Henri de Villars (died 1693)
Henri de Villars (c. 1621–December 27, 1693) was a French prelate, latterly Archbishop of Vienne from 1662 to his death. Life. Henri was born in Rome, the son of Claude de Villars, Baron de Maclas, and his wife Charlotte de Calvisson. His brother was the writer and diplomat Pierre de Villars. His uncle was Pierre de Villars, Archbishop of Vienne. He was a canon and "capiscopal" in Vienne Cathedral. In 1650 he attended the general assembly of the clergy of the ecclesiastical province of Vienne. In 1651 he was appointed following the death of  . On August 30, 1655, he was appointed titular bishop of Philippopolis of Arabia and coadjutor with his uncle Pierre de Villars, Archbishop of Vienne, whom he succeeded as archbishop on May 25, 1662. He established a seminary in Vienne, which he entrusted to the priests of the Oratory of Jesus, and undertook to reform the breviary of the diocese.