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See also:ARTHUR See also:RICHARD See also:DILLON (172I-1807)
, See also:French See also:arch-See also:bishop, was the son of See also:Arthur See also:Dillon (167o-1733), an Irish See also:gentleman who became See also:general in the French service
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He was See also:born at St Germain, entered the priesthood and was successively cure of Elan near See also:Mezieres, See also:vicar-general of See also:Pontoise (1747), bishop of See also:Evreux (1753) and See also:archbishop of See also:Toulouse (1758), archbishop of See also:Narbonne in 1763, and in that capacity, See also:president o: the estates of See also:Languedoc
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He devoted himself much less to the spiritual direction of his See also:diocese than to its temporal welfare, carrying out many See also:works of public utility, See also:bridges, canals, roads, harbours, &c.; had chairs of See also:chemistry and of physics created at See also:Montpellier and at Toulouse, and tried to reduce the poverty, 'especially in Narbonne
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In 1787 and in 1788 he was a member of the See also:Assembly of Notables called together by See also: |
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