Archbishop of Reims
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in France. Erected as a diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
around 250 by St. Sixtus
Sixtus of Reims
Saint Sixtus of Reims is considered the first bishop of Reims. According to Hincmar, a 9th century archbishop of Reims, Sixtus was sent from Rome by Pope Sixtus II to Gaul to assist in Christianizing the region. Another tradition makes him, anachronistically, the disciple of Saint...
, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750. The archbishop received the title "primate of Gallia Belgica
Gallia Belgica
Gallia Belgica was a Roman province located in what is now the southern part of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, northeastern France, and western Germany. The indigenous population of Gallia Belgica, the Belgae, consisted of a mixture of Celtic and Germanic tribes...
" in 1089.
In 1023, Archbishop Ebles acquired the Countship of Reims, making him a prince-bishop; it became a duchy and a peerage between 1060 and 1170.
The archdiocese comprises the arrondissement of Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
and the département of Ardennes
Ardennes
The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and ridges formed within the Givetian Ardennes mountain range, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel...
while the province comprises the région of Champagne-Ardenne
Champagne-Ardenne
Champagne-Ardenne is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northeast of the country, bordering Belgium, and consists of four departments: Aube, Ardennes, Haute-Marne, and Marne. The region is famous for its sparkling white wine . Its rivers, most of which flow west, include the...
. The suffragan diocese
Suffragan Diocese
A suffragan diocese is a diocese in the Catholic Church that is overseen not only by its own diocesan bishop but also by a metropolitan bishop. The metropolitan is always an archbishop who governs his own archdiocese...
s within Reims are Amiens
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...
, Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis
Bishop of Beauvais-Noyons-Senlis
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Beauvais is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese encompasses the department of Oise in the Region of Picardie. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reims...
, Châlons, Langres
Langres
Langres is a commune in north-eastern France. It is a subprefecture of the Haute-Marne département in the Champagne-Ardenne region.-History:As the capital of the Romanized Gallic tribe the Lingones, it was called Andematunnum, then Lingones, and now Langres.The town is built on a limestone...
, Soissons
Soissons
Soissons is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France, located on the Aisne River, about northeast of Paris. It is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones...
–Laon
Laon
Laon is the capital city of the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.-History:The hilly district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance...
–Saint-Quentin, and Troyes
Troyes
Troyes is a commune and the capital of the Aube department in north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about southeast of Paris. Many half-timbered houses survive in the old town...
. The archepiscopal see is located in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims, where the Kings of France were traditionally crowned.
The current archbishop is Thierry Romain Camille Jordan, who was appointed in 1999.
Bishops of Reims
- St. SixtusSixtus of ReimsSaint Sixtus of Reims is considered the first bishop of Reims. According to Hincmar, a 9th century archbishop of Reims, Sixtus was sent from Rome by Pope Sixtus II to Gaul to assist in Christianizing the region. Another tradition makes him, anachronistically, the disciple of Saint...
(c. 260) - Amantius? (Amanse)
- St. Sinicius (Sinice) (c. 280)
- St. Amantius (Amanse) (c. 290)
- Betause [Imbetausius] (before 300–c. 314)
- AprusAprusSaint Aprus was a bishop of Toul from 500 to 507. The brother of Saint Apronia , he was born near Trier. He may have studied as a lawyer. After entering the priesthood, Aprus was appointed bishop of Toul.-Veneration:...
(Aper) (328–350) - St. Maternien (350–359)
- Domitianus
- St. Donatian (361–390)
- St. Vincent (390–394)
- St. Severus (394–400)
- St. NicasiusNicasius of RheimsSaint Nicasius of Rheims was a bishop of Rheims from 400 until his death. He founded the first cathedral of Rheims. He prophesied the invasion of France by the Vandals....
(400–407; founded the first cathedral of Reims, killed by the VandalsVandalsThe Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. The Vandals under king Genseric entered Africa in 429 and by 439 established a kingdom which included the Roman Africa province, besides the islands of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearics....
) - Barucius
- Barnabas
- Bennage (?–459)
- St. RemigiusSaint RemigiusSaint Remigius, Remy or Remi, , was Bishop of Reims and Apostle of the Franks, . On 24 December 496 he baptised Clovis I, King of the Franks...
(459–533) - Romanus
- Flavius (c. 535)
- Mappinus (c. 549)
- Egidius (573–590)
- Romulph (590–613)
- Sonnatius (613–c. 627)
- Leudigisil
- Angelbert (c. 630)
- Lando
- St. NivardNivardSaint Nivard was bishop of Reims before 657 and until 673. He was brother-in-law of Childeric II. He restored Hautvilliers Abbey and was later buried there.His feast day is September 1.-External links:*...
(before 657–673) - St. Rieul (673–c. 689)
- St. RigobertRigobert, Bishop of ReimsSaint Rigobert was a Benediktine monk and later abbot at Orbais who subsequently succeeded St Rieul as bishop of Reims in 698.He was replaced as bishop by Charles Martel for political reasons and banished to Gascony for some time. Charles exonerated him soon, but Rigobert did not reclaim his see...
(c.689–717) - Milo (717–744)
- Abel (744–748)
To 1000
- Tilpin (748-795; the Turpin of the Chanson de Roland)
- vacant (795-812)
- Wulfaire (812-816)
- EbboEbbo, Archbishop of ReimsEbbo was archbishop of Rheims from 816 until 835 and again from 840 to 841. He was born a German serf on the royal demesne of Charlemagne. He was educated at his court and became the librarian and councillor of Louis the Pious, king of Aquitaine, son of Charlemagne...
(816-835) - vacant (835-840)
- Ebbo (840-841), again
- vacant (841-845)
- HincmarHincmar, Archbishop of ReimsHincmar , archbishop of Reims, the friend, advisor and propagandist of Charles the Bald, was one of the most remarkable figures in the ecclesiastical history of the Carolingian period...
(845-882) - Fulk the VenerableFulk, Archbishop of ReimsFulk the Venerable was the Archbishop of Reims from 882 until his death. He was the chief opponent of the non-Carolingian king of France, Odo, in the last quarter of the 9th century...
(882-900) - Herive (900-922)
- Seulf (922-925)
- Hugh of VermandoisHugh of Vermandois, Archbishop of RheimsHugh of Vermandois was the Archbishop of Reims from 925 to 931, when he was removed from office by the actions of Hugh the Great and others, his father Herbert II, Count of Vermandois who had been the power behind his episcopate was driven out of Reims and the bishopric was then assumed by...
(925-931), son of Herbert II of Vermandois - ArtaudArtald, Archbishop of ReimsArtald of Reims was twice Archbishop of Reims. He help the post first 931 to 940, when he was displaced by Hugh of Vermandois. He was restored, with the help of Louis IV of France, in 946....
(931-940) - Hugh of Vermandois (940-946)
- Artaud (946-961)
- OdelricOdalric, Archbishop of ReimsOdalric was made Archbishop of Reims in 962. He was from a Lotharingian family and claimed to descend from Bishop Arnulf of Metz.-Sources:*Annals of Flodoard of Reims...
(962-969) - AdalberonAdalberon, Archbishop of ReimsAdalberon was the archbishop of Reims, chancellor of Kings Lothair and Louis V of France.Upon the death of Louis V, in 987, Adalberon and Gerbert of Aurillac addressed the electoral assembly at Senlis in favour of Hugh Capet, to replace the Carolingian monarch. Adalberon pleaded:Capet was elected...
(969-988) - Arnoul (988-991; son of Lothair of FranceLothair of FranceLothair , sometimes called Lothair IV, was the Carolingian king of West Francia , son of Louis IV and Gerberga of Saxony.-Regency:...
) - Gerbert of AurillacPope Silvester IIPope Sylvester II , born Gerbert d'Aurillac, was a prolific scholar, teacher, and Pope. He endorsed and promoted study of Arab/Greco-Roman arithmetic, mathematics, and astronomy, reintroducing to Europe the abacus and armillary sphere, which had been lost to Europe since the end of the Greco-Roman...
(991-999); later Pope Sylvester II - Arnoul (999-1021), again
1000-1300
- Ebles I of Roucy (1021–1033; count of Roucy, count of Reims, 1023–1033)
- Guy of Châtillon (1033–1055)
- Gervaise of Bellême (1055–1067)
- Manasses IManasses I, Archbishop of ReimsManasses I, known as Manasses de Gournay, was the Archbishop of Reims, and thus primate of France, from 1069 to his deposition on 27 December 1081....
(1069–1080) - Renaud of Le Bellay (1083–1096)
- Manasses IIManasses II, Archbishop of ReimsManasses II was the Archbishop of Rheims , most significantly at the time of the First Crusade and the Crusade of 1101....
(1096–1106) - Gervaise of Rethel (1106; nominated by Philip I of FrancePhilip I of FrancePhilip I , called the Amorous, was King of France from 1060 to his death. His reign, like that of most of the early Direct Capetians, was extraordinarily long for the time...
over Raoul the Green, but condemned by the Council of TroyesCouncil of TroyesThere have been a number of councils held at Troyes:* 867 - proclaimed that no bishop could be disposed without reference to the Holy See* 1129 - convened by Pope Honorius II:...
in 1106) - Raoul the Green (1106–1124)
- Raymond of Martigné (1125–1138)
- Samson de MauvoisinSamson, Archbishop of ReimsSamson of Mauvoisin was the French archbishop of Reims from 1140 to 1161.He is a significant historical figure of his times. He undertook the capture of Eon d'Etoile, self-proclaimed Messiah. He was concerned about heresy spread by weavers....
(1140–1161) - HenryHenry of France (1121-1175)Henry of France , Bishop of Beauvais , then Archbishop of Reims , was the third son of Louis the Fat, King of France and his second wife Adélaide de Maurienne....
(1162–1175; son of Louis VI of FranceLouis VI of FranceLouis VI , called the Fat , was King of France from 1108 until his death . Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis".-Reign:...
) - William WhitehandsGuillaume aux Blanches MainsGuillaume de Blois , called Guillaume aux Blanches Mains , or Guillaume de Champagne, was a French Cardinal.He was born in Brosse, Île-de-France, France...
(Guillaume de Blois) (1176–1202; son of Theobald II of ChampagneTheobald II of ChampagneTheobald the Great was Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV from 1102 and was Count of Champagne and of Brie as Theobald II from 1125....
) - Guy PareGuy ParéGuy Paré was a French Cistercian, who became general of his order, Archbishop of Reims, and a Cardinal.He was a papal legate to Germany. In 1204 he was made Archbishop by Pope Innocent III; this position also made him a pair de France...
(1204–1206) - Alberic of HumbertAubrey, Archbishop of ReimsAubrey was the Archbishop of Reims from 1207 to 1218. He was a warrior prelate, participating in both the Albigensian Crusade of 1209 and the Fifth Crusade. In the latter, he travelled with the Hungarian troops.-Sources:...
(1207–1218) - William of Joinville (1219–1226)
- Henry of Dreux (1227–1240)
- Yves of Saint-Martin (1244–1249)
- Thomas of Beaumes (1249–1262)
- John of Courtenay-Champignelles (1266–1270)
- Peter Barbet (1273–1298)
- Robert of Courtenay-Champignelles (1299–1323)
1300-1500
- William of Trie (1324–1334)
- John of Vienne (1335–1351)
- Hugh of Arcy (1351–1352)
- Humbert (1352–1355; Dauphin de ViennoisDauphin de ViennoisThe Counts of Albon were minor French nobles in south-eastern France, in the Rhône Alps region.Under Guigues IV, Count of Albon, who was nicknamed le Dauphin or the Dolphin from the dolphin on his coat of arms, they took a new hereditary title, Dauphin of Viennois , named for the region around...
) - John of Craon (1355–1373)
- Louis Thesart (1374–1375)
- Richard Picque (1374–1389)
- Ferry Cassinel (1389–1390)
- Guy of RoyeGuy of RoyeGuy de Roye was a French prelate. Originating from a noble house in Picardy, he attached himself to the Avignon popes Clement VII and Benedict XIII. He was bishop of Verdun, Castres, and then Dol before becoming archbishop of Tours and of Sens. He finally became archbishop of Reims in 1390. He...
(1391–1409) - Simon of CramaudSimon of CramaudSimon de Cramaud was a Catholic bishop, titular Latin Patriarch of Alexandria, and cardinal during the Great Western Schism of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries....
(1409–1429) - Peter Trousseau (1413-1413)
- Renaud of Chartres (1413–1443)
- James of Jouvenel des Ursins (1445–1457)
- John of Jouvenel des Ursins (1449–1473)
- Peter of Montfort-Laval (1474–1493)
- Robert BriçonnetRobert BriçonnetRobert Briçonnet was a French churchman and courtier. He became Archbishop of Reims.-Life:He was the fifth son of Jean Briçonnet, an elder brother of the Cardinal Guillaume Briçonnet...
(1493–1497) - Guillaume BriçonnetGuillaume Briçonnet (Cardinal)Guillaume Briçonnet was a French Cardinal.-Life:He was a younger son of Jean Briçonnet, Lord of Varennes, in Touraine, Secretary to the king and collector-general of Customs...
(1497–1507)
1500-1700
- Charles Dominique de Carreto (1507–1514)
- Robert de Lenoncourt (1509–1532)
- John of LorraineJohn, Cardinal of LorraineJean de Lorraine was a French cardinal, who was archbishop of Reims, Lyon and Narbonne, bishop of Metz, Toul, Verdun, Thérouanne, Luçon, Albi, Valence, Nantes and Agen...
(1533–1550; son of René II, Duke of LorraineRené II, Duke of LorraineRené II was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480–1493 and as King of Naples and Jerusalem 1493–1508... - Charles of Guise (1538–1574; nephew of John of Lorraine, son of Claude, Duke of GuiseClaude, Duke of GuiseClaude de Lorraine, duc de Guise was a French aristocrat and general. He became the first Duke of Guise in 1528....
) - Louis I of GuiseLouis II, Cardinal of GuiseLouis II, Cardinal of Guise was the third son of Francis, Duke of Guise and Anna d'Este. His maternal grandparents were Ercole d'Este II, Duke of Ferrara and Renée of France....
(1574–1588; nephew of Charles of Guise, son of Francis, Duke of GuiseFrancis, Duke of GuiseFrancis de Lorraine II, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Duke of Aumale , called Balafré , was a French soldier and politician.-Early life:...
) - Nicolas de PellevéNicolas de PellevéNicolas de Pellevé was a French archbishop and Cardinal. He was a major figure of the Catholic League.He was a courtier of Henry II of France, and then of Cardinal Charles de Lorraine-Guise. He was bishop of Amiens in 1552, archbishop of Sens in 1562...
(1588–1594) - Philippe du Bec (1594–1605)
- Louis II of GuiseLouis III, Cardinal of GuiseLouis de Lorraine known as the Cardinal de Guise was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves....
(1605–1621; nephew of Louis I, son of Henry I, Duke of GuiseHenry I, Duke of GuiseHenry I, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Count of Eu , sometimes called Le Balafré, "the scarred", was the eldest son of Francis, Duke of Guise, and Anna d'Este...
) - Gabriel de Sainte-MarieGabriel GiffordGabriel Gifford , originally William Gifford was an English Roman Catholic churchman, a Benedictine who became Archbishop of Reims.-Life:...
(1623–1629) - Henry of Guise (1629–1641; nephew of Louis II, son of Charles, Duke of GuiseCharles, Duke of GuiseCharles de Lorraine, 4th Duke of Guise was the son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves.-Biography:...
) - Léonor d'Estampes de Valençay (1641–1651)
- Henri de Savoie, 7th Duc de NemoursHenri de Savoie, 7th Duc de NemoursHenri de Savoie was the seventh Duc de Nemours , and was also Count of Geneva.Henri, as the third son of Henri de Savoie, 4th Duc de Nemours, was not expected to succeed to the dukedom and entered the priesthood. By 1651, he had become Archbishop of Reims...
(1651–1659) - Antonio Barberini (1659–1671)
- Charles Maurice Le Tellier (1671–1710)
1700-present
- François de MaillyFrançois de MaillyFrançois de Mailly was a French archbishop and Cardinal.Born at Nesle, he had ultramontane views, and was a stern opponent of Jansenism. He was a critic of Jean Meslier.He was Archbishop of Arles from 1697, then Archbishop of Reims from 1710....
(1710–1721) - Armand Jules de Rohan-Guéméné (1722–1762)
- Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon (1763–1777)
- Alexandre-Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord (1777–1816), (not recognized from 1790; Archbishop of ParisArchbishop of ParisThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris is one of twenty-three archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The original diocese is traditionally thought to have been created in the 3rd century by St. Denis and corresponded with the Civitas Parisiorum; it was elevated to an archdiocese on...
from 1817–1821) - vacant
- Jean-Charles de Coucy (1801–1824)
- Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil (1824–1839)
- Thomas-Marie-Joseph GoussetThomas-Marie-Joseph GoussetThomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset was a French cardinal and theologian....
(1840–1866) - Jean-Baptiste François Anne Thomas Landriot (1867–1874)
- Benoit-Marie LangénieuxBenoit-Marie LangénieuxBenoit-Marie Langénieux was a French Archbishop of Reims and Cardinal....
(1874–1905) - Louis LuçonLouis LuçonLouis-Henri-Joseph Luçon J.C.D. S.T.D. was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Reims....
(1906–1930) - Emmanuel Célestin SuhardEmmanuel Célestin SuhardEmmanuel Célestin Suhard was a French Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1940 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.-Biography:...
(1930–1940) - Luigi Agostino Marmottin (1940–1960)
- Gabriel Auguste François Marty (1960–1968)
- Émile André Jean-Marie Maury (1968–1972)
- Jacques Eugène Louis Ménager (1973–1988)
- Jean Marie Julien Balland (1988–1995)
- Gérard Denis Auguste Defois (1995–1998)
- Thierry Jordan (1999–present)
Sources
- Le père Anselme, Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique des Pairs de France, volume 2
- Georges Boussinecq et Gustave Laurent, Histoire de Reims des origines jusqu'à nos jours, 1933, ISBN 2-86516-001-7
- Histoire de Reims, sous la direction de Pierre Desportes, 1983, ISBN 2-7089-4722-2
External links
- Official website
- Diocese of Reims at catholic-hierarchy.org