Michel Poncet de La Rivière

Who was Michel Poncet de La Rivière?

Michel Poncet de la Rivière was a French clergyman, preacher and, from 1706 to 1730, the 79th bishop of Angers. He was the son of Vincent-Matthias Ponchet de la Riviere, the Lord Lieutenant of Alsace, and his wife, Marie Betauld; the nephew of Michel Poncet de la Rivière, the 61st Bishop of Uzès; the uncle of Mathias Poncet de la Rivière, the 90th Bishop of Troyes; and the cousin of Joseph Poncet de la Rivière, the Jesuit missionary of Canada.