his ecclesiastical career, aided by his uncle Jean du Lau, parish priest of Saint-Sulpice in Paris since 1750. As was the system, he passed from one diocese to another in a rising curve of authority and prestige: canon and treasurer at Pamiers, vicar general of Bordeaux, prior of Gabillon and in 1770 attained the notable rank of agent general of the clergy of France. On 1 October 1775, still a young man, he was promoted by Louis XVI to be Archbishop of Arles.
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