Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims (Lat:Archidioecesis Remensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by St. Sixtus, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750. The archbishop received the title "primate of Gallia Belgica" 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 suffragan dioceses within Reims are Amiens, Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis, Châlons, Langres, Soissons–Laon–Saint-Quentin, and Troyes. 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.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Reims
- St. Sixtus (c. 260)
- Amantius? (Amanse)
- St. Sinicius (Sinice) (c. 280)
- St. Amantius (Amanse) (c. 290)
- Betause [Imbetausius] (before 300–c. 314)
- Aprus (Aper) (328–350)
- St. Maternien (350–359)
- Domitianus
- St. Donatian (361–390)
- St. Vincent (390–394)
- St. Severus (394–400)
- St. Nicasius (400–407; founded the first cathedral of Reims, killed by the Vandals)
- Barucius
- Barnabas
- Bennage (?–459)
- St. Remigius (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. Nivard (before 657–673)
- St. Rieul (673–c. 689)
- St. Rigobert (c.689–717)
- Milo (717–744)
- Abel (744–748)
Archbishops of Reims
To 1000
1000-1300
1300-1500
1500-1700
- Charles Dominique de Carreto (1507–1514)
- Robert de Lenoncourt (1509–1532)
- John of Lorraine (1533–1550; son of René II, Duke of Lorraine
- Charles of Guise (1538–1574; nephew of John of Lorraine, son of Claude, Duke of Guise)
- Louis I of Guise (1574–1588; nephew of Charles of Guise, son of Francis, Duke of Guise)
- Nicolas de Pellevé (1588–1594)
- Philippe du Bec (1594–1605)
- Louis II of Guise (1605–1621; nephew of Louis I, son of Henry I, Duke of Guise)
- Gabriel de Sainte-Marie (1623–1629)
- Henry of Guise (1629–1641; nephew of Louis II, son of Charles, Duke of Guise)
- Léonor d'Estampes de Valençay (1641–1651)
- Henri de Savoie, 7th Duc de Nemours (1651–1659)
- Antonio Barberini (1659–1671)
- Charles Maurice Le Tellier (1671–1710)
1700-present
See also
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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