Hugues Roger

Hugues Roger (1293–1363), the cardinal of Tulle, was a son of Guillaume Roger and Guillemette de Mestre, a brother of Pope Clement VI and an uncle of the future Gregory XI. A Benedictine monk of Tulle, he became abbot of Saint-Jean-d'Angély in 1341.

With his brother on the papal throne at Avignon, he rose fast: bishop of Tulle in July 1342, cardinal-priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso that September. In 1345 he bought the barony of Portes-Bertrand from the dauphin Humbert II for 62,000 gold florins, and later passed such estates to his nephew. He later served as abbot of Cluny and camerlengo of the cardinals.

Elected pope in the 1362 conclave with fifteen votes, he refused, and Urban V was chosen instead. He died in 1363 at the abbey of Mallast.