TENCIN, PIERRE - GUÉRIN de. - Cardinal, b. at Grenoble on 22 Aug. 1679, d. at Lyons on 2 March 1758.
In 1721 he accompanied Card. de Bissy to Rome as conclavist, and remained there until 1724 as French chargé d’affaires following the departure of Card. de Rohan. Archbishop of Embrun in 1724, he convened a provincial Council in 1727 and had the Jansenist bishop of Sens, Soanen, condemned. Created cardinal by Clement XII on 15 July 1739, he became archbishop of Lyons in Feb. 1740. Bound in friendship with Lambertini, he contributed to his elevation to the tiara. From 1740 to 1742 he again resided in Rome as the king’s chargé d’affaires. Minister of State in 1742, from that year until 1756 he was apostolic legate in France. Benedict XIV maintained an extensive correspondence with him during these years, which was published in French translation: E. di Heeckeren, Lettres de Benoît au card. de T. (2 vols., Paris 1912).