The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) (

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: ''Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer)'') is a

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of the

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of the

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. The episcopal see is the

Arras Cathedral Arras Cathedral (French: ''Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras'') is the Catholic church in the city of Arras, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishops of Arras. History The original cathedral of Arras, constructed between 1030 a ...

, in the city of

Arras Arras ( , ; pcd, Aro; historical nl, Atrecht ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department, which forms part of the regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France; before the regions of France#Reform and mergers of ...

. The diocese encompasses all of the

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, in the

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. The most significant jurisdictional changes all occurred during the Napoleonic wars. From 1802 to 1841, the diocese was

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of the

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, shifting away from the

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, after Napoleon dissolved the massive Archdiocese. After the defeat of Napoleon, the

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united the diocese of Arras,

diocese of Saint-Omer The former French Catholic diocese of Saint-Omer existed from 1559 until the French Revolution. Its see at Saint-Omer, in the modern department of Pas-de-Calais, was created as a reaction to the destruction of the see of Thérouanne, by military ...

and

diocese of Boulogne The former French Catholic diocese of Boulogne existed from 1567 to the French Revolution. It was created after the diocese of Thérouanne was suppressed because of war damage to the see; effectively this was a renaming. The Concordat of 1801 su ...

together in one much larger diocese. Unlike most of the other dioceses immediately restored, it was not until 1841 that the diocese returned as a suffragan to the

History

A person named Martin is said to have evangelized

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and Arras, capital of the

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by 350 AD; however, these early

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communities did not survive the barbarian invasions of the

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in the fifth century.Diocèse d'Arras
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, placed in the See of Arras St. Vedastus (St. Vaast) (d. c. 540), who had been the teacher of the Merovingian king

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after the victory of Tolbiac. His successors, Dominicus and Vedulphus, are also both venerated as saints. After the death of Vedulphus, the See of Arras was transferred to Cambrai, and it was not until 1093 that Arras again became a diocese. At the time of the reform of the bishoprics of the

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in 1559, the diocese had 422 parishes. Its metropolitan was changed from Reims to Cambrai by

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. Before the

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the Cathedral Chapter consisted of the Provost, the Dean, the Archdeacon of Arras (Artois), the Archdeacon of Ostrevant, the Treasurer, the Penitentiary, 40 canons and 52 chaplains. There were some 400 parishes and 12 rural deans. King

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and

Pope Pius IV Pope Pius IV ( it, Pio IV; 31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1559 to his death in December 1565. Born in Milan, his family considered ...

founded the University of Douai in 1562 as a weapon in the Counterreformation and the

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. The Jesuits had a college at Douai, founded in 1599, and suppressed in 1762. During the

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the diocese of Arras was abolished and subsumed into a new diocese, the 'Pas de Calais', coterminous with the new 'Departement of the Pas-de-Calais', and a suffragan of the 'Metropole des Côtes de la Manche'. The clergy were required to swear and oath to the Constitution, and under the terms of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy a new bishop was to be elected by all the voters of the departement. This placed them in schism with the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope. On 27 March 1791 the electors chose, on the fourth ballot, the curé of Saint-Nicolas-sur-les-Fossés at Arras, Pierre-Joseph Porion. In September 1801 First Consul Bonaparte abolished the Constitutional Church and signed a

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with

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which restored the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese of Arras was restored. Among the bishops of Arras were

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Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (20 August 151721 September 1586), Comte de La Baume Saint Amour, was a Bisontin ( Free Imperial City of Besançon) statesman, made a cardinal, who followed his father as a leading minister of the Spanish Habsb ...

, Councillor of the

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, Bishop of Arras from 1545 to 1562, later

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and

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of Naples;

François Richardot François Richardot (Franciscus) (1507-1574), was a celebrated Burgundian-French Catholic preacher, and confessor to Margaret of Parma. He was Bishop of Arras from 1561 to 1574. He was an Augustinian Hermit, and became titular bishop of Nicopoli ...

, a celebrated preacher, Bishop of Arras from 1562 to 1575; and Monseigneur Parisis (d. 1866), who figured prominently in the political assemblies of 1848. The current ratio of Catholics to priests is 4,168.5 to 1.

Bishops

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499–540 * Dominicus 540–545 *

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 The Archdiocese of Cambrai ...

545–580

1095–1300

* Lambert 1095–1115 * Robert I 1115–1131 * Alvise 1131–1148 * Godescalc 1150–1161 * André de Paris 1161–1173 * Robert II 1173–1174 * Fremold 1174–1183 * Pierre I 1184–1203 * Raoul de Neuville 1203–1221 * Pontius (Ponce) 1221 – 2 September 1231 * Asso (Asson) 1231 – 27 March 1245 * Fursaeus (Fursy) 1245 – 1 April 1247 * Jacques de Dinant 1248–1259 * Pierre de Noyon 1259–1280 * Guillaume d'Isy 1282–1293 * Jean Lemoine 1293–1294 * Gérard Pigalotti 1296–1316

1300 to 1500

* Bernard 1317–1320 * Pierre de Chappes 1320–1326 * Jean du Plessis-Pasté 1326–1328 *

Thierry Larchier d'Hirson Thierry Larchier d'Hirson or d'Hireçon, or de Hérisson, (1270 in Bourbonnais – 23 August 1328) was a French cleric under Robert II, Count of Artois. Hirson was employed by Philip IV of France on several occasions. He became a canon of Arras in ...

1328 * Pierre Roger, 1328–1329, later

Pope Clement VI Pope Clement VI ( la, Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, was head of the Catholic Church from 7 May 1342 to his death in December 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope. Clement reigned during the first visitation of the Bla ...

* André Ghini de Malpighi 18 December 1329 – 12 September 1334 (translated to

Tournai Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...

) * Jean Mandevilain 12 September 1334 – 15 February 1339 (translated to Châlons-sur-Marne) * Pierre Bertrand 1339–1344 * Aimery de Beaufort 1344–1361 *

Gérard de Dainville Gérard de Dainville (''Girardus de Dainvilla''; died 18 June 1378) was a prelate of the Holy Roman Empire from an illustrious family of Artois. He was made bishop of Arras in 1361, although he did not take up his see until 1362, was transferred to ...

1362–1369 * Adhémar Robert 1369 – 6 June 1371 (translated to Therouanne) * Hugues Faidit 6 June 1371 – 1372 * Pierre Masuyer 11 July 1374 – 1391 * Jean Canard 6 September 1392 – 7 October 1407 (Avignon Obedience) * Martin Poré, O.P. 24 November 1407 – 1426 (Avignon Obedience) * Hugues de Cayeu 16 December 1426 – 13 January 1438 * Fortigaire de Plaisance 1438–1452 * Jacques de Portugal 1453 * Denis de Montmorency 1453 *

Jean Jouffroy Jean Jouffroy (c. 1412–1473) was a French prelate and diplomat. He was born at Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saône). After entering the Benedictine order and teaching at the university of Pavia from 1435 to 1438, he became almoner to Philip the ...

1453–1462 * Pierre de Ranchicourt 1463–1499 * Jean Gavet 1499–1501

1500 to 1800

* Nicolas Le Ruistre 1501–1509 * François de Melun 15 July 1510 – 26 November 1516 (translated to Therouanne) *

Philippe de Luxembourg Philippe de Luxembourg (1445 – 2 June 1519) was a French Cardinal Life He was bishop of Le Mans in 1476. He was bishop of Thérouanne 1496 to 1513, and bishop of Saint-Pons in 1509, when his nephew died, and until 1512, when he resigned i ...

1516–1518 * Cardinal

Pietro Accolti Pietro Accolti (15 March 1455 – 11 December 1532), known as the "cardinal of Ancona", was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and judge of the Roman Rota. Life He was born in Florence on 15 March 1455, the son of the famous jurist Benedetto Accol ...

, Administrator 10 March 1518 – 8 December 1523 * Eustache de Croy 1524–1538 * Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle 1538 – 10 March 1561 *

1561–1574 *

Mathieu Moulart Mathieu Moulart (1536–1600), alternatively Moullart or Moulard, was an abbot and bishop in the Habsburg Netherlands. Life Moulart was born in the village of Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul in 1536, the son of the labourers Jean and Antoinette Pronnier. H ...

1575 – 11 July 1601 * Jean du Ploich 1601–1602 * Jean Richardot 1602–1610 * Hermann van Ortemberg 1611–1626 *

Paul Boudot Paul Boudot (1571–1635) was bishop of Saint-Omer and bishop of Arras. Life Boudot was born in Morteau, in Franche Comté, in 1571. He graduated doctor of the Sorbonne in 1604, and was appointed the episcopal official of Jean Richardot, bishop o ...

1626–1635 * Nicolas Duffif 1635–1651 * Jean Le Camus 1651–1652 *

Ladislas Jonart Ladislas Jonart (1594–1674) was a clergyman from the Low Countries who was named in turn bishop of Arras, bishop of Saint-Omer, and archbishop of Cambrai. In the last position he was, '' ex officio'', duke of Cambrai and count of Cambrésis. ...

nominated 1652 but never installed * Étienne Moreau 1656–1670 * Guy de Sève de Rochechouart 1670–1724 * François Baglion de La Salle 1725–1752 * Jean de Bonneguise 1752–1769 * Louis François Marc Hilaire de Conzié 1769–1790 **Pierre-Joseph Porion. **Mathieu Asselin

From 1800

* Hugues-Robert-J.-Ch. De La Tour d’Auvergne Lauragais 1802–1851 *

Pierre Louis Parisis Pierre Louis Parisis (17 August 1795 – 1866) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Bishopric of Langres in Haute-Marne, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It a ...

1851–1866 * Jean-Baptiste Joseph Lequette 1866–1882 * Guillaume René Meignan 1882–1884, also

Archbishop of Tours The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Turonensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Tours'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd cent ...

* Desiré-Joseph Dennel 1884–1891 * Alfred-Casimir-Alexis Williez 1892–1911 * Émile-Louis Cornil Lobbedey 1911–1916 * Eugène Julien 1917–1930 * Henri-Edouard Dutoit 1930–1945 * Victor-Jean Perrin 1945–1961 *

Gérard-Maurice Eugène Huyghe Gérard-Maurice Eugène Huyghe was a 20th-century French Catholic Bishop. Born 31 August 1909 in Fives-Lille, France, he was ordained a priest on 29 June 1933. Consecrated Bishop: 4 November 1962. He was Bishop of Arras The Roman Catholic Dioces ...

1961–1984 *

Henri-Fr.-M.-P. Derouet Henri-François-Marie-Pierre Derouet was a 20th-century Bishop of Arras, France from 1985 to 1998. Derouet was born on 28 November 1922 in Loiré, Maine-et-Loire. He was a French prelate who was Bishop of Arras. He was ordained a priest on 26 ...

1985–1998 *

Jean-Paul Jaeger Jean-Paul Jaeger is the emeritus Bishop of Arras, France.Jaeger bio
Jaeger, was born on September 6, 1944, i ...

1998–2020 * Olivier Leborgne 2020–present

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* pp. 495–496. (Use with caution; obsolete) * (in Latin) pp. 115–116. * (in Latin) p. 98. * p. 122. * pp. 99–100. * p. 104. * p. 105.

Studies

* * * 2 vols. * * * * *Lotte Kéry: ''Die Errichtung des Bistums Arras 1093/1094''. (Beihefte der

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, 33). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1994,
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* * * * *Tock, Benoît-Michel (1991). ''Les chartes des évêques d'Arras (1093-1203)'' Paris : CTHS, 1991. *Tock, Benoît-Michel (1991). ''Les chartes promulguées par le chapitre cathédral d'Arras au XIIe siècle'' Turnholt : Brepols. *Tock, Benoît-Michel ; Ludovicus Milis (2000). ''Monumenta Arroasiensia'' Turnholt : Brepols, 2000. * A forgery:

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*Goyau, Georges.

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