Jean de Tulles (died 1608)

Jean de Tulles (died 5 August 1608) was a French prelate, latterly bishop of Orange.

[1] Jean de Tulles was born in Avignon into the family of the lords of Villefranche.

[2] He was chamberlain of the University of Avignon and abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Eusèbe, Saignon, near Apt.

[3] As bishop he took steps to strengthen and re-establish Catholic doctrine and was used by Pope Sixtus V and King Henry III in religious affairs.

Towards the end of his episcopate, on 17 August 1605, he appointed his nephew and namesake Jean de Tulles as co-adjudicator, who succeeded him as bishop after his death in 1608 in Caderousse.