Jean-François de Gondi

Jean-François de Gondi (1584 - 21 March 1654, Paris) was the first archbishop of Paris, from 1622 to 1654.

He was the son of Albert de Gondi and of Claude Catherine de Clermont. He was a member of the Gondi family, which had held the bishopric of Paris for nearly a century, and would continue to do so after him - Jean-François succeeded his brother Henri de Gondi [Henri had himself succeeded his uncle Pierre de Gondi (1533-1616), cardinal and abbé commendataire to the abbeys of Saint-Aubin-d'Angers, La Chaume, Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé and Buzay.] and was succeeded by his nephew Jean-François Paul de Gondi, cardinal of Retz.

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before = Henri de Gondi
title = Archbishop of Paris
after = Jean-François Paul de Gondi
years=1622-1654