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René-François Régnier (17 July 1794 – 3 January 1881,
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) was a French
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Biography

Cardinal Rengnier was born on 17 July 1794 at Saint-Quentin-les Beaurepaire in the region of
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 ...
,
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. His parents were François Régnier and Renée Périgois. He was ordained a priest on 22 December 1818. He was consecrated bishop of the
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by his predecessor Cardinal Pierre Giraud on 22 July 1842, and succeeded him as archbishop of the
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 ...
on 30 September 1850.
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created him as the Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità dei Monti on 22 December 1873. He died on 3 January 1881 and was buried at the
Cathedral of Cambrai Cambrai Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Grâce de Cambrai) is a Catholic church located in Cambrai, Nord, France, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Cambrai. The cathedral was registered as a '' monument historique'' on 9 August ...
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See also

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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 ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Angoulême The Roman Catholic Diocese of Angoulême (Latin: ''Dioecesis Engolismensis''; French language, French: ''Diocèse d'Angoulême'') is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Originally erected in the 3rd century, the e ...


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The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
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