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.

1 Incumbents
- 1.1 Bishops of Reims
- 1.2 Archbishops of Reims
2 Synodal Councils of Reims
3 See also
4 Sources
5 External links

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Bishops of Reims

St. Sixtus (c. 260)
Amantius?
St. Sinice (c. 280)
St. Amanse (c. 290)
Betause [Imbetausius] (before 300–c. 314)
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)

[edit] Archbishops of Reims

Tilpin (748-795; the Turpin of the Chanson de Roland)
vacant (795-812)
Wulfaire (812-816)
Ebbo (816-835)
vacant (835-840)
Ebbo (840-841), again
vacant (841-845)
Hincmar (845-882)
Fulk the Venerable (882-900)
Herive (900-922)
Seulf (922-925)
Hugh of Vermandois (925-931), son of Herbert II of Vermandois
Artaud (931-940)
Hugh of Vermandois (940-946)
Artaud (946-961)
Odelric (962-969)
Adalberon (969-988)
Arnoul (988-991; son of Lothair of France)
Gerbert of Aurillac (991-999); later Pope Sylvester II
Arnoul (999-1021), again
Ebles I of Roucy (1021-1033; count of Roucy, count of Reims, 1023-1033)
Guy of Roucy (1033-1055)
Gervaise of Bellême (1055-1067)
Manasses I (1069-1080)
Renaud of Le Bellay (1083-1096)
Manasses II (1096-1106)
Gervaise of Rethel (1106; nominated by Philip I of France over Raoul the Green, but condemned by the Council of Troyes in 1106)
Raoul the Green (1106-1124)
Raymond of Martigné (1125-1138)
Samson de Mauvoisin (1140-1161)
Henry (1162-1175; son of Louis VI of France)
William Whitehands (Guillaume de Blois) (1176-1202; son of Theobald II of Champagne)
Guy Pare (1204-1206)
Alberic of Humbert (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)
William of Trie (1324-1334)
John of Vienne (1335-1351)
Hugh of Arcy (1351-1352)
Humbert (1352-1355; Dauphin de Viennois)
John of Craon (1355-1373)
Louis Thesart (1374-1375)
Richard Picque (1374-1389)
Ferry Cassinel (1389-1390)
Guy of Roye (1391-1409)
Simon of Cramaud (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 Briçonnet (1493-1497)
Guillaume Cardinal Briçonnet (1497-1514)
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 Poilleve (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 (1629–1664; nephew of Louis II, son of Charles, Duke of Guise)
Léonor d'Estampes de Valençay (1641-1651)
Henri de Savoie-Nemours (1651-1659)
Antoine Barberini (1659-1671)
Charles Maurice Le Tellier (1671-1710)
François de Mailly (1710-1721)
Armand Jules de Rohan-Guémené (1722-1762)
Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon (1763-1777)
Alexandre-Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord (1777-1816), (not recognized from 1790; Archbishop of Paris from 1817-1821)
vacant
Jean-Charles de Coucy (1801-1824)
Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil (1824-1839)
Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset (1840-1866)
Jean-Baptiste François Anne Thomas Landriot (1867-1874)
Benoit-Marie Langénieux (1874-1905)
Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon (1906-1930)
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (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 Romain Camille Jordan (1999-present)

[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.

[edit] See also

Catholic Church in France

[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