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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Pierre Cauchon
Bishop of Beauvais
Manuscript portrait of Bishop Pierre Cauchon at the trial of Joan of Arc
DioceseBeauvais
Elected21 August 1420
In office1420–1432
PredecessorBernard de Chevenon
SuccessorJean Juvénal des Ursins
Other post(s)Bishop of Lisieux (29 January 1432 – 15 December 1442)
Laicized1457
Personal details
Born1371
Reims, Champagne, France
Died18 December 1442(1442-12-18) (aged 71)
Rouen, Normandy
NationalityFrench

Pierre Cauchon (1371 – 18 December 1442) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Beauvais from 1420 to 1432. He was a strong partisan of English interests in France during the latter years of the Hundred Years' War. He was the judge in the trial of Joan of Arc and played a key role in her execution. The Catholic Church overturned his verdict in 1456.

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