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René-François Régnier (; 17 July 1794 – 3 January 1881,
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Biography

Cardinal Rengnier was born on 17 July 1794 at Saint-Quentin-les Beaurepaire in the region of
Cambrai Cambrai (, ; ; ), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river. A sub-pref ...
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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 Diocese of Angoulême by his predecessor Cardinal Pierre Giraud on 22 July 1842, and succeeded him as archbishop of the
Cambrai Cambrai (, ; ; ), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river. A sub-pref ...
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.


See also

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai The Archdiocese of Cambrai (; French language, French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Cambrai, Dou ...
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Angoulême


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The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
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