The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis;

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: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or

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of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the

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of Avesnes-sur-Helpe,

Cambrai Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...

, Douai, and Valenciennes within the '' département'' of

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, in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The current archbishop is Vincent Dollmann, appointed in August 2018. Since 2008 the archdiocese has been a

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of the

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History

Originally erected in the late 6th century as the Diocese of Cambrai, when the episcopal see after the death of the Frankish bishop Saint Vedast (Vaast) was relocated here from

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. Though subordinate to the

Archdiocese of Reims The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese a ...

, Cambrai's jurisdiction was immense and included even Brussels and

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. In the early Middle Ages the Diocese of Cambrai was included in that part of Lotharingia which at first had been allocated to the

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king Charles the Bald by the Treaty of Meerssen of 870 but, after various vicissitudes, came under the rule of the German king

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in 925. After the revolt by Duke Gilbert of Lorraine collapsed at the Battle of Andernach of 939, Louis IV of France renounced the Lotharingian lands, and in 941 Henry's son and successor King Otto I of Germany ratified all the privileges that had been accorded to the Bishops of Cambrai by the Frankish rulers. In 1007, the Bishops gained an immediate secular territory when Emperor Henry II invested them with authority over the former County of Cambrésis; the Bishop of Cambrai thus became the overlord of the twelve "peers of Cambresis". The Prince-Bishopric of Cambrai became an

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, located between the

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and the border with Flanders and Vermandois in the Kingdom of France, while the citizens of Cambrai struggled to gain the autonomous status of an Imperial city. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the bishopric was temporarily a protectorate of the Burgundian dukes, which in 1482, as part of the inheritance of

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, passed to her husband Maximilian I of Habsburg. Cambrai from 1512 was part of the Imperial Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle and – like the Prince-Bishopric of Liège – was not incorporated into the Seventeen Provinces of the

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. Nevertheless, the creation in 1559 of the new metropolitan See of Mechelen and of eleven other dioceses in the Southern Netherlands was at the request of King

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, in order to facilitate the struggle against the Reformation. The change greatly restricted the limits of the Diocese of Cambrai, which, when thus dismembered, was made by way of compensation an archiepiscopal see with the dioceses of Saint Omer,

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and

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as suffragans. The councils of Leptines, at which

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played an important role, were held in what was then the part of the former Diocese of Cambrai in the Southern Netherlands. Under

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the Bishopric of Cambrai finally became

after the Siege of Cambrai of 1677, confirmed in the Treaties of Nijmegen of 1678 and 1679. From 1790 Cambrai was part of the new

department. By the Napoleonic Concordat of 1801, Cambrai was again reduced to a simple bishopric, suffragan to Paris, and included remnants of the former dioceses of Tournai, Ypres, and Saint Omer. In 1817 both the pope and the king were eager for the erection of a see at Lille, but Bishop

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(1757–1841), a former constitutional bishop, vigorously opposed it. Immediately upon his death, in 1841, Cambrai once more became an archbishopric, with the diocese of Arras as suffragan.

Bishops

For the first bishops of Arras and Cambrai, who resided at the former place, see

. On the death of

Saint Vedulphus Vedulphus was a Pre-congregational saint and Bishop of Arras, France from 545 AD. He succeeded Bishop Domenico in 545AD, and when he died in 580AD the diocese of Arras was suppressed to establish Diocese of Cambrai.Saint Gaugericus (580–619) *

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(about 625) * Saint Aubert (d. 667) *

Saint Vindicianus Saint Vindicianus (''Vindician'') (french: link=no, Vindicien) ( 632 – 712) was a bishop of Cambrai-Arras. His Calendar of saints, feast day is 11 March. He is called a spiritual follower of Saint Eligius (Saint Eloi). Life Traditionally, h ...

(667–693), who brought King Theuderic III of the Franks to account for the murder of

Saint Léger of Autun Leodegar of Poitiers ( la, Leodegarius; french: Léger; 615 – October 2, 679 AD) was a martyred Burgundian Bishop of Autun. He was the son of Saint Sigrada and the brother of Saint Warinus. Leodegar was an opponent of Ebroin, the Frankish May ...

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(d. 728) * Alberic and

Hildoard Hildoard or Hildo, was bishop of Cambrai from 790 to 816. He was a liturgical reformer, closely tied to the court of Charlemagne. His sacramentary is the only surviving exact copy, made around 812, of the ''Sacramentarium Hadrianum'', sent out by P ...

, contemporaries of Charlemagne, who gave to the diocese a sacramentary and important canons *

Halitgar Halitgar (Halitgarius, Halitcharius, Halitgaire, Aligerio) was a ninth-century bishop of Cambrai (in office 817–831). He is known also as an apostle to the Danes, and the writer of a widely known penitential. Life In 822 he travelled to Denmar ...

(Halitgarius, Halitgaire) (817–831), an ecclesiastical writer and apostle of the

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* Saint

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(866–879) * Saint Rothadus (879–886) * Fulbert (934–956), defended Cambrai from the

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and became the first bishop with comital authority in the city * Wiboldus (965–966), author of the ''ludus secularis'' which "furnished amusement to clerkly persons" * Erluin (995–1012), first bishop who was also count of the Cambrésis, feuded with Count Baldwin IV of Flanders * Gerard of Florennes (1013–1051), formerly chaplain to Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, and helpful to the latter in his negotiations with Robert the Pious, King of France (Gerard also converted by persuasion the Gondulphian heretics, who denied the

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) *

Lietbertus Saint Lietbertus (Lietbert, Libert, Liberat) of Brakel (or of Cambrai, de Lessines) (ca. 1010–1076) was bishop of Cambrai from 31 March 1051 to 28 September 1076. Liebertus was born to the Brabantian nobility at Opbrakel (a village in the pr ...

(1057–1076), who defended Cambrai against Robert the Frisian * Gerard II (1076–1092), introduced the Gregorian reform to Cambrai; last bishop to also be bishop of Arras * Manasses of Soissons (1095–1103) * Odo (1105–1113), celebrated as a professor and director of the school of Tournai, also as a writer and founder of the monastery of St. Martin near

* Burchard of Cambrai (1115–1131), who sent Norbert of Xanten and the

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s to Antwerp to combat the heresy of Tanchelm's disciples concerning the Eucharist * Lietard (1131–1134) * Nicolas I de Chièvres (1137–1167) * Pierre I de Flandre ou d'Alsace (1167–1173), never consecrated * Robert d'Aire (1173–1174), never consecrated * Alard (1175–1178), never consecrated * Roger de Wavrin (1179–1191) * Jean II d'Antoing (1192–1196) * Nicolas II du Roeulx (1197) * Hugh (1197–1198), never consecrated * Pierre II de Corbeil (1199–1200) * John of Béthune (1200–1219) * Godefroid de Fontaines (1220–1237/1238) * Guiard of Laon (1238–1248) *Ingeramus de Crequy (1274–1286) * Guillaume de Hainault (1286–1296), *Gui de Collemedio (1296–1306) * Robert II of Geneva (1368–1371) * Gerard III (1371–1378), previously bishop of Arras and Thérouanne *

Jean t'Serclaes Jean t'Serclaes (died 1389) was a bishop of Cambrai during the Western Schism. He was the brother of Everard t'Serclaes, the liberator of Brussels. Life T'Serclaes was born in Brussels and graduated from the University of Orléans as doctor of bo ...

(1378–1389) (appointed by Clement VII of the Avignon Obedience) *

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(1390–1396) * Pierre d'Ailly (1396–1411) (appointed by Benedict XIII of the Avignon Obedience) *

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(1411–1439) * John of Burgundy illegitimate son of Duke John the Fearless of Burgundy (1439–1479) *

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(1480–1502) *

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(1503–1516), son of Jean II de Croÿ * William de Croy, cardinal in 1517, apostolic administrator of Toledo in 1517 (1516–1519) * Robert de Croÿ (1519–1556) * Maximilian de Berghes (1556–1562)

Archbishops

* Maximilian de Berghes (1562–1570) * Louis de Berlaymont (1570–1596) * Jean Sarazin (1596–1598) *

Guillaume de Berghes Guillaume de Berghes or of Glymes(1551–1609), baron of Grimbergen, was bishop of Antwerp from 1597 to 1601 and archbishop of Cambrai from 1601 until his death.Émile de Borchgrave, "Grimberghe, Guillaume de Glymes de Berghes, baron de", ''Biograp ...

(1601–1609) *

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(1609–1614), minister and diplomat of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella. *

François Buisseret François Buisseret (1549–1615) was a clergyman from the Habsburg Netherlands who became bishop of Namur and archbishop of Cambrai. Life Buisseret was born in Mons in September 1549. His father died when he was young and his mother sent him to s ...

(1614–1615) *

Franciscus van der Burch Franciscus van der Burch (1567–1644) was a bishop of Ghent and archbishop of Cambrai. Life Franciscus was born in Ghent on 26 July 1567, the son of Jan van der Burch, a member of the Council of Flanders, and Camille Marguerite Diacetto, a native ...

(1616–1644) * Joseph de Bergaigne (1644–1647) * Gaspard Nemius (1649–1667) * Ladislas Jonart (1667–1674) *

Jacques-Théodore de Bryas Jacques-Théodore de Bryas (1630–1694) was a clergyman from the Low Countries who was in turn bishop of Saint-Omer and archbishop of Cambrai. In the last position he was, ''ex officio'', duke of Cambrai and count of Cambrésis. He was the last ...

(1675–1694) * François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon, theologian and writer, proponent of Quietism (1695–1715). * Jean d' Estrées (1716–1718) * Cardinal Joseph de la Tremoille (1718–1720). * Cardinal Guillaume Dubois (1720–1723), minister to Louis XV. * Charles de Saint-Albin (1723–1764) (illegitimate son of Philippe d' Orleans, Regent of France) * Leopold-Charles de Choiseul-Stainville (1764–1774) (His brother, Étienne-François, was Foreign Minister) * Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Ceilhes de Rosset de Fleury (1774–1781) * Ferdinand Maximilien Mériadec de Rohan (1781–1801). *

(30 April 1802 – 21 July 1841) * Pierre Giraud (24 January 1842 – 17 April 1850) * René-François Régnier (30 September 1850 – 3 January 1881) * Alfred Duquesnay (1881–1884). * François-Edouard Hasley (27 March 1885 – 7 August 1888) * Odon Thibaudier (14 February 1889 – 9 January 1892) * Etienne-Marie-Alphonse Sonnois (19 January 1893 – 7 February 1913) * François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire (7 February 1913 – 21 July 1913) * Jean-Arthur Chollet (21 November 1913 – 2 December 1952) * Emile Maurice Guerry (2 December 1952 – 15 February 1966 Retired) * Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny (15 February 1966 – 25 March 1980 Retired) * Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte (25 March 1980 – 21 November 1999) * François Garnier (7 December 2000 – 15 August 2018) * Vincent Dollmann (15 August 2018 –)

Notable people

The list of notable people associated with the Diocese of Cambrai is very extensive, and their biographies, although short, take up no less than four volumes of the work by Canon Destombes. Exclusive of those saints whose history would be of interest only in connection with the Belgian territory formerly belonging to the diocese, mention may be made of: * Blessed Evermod, disciple of Saint Norbert and first Bishop of Ratzeburg in Germany (twelfth century); * Blessed Charles le Bon,

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, son of King Canute IV of Denmark and assassinated at Bruges in 1127; * Blessed

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, a recluse (thirteenth century). The Jesuits Cortyl and du Béron, first apostles of the Pelew Islands, were martyred in 1701, and Chomé (1696–1767), who was prominent in the Missions of Paraguay and Argentina in the province of Misiones, also the

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Gratry Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (usually known as ''Joseph Gratry''; 10 March 1805 − 6 February 1872) was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic priest, author and theology, theologian. Biography Gratry was born at Lille and educated at t ...

(1805–1872), philosopher and member of the French Academy, were natives of the Diocese of Cambrai. The English college of Douai, founded by

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in 1568, gave in subsequent centuries a certain number of apostles and martyrs to Catholic England. Since the promulgation of the law of 1875 on higher education, Lille has been the seat of important Catholic faculties. Notable French and Flemish composers who served as ''maître de chapelle'' at Cambrai include Guillaume Dufay, Robert de Févin, Johannes Lupus and Jean de Bonmarché. See also Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes.

Notable chronicle

A chronicle of the bishops of Cambrai was written in the 11th century. This ''Gesta episcoporum Cambracensium'' was for some time attributed to Balderic, archbishop of Noyon, but it now seems that the author was an anonymous canon of Cambrai. The work is of considerable importance for the history of the north of France during the 11th century, and was first published in 1615.

Places

Abbeys

Under the old regime the Archdiocese of Cambrai contained forty-one abbeys, eighteen of which belonged to the Benedictines. Chief among them were: * the Abbey of St. Géry, founded near Cambrai about the year 600 in honour of

St. Médard Saint Medardus or St Medard (French: ''Médard'' or ''Méard'') (ca. 456–545) was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in northern France. Medardus was one of the most h ...

by St. Géry (580–619), deacon of the church of Treves, and who built a chapel on the bank of the Senne, on the site of the future city of Brussels; * the Abbey of Hautmont, founded in the seventh century by St. Vincent Madelgarus, the husband of

St. Wandru Saint Waltrude (french: Waudru; nl, Waldetrudis; german: Waltraud; la, Valdetrudis, Valtrudis, Waltrudis; died April 9, 688 AD) is the patron saint of Mons, Belgium, where she is known in French as Sainte Waudru, and of Herentals, Belgium, wher ...

, who was foundress of the chapter at

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; * the Abbey of Soignies, founded by the same St. Vincent, and having for abbots his son Landri and, in the eleventh century, St. Richard; * the Abbey of Maubeuge, founded in 661 by St. Aldegonde the sister of St. Wandru and a descendant of

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and the kings of Thuringia, among whose successors as abbesses were her niece,

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(d. 696) and another niece,

St. Amalberte Saint Amalberga of Maubeuge (also Amalia, or Amelia of Lobbes or Binche) was a Merovingian nun and saint who lived in the 7th century. Narrative Amalberga's father was Saint Geremarus. She was born in Brabant. She is said to have been the n ...

(d. 705), herself the mother of two saints, one of whom,

St. Gudule Saint Gudula was born in the pagus of Brabant (in present-day Belgium). According to her 11th-century biography ( Vita Gudilae), written by a monk of the abbey of Hautmont between 1048 and 1051, she was the daughter of a duke of Lotharingia calle ...

, was a nun at Nivelles and became patroness of Brussels, and the other,

St. Raynalde Reineldis (also Reinhild, Reinaldes, Rainelde among others; ''c.'' 630 – ''c.'' 700) was a saint of the 7th century, martyred by the Huns. Life Reineldis was born in a place called ''Condacum'' (which is identified with either Condé-sur-l'Esca ...

, a martyr; * the Abbey of Lobbes which, in the seventh and eighth centuries, had as abbots

St. Landelin Saint Landelin (Dutch and la, Landelinus; french: La(u)ndelin; 625 – 686 AD in what is now Belgium) is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. Life Landelin was born to a noble family at Vaux near Bapaume in 623, a ...

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, St. Ermin, and

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, and in the tenth century, Heriger, the ecclesiastical writer; * the Abbey of Crespin, founded in the seventh century by

, who was succeeded by

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; * the

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(seventh century), which

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, who died in 682, was abbot; the abbey was sacked and destroyed, 1791–1794, and used as a quarry for stones. It no longer exists. * the Abbey of Elno, founded in the seventh century by

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and endowed by Dagobert; * the Abbey of St. Ghislain, founded by

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, and having as abbots St. Gerard (tenth century) and

St. Poppo Saint Poppo (Deinze, 977 – Marchiennes, 25 January 1048) was a knight of noble descent who turned to a monastic life after experiencing a spiritual conversion. He became one of the best known abbots of Stavelot and was one of the first recorded ...

(eleventh century); * the Abbey of

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, founded by

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(end of the seventh century); * the Abbey of Liessies (eighth century) which, in the sixteenth century, had for abbot Ven. Louis de Blois, author of numerous spiritual writings; * the Abbey of

St. Sauve ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...

de Valenciennes (ninth century), founded in honour of the itinerant bishop St. Sauve (Salvius), martyred in Hainaut at the end of the eighth century; * the Abbey of

Cysoing Cysoing () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, southeast of Lille. It is twinned with the English town of Much Wenlock. An obsolete spelling is ''Cisoin''. Heraldry Population Bordering municipalities Cysoing is bor ...

, founded about 854 by St. Eberhard,

, Duke of Frioul and son-in-law of

Louis the Debonair Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was ...

Pilgrimages

The principal places of pilgrimage are: *

Notre-Dame de la Treille Lille Cathedral, the Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille (french: Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille de Lille), is a Roman Catholic church and basilica in Lille, France, and the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Lille. An exampl ...

at Lille, a church dedicated in 1066 by

Baldwin V, Count of Flanders Baldwin V ( 1012 – 1 September 1067) was Count of Flanders from 1035 until his death. He secured the personal union between the counties of Flanders and Hainaut and maintained close links to the Anglo-Saxon monarchy, which was overthrown by hi ...

, visited by

St. Thomas of Canterbury Thomas Becket (), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then ...

, St. Bernard, and Pope Innocent III, and where, on 14 June 1254, fifty-three cripples were suddenly cured; * Notre-Dame de Grâce at Cambrai, containing a picture ascribed to

St. Luke Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...

; * Notre-Dame des Dunes at

Dunkerque Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Duke of York Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of English (later British) monarchs. The equivalent title in the Scottish peerage was Du ...

; * Notre-Dame des Miracles at Bourbourg, made famous by a miracle wrought in 1383, an account of which was given by the chronicler Froissart, who was an eyewitness. A Benedictine abbey formerly extant here was converted by

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...

into a house of noble canonesses. Until a comparatively recent date, the great religious solemnities in the diocese often gave rise to ducasses, sumptuous processions in which giants, huge fishes, devils, and representations of heaven and hell figured prominently. Before the law of 1901 was enforced there were in the diocese

Augustinians Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13 ...

, English

Benedictines , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

, Jesuits, Marists, Dominicans, Franciscans, Lazarists, Redemptorists, Camillians,

Brothers of St. Vincent de Paul A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-famil ...

, and Trappists; the last-named still remain. Numerous local congregations of women are engaged in the schools and among the sick, as, for instance: the Augustinian Nuns (founded in the sixth century, mother-house at Cambrai); * the Bernardines of Our Lady of Flines (founded in the thirteenth century); * the Daughters of the Infant Jesus (founded in 1824, mother-house at Lille); * the Bernardines of Esquernes (founded in 1827); * the Sisters of Providence, or of

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(mother-house at Avesnes); * the Sisters of Our Lady of Treille (mother-house at Lille), and the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts (mother-house at Douai).

References

Bibliography

Reference works

* p. 526–528. (Use with caution; obsolete) * p. 160. (in Latin) * pp. 115–116. * p. 100. * pp. 145. * p. 139. * p. 143.

Studies

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Acknowledgment

External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L'Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
, retrieved: 2016-12-24. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cambrai * Former polities in the Netherlands Roman Catholic dioceses in Belgium Roman Catholic dioceses in France Nord (French department) 6th-century establishments in Francia History of the Low Countries

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Hel ...

Prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire in France