He gained a degree in theology and became Archbishop of Embrun from 1649 to 1668, and abbot of Joyenval in 1668 in Saint-Jean de Laon and the Abbey of Saint-Loup of Troyes.
He gained a degree in theology and became Archbishop of Embrun from 1649 to 1668, Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 179. Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1649, Number 16 and abbot of Joyenval in 1668 in Saint-Jean de Laon and the Abbey of Saint-Loup of Troyes.