The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis;
French
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: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a
Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or
archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
of the
Catholic Church in
France. Erected as a
diocese around 250 by
St. Sixtus of Reims, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750. The archbishop received the title "primate of
Gallia Belgica" in 1089.
In 1023, Archbishop
Ebles acquired the
Countship of Reims, making him a
prince-bishop; it became a duchy and a
peerage
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Peerages include:
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Belgium
* Belgi ...
between 1060 and 1170.
The archdiocese comprises the ''
arrondissement'' of
Reims
Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne.
Founded by ...
and the département of
Ardennes
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while the province comprises the former ''
région'' of
Champagne-Ardenne. The
suffragan diocese
A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ...
s in the ecclesiastical province of Reims are
Amiens;
Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis;
Châlons;
Langres;
Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin; and
Troyes
Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...
. The archepiscopal see is located in the cathedral of
Notre-Dame de Reims, where the
Kings of France
France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions.
Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the first ...
were traditionally crowned. In 2014 it was estimated that there was one priest for every 4,760 Catholics in the diocese.
Pope Francis appointed
Éric de Moulins-Beaufort
Éric de Moulins-Beaufort (born 30 January 1962) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 2008 and the Archbishop of Reims since 2018. He was elected president of the Bishops' Conference of France in 2019.
Life
Ér ...
Archbishop of Reims in 2018.
History
Reims was taken by the Vandals in 406.
According to Flodoard, on Holy Saturday, 497, Clovis was baptized and anointed by Archbishop Remigius of Reims in the cathedral of Reims.
In 719 the city took up arms against Charles Martel, who besieged the city, took it by assault, and devastated it.
In 816,
Pope Stephen IV crowned
Louis the Pious as Emperor at Reims.
On 28 January 893,
Charles III "the Simple' was crowned King of West Francia at Reims.
King Robert I was consecrated and crowned 'Rex Francorum' at Saint-Remi in Reims on 29 June 922 by Archbishop Hervée.
Hugh Capet was crowned at Reims on Christmas Day 988, by Archbishop Adalberon. In 990 the city was attacked by
Charles of Lorraine, the rival of Hugues Capet, who seized the city and devastated the area.
Councils of Reims
The First Council of Reims took place in 625, under the presidency of Archbishop Sonnatius. It produced at least twenty-five canons.
In 1049, from 3 to 5 October, a Council of the Church took place at Reims under the presidency of
Pope Leo IX, with twenty bishops and some fifty abbots in attendance. The Pope was in Reims for the dedication of the church of the monastery of Saint-Rémi, in fulfilment of a promise made to Abbot Herimar.
Cathedral chapter
In 1657, the chapter of the Cathedral of Reims contained nine dignities and sixty-four canons. The dignities included the major archdeacon (Archdeacon of Reims), the minor archdeacon (Archdeacon of Champagne), the provost, the dean, the cantor, the treasurer, the vicedominus, the scholasticus, and the poenitentiarius. There were also a number of collegiate churches in the diocese, whose clergy were led by canons: Saint-Symphorien in Reims (a dean and 20 prebends); Saint-Timothée in Reims (12 prebends); Saint-Côme in Reims (4 prebends); Sainte-Nourrice in Reims (11 prebends); Saint-Pierre aux Dames in Reims (4 prebends); Mézières (a dean, a treasurer and 12 prebends); Braux (12 prebends); Montfaucon (a provost and canons); and Avenay (6 prebends).
The two archdeacons were already in existence in 877, when they are mentioned at the head of the Capitulations issued by Archbishop Hincmar. They were both appointees of the archbishop.
In addition to the right to nominate the archbishop of Reims (since the Concordat of Bologna in 1516), the King enjoyed the right to name the abbot of Haut-Villiers (O.S.B.), Sainte-Baste (O.S.B.), Mouson (O.S.B.), Saint-Nicaise de Reims (O.S.B.), Saint-Pierre-de-Reims (O.S.B.), Saint-Remi de Reims (O.S.B.), Saint-Thierry lez Reims (O.S.B.), Chery (O.Cist.), Elem (O.Cist.), Igny (O.Cist.), Signy (O.Cist.), Vau-le-Roy (O.Cist.), Saint-Denis-de-Reims (O.S.A.), Esparnay-sur-Marne (O.S.A.), Belle-Val (Praemonst.), Chaumont en Porcien (Praemonst.), Sept Fontaines (Praemonst.), and Vau-Dieu (Praemonst.).
Bishops and archbishops
Bishops of Reims
* St.
Sixtus (c. 260)
*
St. Sinicius
Saint Sixtus of Reims (french: Sixte de Reims) (died c. 300) is considered the first bishop of Reims.Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson, ''Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of saints'' (Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2003), 762. Accor ...
(Sinice) (c. 280)
* St. Amantius (Amanse) (c. 290)
*
Imbetausius (before 300–c. 314)
*
Aprus (Aper) (328–350)
*
Maternianus (350–359)
*
Donatianus (361–390)
* Viventius (390–394)
*
Severus (394–400)
*
Nicasius of Rheims (probably 400–407 but perhaps ?-451)
* Barucius
* Barnabas
* Bennagius (?–459)
*
Saint Remigius (Remi) (459–533)
* Romanus (c. 533-535)
* Flavius (c. 535)
*
Mappinus Mapinius (also spelled Mappinius, Mappinus or Mapinus) was the bishop of Reims from 535 until 550. His name is of Gaulish language, Gaulish origin.
Mapinius did not attend the Fifth Council of Orléans in 549 in person, but he sent the archdeacon P ...
(c. 549)
*
Egidius (573–590)
* Romulph (590–613)
* Sonnatius (613–c. 627)
*
Leudigisil Leudégisile ( fl 641) was the 22nd bishop of Reims from 631 to 641.
He was of a noble family and had as brother of Attila who was bishop of Laon. He was elected Bishop of Reims following Sonnace and in 633 he took part in the installation of Auber ...
* Angelbert (c. 630)
* Lando
*
Nivard (before 657–673)
*
Reolus (673–c. 689)
*
Rigobert (''c.'' 689 – after 720)
*
Milo (715–744)
*
Abel (c. 743/744–748)
Archbishops of Reims
To 1000
*
Tilpin
Tilpin, Latin ''Tilpinus'' (died 794 or 800), also called Tulpin, a name later corrupted as Turpin, was the bishop of Reims from about 748 until his death. He was for many years regarded as the author of the legendary '' Historia Caroli Magni'', ...
(748–795)
* ''vacant'' (795–812)
*
Wulfaire (812–816)
*
Ebbo
Ebbo or Ebo ( – 20 March 851) was the Archbishop of Rheims from 816 until 835 and again from 840 to 841. He was born a German serf on the royal demesne of Charlemagne. He was educated at his court and became the librarian and councillor ...
(816–835)
* ''vacant'' (835–840)
* Ebbo (840–841), again
* ''vacant'' (841–845)
*
Hincmar (845–882)
*
Fulk the Venerable
Fulk the Venerable (died June 17, 900) was archbishop of Reims from 883 until his death. He was a key protagonist in the political conflicts of the West Frankish kingdom that followed the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire in the late ninth cen ...
(882–900)
*
Hervaeus (900–922)
*
Seulf (922–925)
*
Hugh of Vermandois (925–931)
*
Artaud
Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the E ...
(931–940)
* Hugh of Vermandois (940–946), again
* Artaud (946–961), again
*
Odelric (962–969)
*
Adalberon (969–988)
*
Arnoul (988–991; son of
Lothair of France)
*
Gerbert of Aurillac (991–996); later Pope Sylvester II
* Arnoul (996–1021), again
1000–1300
*
Ebles I of Roucy (1021–1033; count of Roucy, count of Reims, 1023–1033)
* Guy of Châtillon (1033–1055)
*
Gervaise of Bellême (1055–1067)
*
Manasses I (1069–1080)
*
Renaud du Bellay (1083–1096)
*
Manasses II (1096–1106)
*
Gervaise of Rethel (1106)
*
Raoul le Vert (1106–1124)
* Rainaldus de Martigny (1125–1138)
*
Samson de Mauvoisin (1140–1161)
*
Henry (1162–1175; son of
Louis VI of France
Louis VI (late 1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat (french: link=no, le Gros) or the Fighter (french: link=no, le Batailleur), was King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137.
Chronicles called him "King of Saint-Denis". Louis was the first member ...
)
[Gislebertus of Mons, ''Chronicle of Hainaut'', transl. Laura Napran, (The Boydell Press, 2005), 68 note 288.]
* Guillaume de Blois (
Guillaume aux Blanches Mains) (1176–1202)
*
Guy Paré (1204 – 30 July 1206)
*
Albericus de Humbert (1207 – 24 December 1218)
*
Guillaume de Joinville William of Joinville (French ''Guillaume de Joinville''; died 1226) was a French ecclesiastic. A younger son of Geoffrey IV of Joinville and Helvide of Dampierre, he joined the chapter of Châlons Cathedral, become archdeacon by 1191. He then became ...
(24 April 1219 – 6 November 1226)
*
Henry of Dreux (18 April 1227 – 6 July 1240)
* Juhel de Mathefelon (20 March 1245 – 18 December 1250)
* Thomas de Beaumes (4 March 1251 – 15 February 1263)
* Jean de Courtenay-Champignelles (15 July 1266 – 17 August 1270)
* Pierre Barbet (17 April 1273 – 3 October 1298)
* Robert de Courtenay-Champignelles (10 April 1299 – 3 March 1324)
1300–1500
* Guillaume de Trie (1324–1334)
*
Jean de Vienne (1335–1351)
* Hugues d'Arcy (1351–1352)
**
Humbert, O.P. (1352–1355) (Administrator)
* Jean de Craon (1355–1373)
* Louis Thesart (14 April 1374 – 12 October 1375)
* Richard Picque (12 November 1375 – 6 December 1389)
* Ferry Cassinel (29 January 1390 – 26 May 1390) (Avignon Obedience)
*
Guy de Roye
Guy de Roye (died 1409) was a French prelate.
Biography
Originating from a noble house in Picardy, he attached himself to the Avignon popes Clement VII and Benedict XIII. He was bishop of Verdun, Castres, and then Dol before becoming archbish ...
(1391–1409)
*
Simon of Cramaud (2 July 1409 – 1413)
* Pierre Trousseau (2 May 1413 - 16 December 1413)
*
Renaud of Chartres (2 January 1414 – 1444)
* Jacques Juvenal des Ursins (9 October 1444 – 3 March 1449)
*
Jean Juvenal des Ursins (3 March 1449 – 14 July 1473)
* Pierre de Montfort-Laval (1474–1493)
*
Robert Briçonnet (1493–1497)
*
Guillaume Briçonnet (1497–1507)
1500–1800
* Cardinal
Charles Dominique de Carreto (16 September 1507 – 28 March 1509)
* Cardinal
Robert de Lenoncourt (28 March 1509 – 25 September 1532)
* Cardinal
Jean de Lorraine
Jean de Lorraine (9 April 1498 – c. 18 May 1550) was the third son of the ruling Duke of Lorraine, and a French cardinal, who was (at one time or another) archbishop of Reims (1532–1538), Lyon (1537–1539), and Narbonne (1524–1550), bishop ...
(1533–1550)
*
Charles of Guise (1538–1574)
* Cardinal
Louis I of Guise (1574–1588)
* Cardinal
Nicolas de Pellevé (1588–1594)
*
Philippe du Bec (1594–1605)
* Cardinal
Louis II of Guise (1605–1621)
*
Gabriel de Sainte-Marie OSB (William Gifford) (1623–1629)
*
Henry of Guise (1629–1641)
*
Léonore d'Étampes de Valençay (1641–1651)
*
Henri de Savoie (1651–1659)
* Cardinal
Antonio Barberini (1657/1667 – 4 August 1671)
*
Charles Maurice Le Tellier (1668/1671 – 22 February 1710)
*
François de Mailly
François de Mailly (1658–1721) was a French archbishop and Cardinal.
Biography
Born at Nesle, he had ultramontane views, and was a stern opponent of Jansenism. He was a critic of Jean Meslier.
On 11 May 1698, he was consecrated bishop by T ...
(1 December 1710 – 13 September 1721)
*
Armand Jules de Rohan-Guéméné
Armand-Jules de Rohan-Guémené (Paris, 10 February 1695 - Saverne, 28 August 1762) was a French ecclesiastic, Peer of France and the Archbishop of Reims.
Early life
Prince de Guemene was the fifteenth child of Charles III de Rohan, Prince of Guà ...
(6 July 1722 – 28 August 1762)
*
Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon
Charles Antoine, Count of La Roche-Aymon, born at Mainsat (Marche) on 17 February 1697 and died in Paris on 27 October 1777, was a French prelate, cardinal and grand aumônier de France.
La Roche-Aymon was born in the diocese of Limoges in 1696, ...
(1763–1777)
*
Alexandre-Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord (1777–1816)
From 1800
* ''vacant''
*
Jean-Charles de Coucy
Jean-Charles de Coucy (born on 23 September 1746 at the Château d'Écordal, died on 9 March 1824 in Reims) was an ecclesiastic who was Archbishop of Reims.
Early life
Jean-Charles de Coucy was born on 23 September 1746 at the Château d'Écordal ...
(1817–1824)
*
Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil
Jean-Baptiste Marie Antoine de Latil, count then duke of Latil, Peer of France, French ecclesiastic. He is the last to have crowned a King of France in the person of Charles X in 1825.
Biography
Son of Antoine de Latil and Gabrielle Thérèse de ...
(1824–1839)
*
Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset (1840–1866)
*
Jean-Baptiste François Anne Thomas Landriot
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Persons
* Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was King o ...
(1867–1874)
*
Benoit-Marie Langénieux (1874–1905)
*
Louis Luçon (1906–1930)
*
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (1930–1940)
*
Louis-Augustin Marmottin (1940–1960)
*
Gabriel Auguste François Marty (1960–1968)
*
Émile André Jean-Marie Maury
Émile André Jean-Marie Maury (22 May 1907 – 5 January 1994), sometimes called Jean-Marie Maury or Jean Baptiste Maury, was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was Archbishop of Reims ...
(1968–1972)
*
Jacques Eugène Louis Ménager Jacques Ménager (1912–1998), was a French Prelate the Roman Catholic church, 107th Archbishop of Reims and before that (1961–1973), Bishop of Meaux.
Biography
Jacques Eugène Louis Ménager was born on 24 July 1912 in Anor (Nord). He was ordai ...
(1973–1988)
*
Jean Marie Julien Balland
Jean Marie Julien Balland (26 July 1934 in Bué, Cher, France – 1 March 1998 in Lyon) was a Cardinal (Catholic Church), Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon.
Early life
He entered the seminary and later attended the Pontifical Gregori ...
[Balland was born at Bué (Cher) near Sancerre in the diocese of Bourges in 1934. He studied at the French Seminary in Rome. He was named Vicar General of Bourges in 1980, and Bishop of Dijon in 1982. He was Archbishop of Reims from 1988 to 1995, when he was transferred to Lyon. He died of lung cancer on 1 March 1998, ten days after having been named a cardinal by Pope John Paul II, and a week after his reception of the gold ring and title of San Pietro in Vincoli. See: François Wenz-Dumas, in the journal ''Libération'', 2 March 199]
mort-de-mgr-balland-cardinal
retrieved: 2017-01-31. (1988–1995)
*
Gérard Defois
Gérard Denis Auguste Defois (born 5 January 1931) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was the ordinary of a series of French dioceses from 1990 until his retirement in 2008. He was Archbishop of Sens-Auxerre from 1990 to 1995, Archbis ...
(1995–1998)
*
Thierry Jordan
Thierry Romain Camille Jordan (born 31 August 1943) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Reims from 1999 to 2018. He was previously Bishop of Pontoise for more than a decade.
Personal life
Thierry Jordan was born to ...
(1999–2018)
*
Éric de Moulins-Beaufort
Éric de Moulins-Beaufort (born 30 January 1962) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 2008 and the Archbishop of Reims since 2018. He was elected president of the Bishops' Conference of France in 2019.
Life
Ér ...
(2018–present)
Auxiliary bishops
*
Abel de Saint-Brieuc (1483)
[David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy]
"Bishop Abel de Saint-Brieuc, O.P."
retrieved January 30, 2016.
See also
*
Catholic Church in France
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Council of Reims
References
Sources
Episcopal lists
* (Use with caution; obsolete)
* (in Latin)
* (in Latin)
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*''Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae: Repertoire prosopographique des évêques, dignitaires et chanoines de France de 1200 a 1500''. Vol. 3. Diocèse de Reims. Turnhout: Brepols, 1998.
*
Studies
*
Anselme. ''Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique des Pairs de France.'' Vol. 2.
*Boussinecq, Georges and Laurent, Gustave. ''Histoire de Reims des origines jusqu'Ã nos jours.'' 1933.
*
*Cusimano, Richard, ed., and Suger, Abbot of Saint Denis. ''The Deeds of Louis the Fat.'' Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1992.
*''Histoire de Reims.'' Pierre Desportes, ed. 1983. .
* (in French)
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For further reading
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External links
* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L'Épiscopat francais depuis 1919'' retrieved: 2016-12-24.
*
at catholic-hierarchy.org
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