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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 between 1060 and 1170. The archdiocese comprises the ''

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s in the ecclesiastical province of Reims are

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; Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin; and Troyes. The archepiscopal see is located in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims, where the Kings of France were traditionally crowned. In 2014 it was estimated that there was one priest for every 4,760 Catholics in the diocese.

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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

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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

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, 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 (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) *

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(394–400) *

Nicasius of Rheims Saint Nicasius of Reims (french: Saint-Nicaise; d. 407 or 451) was a Bishop of Reims. He founded the first Reims Cathedral and is the patron saint of smallpox victims. Vandals Sources placing his death in 407 credit him with prophesying the inva ...

(probably 400–407 but perhaps ?-451) * Barucius * Barnabas * Bennagius (?–459) * Saint Remigius (Remi) (459–533) * Romanus (c. 533-535) * Flavius (c. 535) * Mappinus (c. 549) * Egidius (573–590) * Romulph (590–613) * Sonnatius (613–c. 627) * Leudigisil * Angelbert (c. 630) * Lando *

Nivard Nivard (Nivo) was the Bishop of Reims before 657 and until 673. He was brother-in-law of Childeric II. He restored Hautvilliers Abbey and was later buried there. Recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, his feast day The calendar ...

(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'', w ...

(748–795) * ''vacant'' (795–812) * Wulfaire (812–816) * Ebbo (816–835) * ''vacant'' (835–840) * Ebbo (840–841), again * ''vacant'' (841–845) *

Hincmar Hincmar (; ; la, Hincmarus; 806 – 21 December 882), archbishop of Reims, was a Frankish jurist and theologian, as well as the friend, advisor and propagandist of Charles the Bald. He belonged to a noble family of northern Francia. Biography E ...

(845–882) * Fulk the Venerable (882–900) * Hervaeus (900–922) * Seulf (922–925) * Hugh of Vermandois (925–931) *

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(931–940) * Hugh of Vermandois (940–946), again * Artaud (946–961), again * Odelric (962–969) * Adalberon (969–988) * Arnoul (988–991; son of

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(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 Seal Renaud du Bellay was the treasurer of Tours Cathedral and Archbishop of Reims from AD 1083 to 1096. He succeeded Manasses I after a vacancy of around three years. He presided over the Council of Soissons in 1092–93 which declared Rosc ...

(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)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) *

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(24 April 1219 – 6 November 1226) *

Henry of Dreux Henri de Dreux (1193–1240) was Archbishop of Reims from 1227 to 1240. He is commemorated by a window in Reims Cathedral. He was an active builder, but his local taxation provoked a revolt in 1233. He was a son of Robert II of DreuxA History of ...

(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) **

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, 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) *

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(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 (1533–1550) * Charles of Guise (1538–1574) * Cardinal Louis I of Guise (1574–1588) * Cardinal

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(1588–1594) * Philippe du Bec (1594–1605) * Cardinal Louis II of Guise (1605–1621) * Gabriel de Sainte-Marie OSB (William Gifford) (1623–1629) *

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(1629–1641) *

Léonore d'Étampes de Valençay Léonore d'Étampes de Valençay (6 February 1589, Château de Valençay – 8 April 1651, Paris) was Bishop of Chartres from June 1620 to November 1641, and Archbishop of Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most pop ...

(1641–1651) * Henri de Savoie (1651–1659) * Cardinal

Antonio Barberini Antonio Barberini (5 August 1607 – 3 August 1671) was an Italian Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, military leader, patron of the arts and a prominent member of the House of Barberini. As one of the cardinal-nephews of Pope Urban VIII ...

(1657/1667 – 4 August 1671) * Charles Maurice Le Tellier (1668/1671 – 22 February 1710) *

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(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 Gu� ...

(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 (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 Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset (born at Montigny-lès-Cherlieu, a village of Franche-Comté, in 1792; died at Reims in 1866) was a French cardinal and theologian. The son of a vine-grower, he at first laboured in the fields, and did not begin his ...

(1840–1866) * Jean-Baptiste François Anne Thomas Landriot (1867–1874) * Benoit-Marie Langénieux (1874–1905) *

Louis Luçon Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon J.C.D. S.T.D. (28 October 1842 – 28 May 1930) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Reims. Biography Louis Henri Joseph Luçon was born in Maulévrier. He was educatated at the Seminary of Ange ...

(1906–1930) * Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (1930–1940) * Louis-Augustin Marmottin (1940–1960) * Gabriel Auguste François Marty (1960–1968) * Émile André Jean-Marie Maury (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 ord ...

(1973–1988) * Jean Marie Julien BallandBalland 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 Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

, 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
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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, Archb ...

(1995–1998) * Thierry Jordan (1999–2018) *

(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.

References

Sources

Episcopal lists

* (Use with caution; obsolete) * (in Latin) * (in Latin) * * * * * * * * *''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'à 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) * * * * * *

For further reading

External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L'Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
retrieved: 2016-12-24. *

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