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: ''Dioecesis Trecensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Troyes'') is a
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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 ...
,
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. The diocese now comprises the ''
département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
'' of
Aube Aube () is a French department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),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 ...
in the
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of the metropolitan
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. It was re-established in 1802 as a suffragan of the
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, when it comprised the ''départements'' of
Aube Aube () is a French department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),Yonne Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is lo ...
and its bishop had the titles of Troyes,
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, and Châlons-sur-Marne. In 1822 the
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was created and the Bishop of Troyes lost that title. When
Sens Sens () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km from Paris. Sens is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture and the second city of the d ...
was made an archdiocese, the episcopal title of Auxerre went to it and Troyes lost also the ''département'' of Yonne, which became the
Archdiocese of Sens The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin Rite Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese compr ...
. The Diocese of Troyes covers, besides the ancient diocesan limits, 116 parishes of the ancient
Diocese of Langres The Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lingonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Langres'') is a Roman Catholic diocese comprising the ''département'' of Haute-Marne in France. The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical p ...
and 20 belonging to the ancient diocese of Sens. On 8 December 2002, the Diocese of Troyes was returned to its ancient metropolitan, the Archbishop of Reims. , there was one priest for every 2,710 Catholics. When Troyes was the seat of the Bishop as well as of the
Comte de Champagne The count of Champagne was the ruler of the County of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the County of Troyes in the late eleventh century and Hugh I was the first to officially use the title count of Champagne. Count Theobald ...
, there was always tension between the two in terms of power and influence. After 1314, when Louis de Navarre became King
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, the competition was more distant but the competitor far more powerful. The Capitular Church of Saint-Étienne became a royal church, and the King tolerated no interference from the Bishop in his prerogatives.


History

The catalogue of bishops of
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 ...
is first found in manuscripts of the 12th century, though it can be shown that there was a list of bishops by the 9th century. In the opinion of
Louis Duchesne Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne (; 13 September 1843 – 21 April 1922) was a French priest, philologist, teacher and a critical historian of Christianity and Roman Catholic liturgy and institutions. Life Descended from a family of Breton sailors, ...
, the list is worthy of confidence, at least from the 5th century on. The putative first bishop, St. Amator, seems to have preceded by a few years Bishop Optatianus who probably ruled the diocese about 344. During his term Bishop Ottulph (870-883) began to rebuild the cathedral, which had fallen in ruins due to neglect; coincidentally he discovered the body of Saint Frobert, which became an object of veneration. In 878 he was host to Pope John VIII who had abandoned Italy, fleeing from the violence of Lambert, Duke of Spoleto. In 889, during the administration of Bishop Bodon, the entire town of Troyes was reduced to ashes by an invasion of Northmen. There have been several councils held at Troyes, including those of 867, 878 (over which
Pope John VIII Pope John VIII ( la, Ioannes VIII; died 16 December 882) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 14 December 872 to his death. He is often considered one of the ablest popes of the 9th century. John devoted much of his papacy ...
presided), 1078, 1104 and 1107 (over which
Pope Paschal II Pope Paschal II ( la, Paschalis II; 1050  1055 – 21 January 1118), born Ranierius, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 August 1099 to his death in 1118. A monk of the Abbey of Cluny, he was cre ...
presided).


Cathedral, Collegiate Churches, Parishes

The Cathedral of Troyes is a fine Gothic structure begun in the 12th century, and completed in the 15th. The Cathedral Chapter has eight dignities: the Dean (who is elected by the Canons), the Treasurer, the Cantor, the Great Archdeacon (the Archdeacon of Troyes), the Archdeacon of Sessana, the Archdeacon of Arceis (Arcis), the Archdeacon of Brienne, and the Archdeacon of S. Margarita (Margerie). There were thirty-seven Canons, one of whom was the Prior of S. Georges de Gannayo. The Canons were appointed alternately by the Bishop and by the King. The most famous of the Deans of Troyes was
Petrus Comestor Petrus Comestor, also called Pierre le Mangeur (died 22 October 1178), was a twelfth-century French theological writer and university teacher. Life Petrus Comestor was born in Troyes. Although the name ''Comestor'' (Latin for 'eater', ''le M ...
(ca. 1110–1179), who was born in Troyes and became a priest of the diocese; he was then professor of theology in Paris, and Chancellor of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. In the diocese of Troyes there were ten collegiate churches: *Saint-Étienne, in Troyes, a ''college royale'' *Saint-Urbain, in Troyes (founded by
Pope Urban IV Pope Urban IV ( la, Urbanus IV; c. 1195 – 2 October 1264), born Jacques Pantaléon, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1261 to his death. He was not a cardinal; only a few popes since his time ha ...
ca. 1264) *Saint Nicolas de Sézanne (founded 1164) *Lirey (founded 1353) *Broyes (founded 1081) *Pleurs (founded 1180) *Pougy (founded 1154) *Plancy (founded 1206) *Villemaur (founded 1124) *Beaufort-Montmorency At the beginning of the fifteenth century there was a grand total of 185 Canons in the diocese of Troyes. By the beginning of the eighteenth, there were only 117. At the beginning of the fifteenth century there were 358 parishes in the diocese. The ancient collegiate Church of St. Urbain is a Gothic building whose lightness of treatment is reminiscent of La
Sainte-Chapelle The Sainte-Chapelle (; en, Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France. Co ...
at Paris. Its construction was begun by
Urban IV Pope Urban IV ( la, Urbanus IV; c. 1195 – 2 October 1264), born Jacques Pantaléon, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1261 to his death. He was not a cardinal; only a few popes since his time hav ...
in 1262; the choir was completed in 1265, though the edifice was damaged by fire in 1266. The nave and façade are of the 19th and 20th centuries. Urban was a native of Troyes, and he prevailed upon the nuns of Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnans to sell him the land on which his father's house stood for a new church; on one of the stained-glass windows he caused his father to be depicted, working at his trade of tailor. The College of twelve Canons was headed by a Dean, and there was a Cantor and a Treasurer. On 20 June 1353, Geoffroy de Charny, Lord of Savoisy and Lirey, founded at Lirey a collegiate church with six canonries, in honour of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, and in this church he exposed for veneration a
Holy Shroud The Shroud of Turin ( it, Sindone di Torino), also known as the Holy Shroud ( it, Sacra Sindone, links=no or ), is a length of linen cloth bearing the Negative (photography), negative image of a man. Some describe the image as depicting Jesu ...
. Opposition arose on the part of the Bishop of Troyes, who declared after due inquiry that the relic was nothing but a painting, a fact to which the creator of the "relic" confessed. Therefore, the Bishop opposed its being exhibited.
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 ...
, persuaded by interested parties, issued four Bulls on 30 January 1354, approving the exposition as lawful, and two more, on 3 August 1354 (granting indulgences) and 5 June 1357. In 1418 during the civil wars, the Canons entrusted the Winding Sheet to Humbert, Count de La Roche, Lord of Lirey. Margaret, widow of Humbert, never returned it but gave it in 1452 to the Duke of Savoy. The requests of the canons of Lirey were unavailing, and the Lirey shroud is claimed to be the same that is now on display in
Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
.


Revolution

The diocese of Troyes was abolished during the
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by the Legislative Assembly, under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790). Its territory was subsumed into the new diocese, called the 'Aube', which was part of the Metropolitanate called the 'Metropole de Paris' (which included seven new 'départements'). The majority of clergy in the diocese of Troyes took the oath to the Constitution. The legitimate bishop, Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral, refused to take the oath, departed Troyes on 11 March 1791, and emigrated to Switzerland by way of Trier. Many of the non-jurors emigrated in September 1792, eighty-three of them seeking refuge in Switzerland. Those who were too old or ill were rounded up and incarcerated in the College of the Oratory. The diocesan seminary did not have enough teachers or students to continue to function; the building was used as a detention center for suspicious persons. In Switzerland, Bishop de Barral conferred with a number of his fellow exiles from the episcopal college, who came to the opinion that one might swear the Constitutional oath. Bishop de Barral left them and travelled to London, where he found the episcopal sentiment much more rigorous. Nonetheless, in 1791 he wrote a letter in which he approved the submission, though without blaming the recusants. In 1800 he declared himself for taking the oath. After Napoleon came to power on 18 Brumaire 1799, de Barral wrote to the priests of his diocese that it was acceptable to take the oath to the Consulate. On 5 October 1801 he resigned his bishopric, following the demand of
Pope Pius VII Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a m ...
for the resignation of all French bishops. He returned to France, and was named Bishop of Meaux on 18 April 1802. As for those left behind, on 20 March 1791 the electors of 'Aube' met and elected as their Bishop Fr. Augustin Sibille, who had been curé of the parish of Saint-Pantaleon in Troyes for thirty years. He was consecrated in Paris on 3 April by Constitutional Bishops Jean Baptiste Gobel (Paris), Miroudot and Gouttes. The consecration was valid, but it was illicit and schismatic; no bulls of consecration had been issued by
Pope Pius VI Pope Pius VI ( it, Pio VI; born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 25 December 171729 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799. Pius VI condemned the French Revoluti ...
. Bishop Sibille took possession of his cathedral in Troyes on Palm Sunday, 17 April 1791. At the end of 1793, however, the closing of all churches and the abolition of religion was decreed by the Conventionist Alexandre Rousselin. Sibille resigned the priesthood on 18 November 1793, which saved him from certain death at the hands of the Terror. He died on 11 February 1798. On 1 July 1791, all of the members of the mendicant religious orders in the seven or eight convents which they occupied in Troyes were ordered to take up residence at the Convent of the Capucines where they were to live in common; they numbered some twenty persons. The Carthusians as well were rounded up and sent to the same place. Their properties and goods were to be sold. The Abbey of Saint-Loup was sold and its goods sold off, except for the relics, which were taken by Bishop Sibille to the Cathedral. Similar actions were carried out at Saint-Étienne, Saint-Pierre and Saint Lyé. Even the remains of the Counts of Champagne, Henri the Liberal and Thibault III, were exhumed and taken to the Cathedral. When the turn of Clairvaux came for the goods to be confiscated and the buildings demolished, Bernard of Clairvaux and Malachy of Armagh were turned out of their reliquaries and tombs. The locals of Clairvaux, according to the official story, preserved the remains, and Bishop Emmanuel-Jules Ravinet had those gathered up in 1875 and brought to the Cathedral in Troyes, where they are still kept.


Religious Houses

The Abbey of
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was founded before 545 near Villenauxe, perhaps by Queen Clotilde. In the 16th century, after the Wars of Religion and the depredations of the Huguenots, the abbey was united to that at Saint-Vannes, and the monks caused the original doorway of Nesle Abbey to be rebuilt at Villenauxe, with the actual stones which they brought from Nesle. The Benedictine
Mabillon Dom Jean Mabillon, O.S.B., (; 23 November 1632 – 27 December 1707) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics. Early life Mabil ...
undertook to interpret its carvings, among which might be seen the statue of a ''reine pédauque'' (i.e. a web-footed queen) supposed to be St. Clotilde. The
Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains The Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains (french: Abbaye de Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnains: Abbey of Our Lady of the Nuns), also called the Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Troyes (french: Abbaye royale de Notre-Dame de Troyes), was a convent founded before the 7t ...
, founded by St. Leucon, was an important abbey for women.
Alcuin Alcuin of York (; la, Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; 735 – 19 May 804) – also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin – was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student o ...
and St. Bernard corresponded with its abbesses. At his installation the bishop went to the abbey on the previous evening; the bed he slept on became his property, but the mule on which he rode became the property of the abbess. The abbess led the bishop by the hand into the chapter hall; she put on his mitre, offered him his crozier, and in return the bishop promised to respect the rights of the abbey. The Jansenists in the 18th century made a great noise over the pretended cure by the deacon François Paris of Marie Madeleine de Mégrigny, a nun of Notre Dame aux Nonnains. The part of the Diocese of Troyes which formerly belonged to the
Diocese of Langres The Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lingonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Langres'') is a Roman Catholic diocese comprising the ''département'' of Haute-Marne in France. The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical p ...
contained the famous
Abbey of Clairvaux Clairvaux Abbey (, ; la, Clara Vallis) was a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, from Bar-sur-Aube. The original building, founded in 1115 by St. Bernard, is now in ruins; the present structure dates from 1708. Clairvaux Abbey was a ...
, though the Abbey of Clairvaux and its possessions were exempt from episcopal interference and were dependent directly on the pope. The Abbey of the Paraclete was founded by the poet and theologian
Abelard Peter Abelard (; french: link=no, Pierre Abélard; la, Petrus Abaelardus or ''Abailardus''; 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician. This source has a detailed desc ...
. In it the Abbess Heloise died in 1163; her body was interred there, and the remains of Abelard were buried there as well, until ejected by fanatics of the Revolution in 1792. Their present whereabouts is a matter of dispute. Nothing remains of the abbey.


Religious Orders at Troyes in the 17th and 18th centuries

Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle (1575–1629) was brought up on the Bérulle estate in the diocese. He preached at Troyes before founding the Oratorians. An Oratory was opened at Troyes in 1617; it was suppressed in 1792. Charles-Louis de Lantage, b. at Troyes in 1616, d. in 1694, was one of the chief helpers of
Jean-Jacques Olier Jean-Jacques Olier, S.S. (20 September 1608 – 2 April 1657) was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Sulpicians. He also helped to establish the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, which organized the settlement of a new town ...
, founder of the
Sulpicians The Society of Priests of Saint-Sulpice (french: Compagnie des Prêtres de Saint-Sulpice), abbreviated PSS also known as the Sulpicians is a society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men, named after the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, ...
.


Religious Orders at Troyes in the 19th century

Before the application of the Associations Law (1901), which instituted the separation between church and state in France, there were, in the Diocese of Troyes, Benedictines, Jesuits, Lazarists, Oblates of St. Francis of Sales, and Brothers of the Christian Schools. Many female congregations arose in the diocese, among others the
Ursulines of Christian Teaching The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of consecrated women that branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula, in 1572. Like the Angelines, they t ...
, founded at Moissy l'Evêque in the eighteenth century by Gilbert Gaspard de Montmorin,
Bishop of Langres The Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lingonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Langres'') is a Roman Catholic diocese comprising the ''département'' of Haute-Marne in France. The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical pr ...
; the
Sisters of Christian Instruction A sister is a woman or a girl who shares one or more parents with another individual; a female sibling. The male counterpart is a brother. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to ...
, founded in 1819, with motherhouse at Troyes; the
Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales The Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales (Latin: Oblati Sancti Francisci Salesii, O.S.F.S.) are a congregation of Roman Catholic Religious Sisters who base their spirituality on the teachings of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal. (T ...
, a teaching order, founded in 1866, with motherhouse at Troyes;
Sisters of Notre Dame de Bon Secours A sister is a woman or a girl who shares one or more parents with another individual; a female sibling. The male counterpart is a brother. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to ...
, a nursing community with motherhouse at Troyes.


Bishops of Troyes


To 1000

*Amator, c. 340 *Optatius, 346–347 *Léon Heraclius *Saint
Mellonius Saint Mellonius (229-314) was an early 4th-century Bishop of Rotomagus (now Rouen) in the Roman province of Secunda Provincia Lugdunensis (now Normandy in France). He is known only from a 17th-century 'Life' of little historical value, meaning ...
(Melaine), 390–400 *Aurelius *Saint
Ursus of Auxerre Saint Ursus (Ours) of Auxerre (died 508 AD) was bishop of that city in the 6th century. He had been a hermit at the church of Saint Amator Amator Amadour or Amatre was bishop of Auxerre from 388 until his death on 1 May 418 and venerated a ...
, 426) *Saint Lupus I (426–478) *Saint Camelianus (Camelien) (479–536 or 511–525) *Saint Vincent, 536–546 or 533–541 *Ambrosius, 549 *Gallomagnus, 573–582 *Agrecius, 585–586 *Lupus II *Evodius, c. 631 *Modegisil *Ragnegisil *Saint Leuconius (Leucoin), 651–656 *Saint Nicolas de Matthieu *Bertoald *Abbon, 666–673 *Waimer, 675–678 *Vulfred *Ragembert *Aldebert *Gaucher *Ardouin *Censard, c. 722 *Saint Bobinus (Bobin), 750–766, previously Abbot of Monstier la Celle *Amingus *Adelgar, c. 787 *Bertulf *Elie, c. 829–936 *Adalbert, 837–845 *Saint
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, 845–861, who wrote against
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and
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*
Folcric Folcric (Latin ''Folcricus'', ''Flochericus'', ''Fulchericus'', ''Fulcherius'', French ''Foucher'') was a Franks, Frankish cleric. He served under King Charles the Bald as a palace notary before being appointed bishop of the diocese of Troyes in 861 ...
, 861–869 *Ottulf, c. 880 *Bodon, c. 890 *Riveus, c. 895 *Otbert, c. 910 *Ansegisel, 914–970 *Walon, 971 *Ayric *Milon I, 980–982 *Manasses(Menasses), 991 or 985–993 *Renaud I.


1000 to 1300

*attested 998–1034: Frotmundus (Fromond I.) *1034–1049: Mainard *1050: Fromond II. *1075: Hugo I. de Paris *1075: Gauthier *1075–1082: Hugo II. de Moeslain (
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) *1083–1121:
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(Milon II) *1121–1122: Renaud II (
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) *1122–1145: Atton (or Hatton) *1145–1169: Heinrich von Sponheim ( Spanheimer), O.Cist. *1169–1180: Matthieu *1181–1190: Manassés II (de Pougy) *1190–1193: Barthélémy *1193–1205:
Garnier de Traînel Garnier de Traînel (or Traisnel; died 14 April 1205) was the bishop of Troyes from 1193 until his death. He took part in the Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) and in the founding of the Latin Empire. A younger son of Garnier I, lord of Pont-sur-Seine ...
*1207–1223: Hervée *1223–1233: Robert *1233–1269: Nicolas *1269–1298: Jean de Nanteuil *1299–1314: Guichard


1300 to 1500

*1314–1317: Jean d'Auxois *1317–1324: Guillaume Méchin (transferred to Dol) *1324–1326: Jean de Cherchemont (transferred to Amiens) *1326–1341: Jean d'Aubigny *1342–1353: Jean V. (transferred to Auxerre) *1354–1370: Henri de Poitiers *1370–1375: Jean de Bracque *1375–1377: Pierre de Villiers *1377–1395: Pierre d'Arcis *1395–1426: Etienne de Givry (appointed by Benedict XIII of the Avignon Obedience) *1426–1450: Jean Léguisé *1450–1483: Louis I Raguier *1483–1518: Jacques Raguier


1500 to 1800

*1519–1527 : Guillaume II. *1528–1544 : Odard Hennequin *1545–1550 :
Louis de Lorraine-Guise Louis de Lorraine, cardinal de Guise et prince-évêque de Metz (21 October 1527, in Joinville, Haute-Marne, Joinville, Champagne – 29 March 1578, in Paris) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and Bishop during the Italian Wars and French Wars ...
*1551–1561 : Antonio Caracciolo, C.R.S.A. *1562–1593 : C. de Beauffremont *1604–1641 : Renée de Breslay *1641–1678 : F. Malier du Houssay *1678–1697 : François Bouthillier de Chavigny (Resigned, in favor of his nephew) *1697–1716 : Denis-François Bouthillier de Chavigny (Appointed as
Archbishop of Sens The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin Rite Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese compr ...
) *1716–1742 : Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet II (Retired) *1742–1758 : Mathias Poncet de la Rivière (Resigned) *1758–1761 : Jean-Baptiste-Marie Champion de Cicé (Appointed as
Bishop of Auxerre The diocese of Auxerre ( la, dioecesis Antissiodorensis) is a former French Roman Catholic diocese. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy, now part of eastern France. Currently the non-metropolitan Archbishop of Sens, ...
) *1761–1790 : Louis-Claude-Mathias-Joseph Conte de Barral (Retired) *1790–1801 : Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral (Resigned) **1791–1793 : Augustin Sibille (Constitutional Bishop of Aube) **1798–1801 : Jean-Baptiste Blampoix (Constitutional Bishop of Aube)


From 1800

*Marc-Antoine de Noé (11 April 1802 – 21 September 1802 Died) *Louis-Apolinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban (30 September 1802 – 28 November 1807 Died) *Etienne-Marie de Boulogne (8 March 1808 – 13 May 1825 Died) *Jacques-Louis-David de Seguin des Hons (22 Jun 1825 – 31 Aug 1843 Died) *Jean-Marie-Mathias Debelay (19 November 1843 – 16 October 1848 Appointed,
Archbishop of Avignon The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Avenionensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Avignon'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese exercises jurisdiction over the ter ...
) *Pierre-Louis Coeur (16 October 1848 – 9 October 1860 Died) *Emmanuel-Jules Ravinet (11 Dec 1860 – 2 August 1875 Retired) *Pierre-Louis-Marie Cortet (3 August 1875 – 16 February 1898 Died) *Gustave-Adolphe de Pélacot (22 March 1898 – 15 June 1907 Appointed, Archbishop of Chambéry) *Laurent-Marie-Etienne Monnier (6 October 1907 – 7 July 1927 Died) *
Maurice Feltin Maurice Feltin (15 May 1883 – 27 September 1975) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1949 to 1966, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Biography Born in Delle, ...
(19 December 1927 – 16 August 1932 Appointed,
Archbishop of Sens The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin Rite Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese compr ...
) *Joseph-Jean Heintz (7 December 1933 Appointed – 15 February 1938 Appointed,
Bishop of Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Es ...
) *
Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre (commonly Joseph Lefèbvre, 15 April 1892—2 April 1973) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bourges from 1943 to 1969 and was made a cardinal in 1960. He was the cousin o ...
(27 July 1938 Appointed – 17 June 1943 Appointed,
Archbishop of Bourges In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdioc ...
) *Julien Le Couëdic (4 November 1943 Appointed – 21 February 1967 Retired) *André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet (21 February 1967 Appointed – 4 April 1992 Retired) *Gérard Antoine Daucourt (4 April 1992 Succeeded – 2 July 1998 Appointed
Bishop of Orléans A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
) *Marc Camille Michel Stenger (30 April 1999 Appointed – 28 December 2020 Resigned) * Alexandre Joly (11 December 2021 Appointed – )


Saints connected with the diocese

Among the many saints specially honoured or connected with the diocese are: *
Sabinian of Troyes Saint Sabinian of Troyes (died 275) was a pagan who converted to Christianity (tradition states that he was converted by Patroclus of Troyes), and became a martyr under Aurelian. He was beheaded Decapitation or beheading is the total ...
, Apostle of Troyes *St. Romanus,
Archbishop 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 ...
, founder of the Monastery of SS. Gervasus and Protasius at Chantenay in the diocese of Troyes (d. c. 537); * St. Frobert, founder and first Abbot of
Montier le Celle Montier may refer to: Places United States * Montier, Missouri, a census-designated place in southwestern Shannon County * Montier Township, Shannon County, Missouri France * Montier-en-Der, a former commune in the Haute-Marne department i ...
(d. 688); * St Aderaldus, canon and archdeacon of Troyes, who died in 1004 on returning from the Crusade, and who founded the Benedictine monastery of the Holy Sepulchre in the diocese; *St. Simon, Count de Bar-sur-Aube, solitary, acted as mediator between
Pope Gregory VII Pope Gregory VII ( la, Gregorius VII; 1015 – 25 May 1085), born Hildebrand of Sovana ( it, Ildebrando di Soana), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 April 1073 to his death in 1085. He is venerated as a saint ...
and
Robert Guiscard Robert Guiscard (; Modern ; – 17 July 1085) was a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily. Robert was born into the Hauteville family in Normandy, went on to become count and then duke of Apulia and Calabri ...
, and died in 1082; * St. Robert, founder of
Molesme Molesme () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. History Molesme grew up round the Benedictine monastery of Molesme Abbey, established here in the late 11th century by Saint Robert, who later founded Cîteaux Abbey, moth ...
and Cîteaux, a native of the diocese (1024–1108); * St. Elizabeth of Chelles, foundress of the monastery of Rosoy (d. c. 1130); * St Hombelina, first Abbess of
Jully-sur-Sarce Jully-sur-Sarce () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Aube department The following is a list of the 431 communes of the Aube department of France. The communes cooperate in t ...
, and sister of St. Bernard (1092–1135); *Blessed Peter, an Englishman, prior of Jully-sur-Sarce (d. 1139); * St. Bernard of Clairvaux, first Abbot of Clairvaux (1091–1153) *
Marguerite Bourgeoys Marguerite Bourgeoys (17 April 162012 January 1700), was a French nun and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada. Born in Troyes, she became part of a sodality, ministering ...
(1620–1700), foundress of the
Congregation of Notre Dame The Congrégation de Notre Dame (CND) is a religious community for women founded in 1658 in Ville Marie (Montreal), in the colony of New France, now part of Canada. It was established by Marguerite Bourgeoys, who was recruited in France to creat ...
at Montreal, a native of the diocese; * Marie de Sales Chappuis, superioress of the Visitation Convent at Troyes (d. 1875). *St. Exuperantia, a
virgin Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. The term ''virgin'' originally only referred to sexually inexperienced women, but has evolved to encompass a range of definitions, as found in traditional, modern ...
associated with the
Isle of Aumont An isle is an island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in British English. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered synonyms. Isle may refer to: Geography * Is ...
.


See also

*
List of bishops of Troyes This is a list of bishopric of Troyes, bishops of Troyes.For the bishops previous to 1716 go to German Wikipedia – Languages: Deutsch * 1716–1742 : Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet II * 1742–1758 : M. Poncet de la Rivière * 1758–1761 : Jean ...
* ''G-Catholic'',
Diocese of Troyes France
retrieved: 2016-09-22.
Diocèse de Troyes

Relics
of St. Bernard, Treasury, Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Troyes. Retrieved: 2016-09-26.


References


Bibliography


Reference works

* pp. 642–644. (Use with caution; obsolete) * * (in Latin) pp. 493–494. * (in Latin) p. 254. * p. 317. * p. 342. * p. 386-387. * p. 413.


Studies

* * * * * * * * evolution, Consulate, Restoration, 1st half of 19th century*
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External links

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


Acknowledgment

*Goyau, Georges.

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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 ...
Aube Troyes 4th-century establishments in Roman Gaul