Archbishop of Reims

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The Archdiocese of Reims was founded (as a diocese) around 250 by St. Sixtus. It was elevated to an archdiocese around 750, and the archbishop received the title "primate of Belgium" 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 and the département of Ardennes while the province comprises the région of Champagne-Ardenne. The dioceses within Reims are Amiens, Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis, Châlons, Langres, Soissons-Laon-Saint-Quentin, and Troyes. Its headquarters are at Notre-Dame de Reims, where the Kings of France were traditionally crowned.

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[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Bishops of Reims

[edit] Archbishops of Reims

[edit] Synodal Councils of Reims

  • The first synod, said to have been held at Reims by Archbishop Sonnatius between 624 and 630, is probably identical with that held at Clichy (Clippiacum) in 626 or 627.
  • In 813 Archbishop Wulfar presided at a synod of reform (Werminghoff in "Mon. Germ. Hist.: Concilia aevi Carol. I", I, Hanover, 1904, 253 sq.).
  • On 17 June, 991, Archbishop Siguin of Sens presided in the basilica of St. Basle, near Reims, over the synod which deposed Archbishop Arnulf of Reims (Schlockwerder, "Das Konzil zu St. Basle", Magdeburg, 1906).
  • In 1049, Pope Leo IX presided at a reformatory synod (Drehmann, "Papst Leo IX u. die Simonie", Leipzig, 1908).
  • In 1115 a synod was held at which the cardinal legate Cuno of Praeneste excommunicated King Henry.
  • In 1119 Pope Calistus II convened a synod for the purpose of concluding peace with Henry V. There were present 15 archbishops, over 200 bishops and as many abbots.
  • In 1148 Pope Eugenius III was present at a synod against Gilbert de la Porrée and the fanatic Eon de l'Estoile.
  • In 1164 Pope Alexander III presided at a synod which urged the crusade against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I.
  • In 1407 Archbishop Guido III convened a synod to abolish the abuses that had crept into the Church of Reims during the Western Schism.
  • In 1528 Archbishop Robert III held a synod against Martin Luther.
  • In 1564 Cardinal Charles of Lorraine convened a reformatory synod to enforce the Tridentine Council decrees.
  • In 1583 Cardinal Francis of Guise held a synod at which 27 reformatory decrees were enacted.
  • After a lapse of almost three centuries Cardinal Gousset of Reims convoked a synod at Soissons in 1849; another, at Amiens in 1853; a third, at Reims itself in 1857. The acts of the last three synods are printed in "Collectio Lacensis", IV, 91-246.

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[edit] 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

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