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Roman Catholic Diocese of Châlons

February 15, 2024

The Diocese of Châlons (Latin: Dioecesis Catalaunensis; French: Diocèse de Châlons) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Châlons-sur-Marne, France. The diocese comprises the department of Marne, excluding the arrondissement of Reims.[1][2]

Diocese of Châlons

Dioecesis Catalaunensis

Diocèse de Châlons
Location
CountryFrance
Ecclesiastical provinceReims
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Reims
Statistics
Area6,501 km2 (2,510 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
265,000
258,500 (97.5%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th Century
CathedralCathedral of St. Stephen in Châlons
Patron saintSaint Memmius
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopvacant
Metropolitan ArchbishopÉric de Moulins-Beaufort
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Châlons is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims.[3]

History edit

Local legends maintain that the evangelization of Châlons by St. Memmius, sent thither by St. Peter and assisted by his sister Poma, also by St. Donatian and St. Domitian, took place in the first century.[4] These legends are not creditable,[5] and in the revised list of the diocesan saints in the Breviary (prayer book) these legends have been suppressed.

Louis Duchesne, a prominent scholar of early Christianity in Gaul, assigns the founding of the See of Châlons to the fourth century.

The bishops of Châlons played a part in French history as Peers of France. At the coronation of the Capetian kings, the Bishop of Châlons always carried the royal ring.

Cathedral, seminary, college edit

The older cathedral at Châlons had been dedicated to Saint Vincent, up to the time of Charles the Bald.[6] It had become the cathedral under Bishop Felix I, ca. 625, when the older cathedral was abandoned.[7] In 931, and again in 963, the town of Châlons suffered serious fires. In 931 the fire was deliberately set by King Raoul (Rudolph) in reprisal for the support given by Bishop Bovo to Count Héribert of Vermandois against the King.[8] In 963 it was Count Héribert of Vermandois who put the city to the flames because Bishop Gebuin had supported the deposition of Héribert's son from the archbishopric of Reims. In both cases the cathedral suffered serious damage. In 1138 the cathedral was struck by lightning and mostly destroyed.[9]

The new Cathedral of S. Étienne was consecrated in 1147 by the exiled Pope Eugene III, assisted by eighteen cardinals, with Bernard of Clairvaux in attendance.[10] In 1253, when he was visiting Rome, Bishop Pierre de Hans was able to obtain what was claimed to be a fragment of the head of S. Étienne (Stephen the Protomartyr) from the Abbot of the monastery at S. Paolo fuori le mura.[11]

The first seminary in Châlons was founded by Bishop Jérome de Burges (or Jérôme Bourgeois) on 14 October 1572, in part of the abandoned Hôpital Saint Lazare, which was thereafter called the Collège S. Lazare. From 1617, the seminarists shared quarters with the Jesuits, and when the Jesuits moved to larger quarters, the seminary followed them. It was only in 1646 that Bishop de Vialar provided them with separate, and inadequate, quarters. Bishop de Clermont-Tonnerre had the church of S. Nicholas demolished and the seminary extended on its foundations.[12]

The Collège de Châlons (Collège S. Lazare) was endowed by Bishop Cosme Clausse on 30 May 1615, and he and the City entered into a contract with the Jesuits to staff the college on 23 February 1617. The Jesuits directed the school until they were expelled from France in 1762, at which point the collège was turned over to laymen and secular clergy until the end of the monarchy in 1791. In 1784 some 245 pupils were being educated there.[13]

Benefices edit

The diocese was well supplied with positions which carried income with them. The cathedral had eight dignities: the Dean, the Cantor, the Grand Archdeacon (of Châlons), the Archdeacon of Joinville, the Archdeacon of Astenai, and the Archdeacon of Vertus, the Treasurer, and the Succentor.[14] In addition there were thirty Canons. In 1699 the number of Canons was thirty-nine, while in 1764 the number was thirty-one.[15] There had once been a Provost as well, but the office was abolished by Bishop Roger in 1065, with royal consent. The bishop appointed the four Archdeacons and the Treasurer, while the Dean, the Cantor, and the Succentor were elected by the Chapter of the Cathedral. The Chapter also assigned the prebends, to which the Archdeacons and Treasurer were not entitled.[16]

There were also two Collegiate Churches in the city of Châlons, Saint-Trinité (with ten prebendaries, appointed by the Cathedral Chapter) and Nôtre Dame en Vaux (with twelve prebendaries, appointed by the Cathedral Chapter).[17] Among its abbeys,[18] the diocese counted: St. Memmius (Augustinians), founded in the fifth century by Alpinus; Toussaints (Augustinians), founded in the eleventh century; Châtrices (Augustinians); Montier-en-Der (Benedictines), founded in the seventh century by St. Bereharius, a monk from Luxeuil;[19] Saint Urbain, founded in 865;[20] Saint-Pierre au Mont (Benedictines), founded during the same period; Moiremont (Benedictines);[21] Huiron (Benedictines); Saint-Sauveur-de Vertus (Benedictines); Nôtre-Dame de Vertus (Augustinians); Trois-Fontaines (Cistercians); Haute-Fontaine (Cistercians); Cheminon (Cistercians); and Moutier-en-Argonne (Cistercians). The king was the patron and made the appointments at Toussaints, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Memmius, and Châtrices.[22] Nôtre-Dame de l'Epine, near Châlons, was a place of pilgrimage as early as the beginning of the fifteenth century, thanks to the mysterious discovery of a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary.[23]

Revolution edit

In 1790 the National Constituent Assembly decided to bring the French church under the control of the State. Civil government of the provinces was to be reorganized into new units called 'départements', originally intended to be 83 or 84 in number. The dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church were to be reduced in number, to coincide as much as possible with the new departments. Since there were more than 130 bishoprics at the time of the Revolution, more than fifty dioceses needed to be suppressed and their territories consolidated. Clergy would need to take an oath of allegiance to the State and its Constitution, specified by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, and they would become salaried officials of the State. Both bishops and priests would be elected by special 'electors' in each department. This meant schism, since bishops would no longer need to be approved (preconised) by the Papacy; the transfer of bishops, likewise, which had formerly been the exclusive prerogative of the pope in canon law, would be the privilege of the State; the election of bishops no longer lay with the Cathedral Chapters (which were all abolished), or other responsible clergy, or the Pope, but with electors who did not even have to be Catholics or Christians.

The diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne was one of the dioceses which was suppressed, and its territory was transferred to a new diocese centered at Reims, and called the 'Diocese of the Marne'. The bishop of Marne would be the Metropolitan of a 'Metropole du Nord-Est', which would include: Marne, Aisne, Ardennes, Meurthe, Moselle, and Nord.[24] The dioceses of Soissons and Troyes were also suppressed and incorporated into the 'Diocèse du Marne'. The Bishops of Reims, Châlons, Soissons and Troyes protested, addressing letters to their clergy and to the 'electors' and warning them to take no account of the activities of the government as regards the Church. In Châlons a large number of the clergy were in favor of reforms. One in four of the curates, and one in five of the vicars, refused to take the oath to the Civil Constitution (or retracted it after they had taken it).[25] This meant that they were discharged from their functions and left without incomes; they became targets of the more radical of the revolutionaries.

In Marne, the 539 electors were invited to assemble by the Constituent Assembly, and 395 of them assembled at Reims in March 1791. They elected François-Nicolas Gangand, the curé of Mareuil-sur-Ay,[26] but he refused. Then, on March 15, they elected Nicolas Diot as Bishop and Metropolitan of Marne, and he thus acquired control over the suppressed diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne. He was consecrated in Paris on 1 May 1791 by Constitutional Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gobel.[27] The consecration was valid, having been performed in the proper form by three Roman Catholic bishops, but illicit and schismatic, since the election and consecration had taken place without the sanction of Pope Pius VII. Diot acquiesced in new attitudes; he actually presided at the marriage of one of his priests. He survived the Terror (which had abolished Religion and replaced it with Reason), and as late as 1800 he carried out an episcopal consecration (Cambrai) In 1801 he presided at a diocesan synod, and in June 1802 at a Metropolitan synod. He died on 31 December 1802.[28]

Church of the Concordat edit

In the meantime First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte was preparing to end the religious confusion in France by entering into a Concordat with the Vatican. He had plans for the future, and he required a united France in order to carry them out successfully. In separate actions both he and Pius VII called on all bishops in France to submit their resignations. On November 29, 1801, by the bull Qui Christi Domini, Pope Pius VII suppressed all of the Roman Catholic dioceses in France, and reinstituted them under papal authority. This act did away with whatever doubt or ambiguity might still exist as to a 'Constitutional Church' and 'Constitutional dioceses' in France.[29] United in 1802 with the Diocese of Meaux and in 1821 with the Archdiocese of Reims, the Diocese of Châlons was re-established in 1822, and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims.

The Concordat of 1801 was unilaterally abrogated by the Law of Separation of Church and State, enacted on 9 December 1905.[30] From that date, the Republic no longer nominated French bishops. The law also declared that all religious buildings were property of the state and local governments, and enacted the prohibition of affixing religious signs on public buildings. Nuns were removed from hospital staffs. Schools were secularized, and religious instruction was forbidden to children between the ages of six and thirteen. The law did not apply to the provinces of Alsace or Lorraine, which were at the time part of the German Empire.

Bishops edit

To 1000 edit

  • c. 260–280: St Memmius[31]
  • St Donatianus[32]
  • St Domitianus[33]
  • Amable
  • c. 300: Didier
  • c. 340: Sanctissimus
  • c. 400: Provinctus
  • by 411 – before 461: Alpinus (St Alpin)[34]
  • by 461 – 500: Amandinus (Amand)[35]
  • 500: Florandus[36]
  • c. 515: Providerius[37]
  • c. 530: Prodictor (or Proditor, Productor)[38]
  • 535–541: Lupus[39]
  • Papio[40]
  • c. 565: Eucharius[41]
  • 578: Teutinodus (or Teutmodus)[42]
  • c. 579: Elasius (Elaphius)[43]
  • attested 614: Leudomerus[44]
  • after 614 – after 627: Felix[45]
  • Ragnebaud
  • c. 660: Landebert
  • c. 685: Arnoul (I).
  • 693: Bertoinus[46]
  • Felix (II).
  • Bladald
  • Scaricus
  • c. 770: Ricaire
  • 770–784: Willibald
  • 784–804: Bovo[47]
  • c. 804–827: Hildegrim of Châlons[48]
  • 810–835: Adelelmus
  • 835–857: Lupus (II)[49]
  • 857–868: Erchenrad[50]
  • 868–878: Willibert[51]
  • 878–887: Berno
  • 887–894: Rodoaldus
  • 894–908: Mancio[52]
  • c. 908–912: Letoldus[53]
  • c. 912–947: Bovo (II).
  • c. 947–998: Gibuin (I).[54]
  • 998–1004: Gibuin (II).[55]

1000-1300 edit

Sede Vacante (1226–1228)[66]
Sede Vacante (1269–1272)[71]
  • 1272–1273: Arnoul (II)[72]
  • 1273–1284: Rémi de Somme-Tourbe[73]
  • 1285–1313: Jean (I) de Châteauvillain[74]

1300-1500 edit

  • 1313–1328: Pierre (II) de Latilly[75]
  • 1328–1335: Simon de Châteauvillain[76]
  • 1335–1339: Philippe (III) de Melun[77]
  • 1339: Jean (II) de Mandevillain[78]
  • 1340–1351: Jean (III) Happe[79]
  • 1352–1356: Regnaud Chauveau[80]
  • 1357–1389: Archambaud de Lautrec[81]
  • 1389–1413: Charles de Poitiers (Avignon Obedience)[82]
  • 1413–1420: Louis of Bar (Administrator)[83]
  • 1420–1438: Johann IV of Saarbrücken[84]
  • 1439: Jean (V) Tudert[85]
  • 1440–1453: Guillaume (III) le Tur[86]
  • 1453–1503: Geoffroy (III) Soreau (or Geoffroy Floreau)[87]

1500-1700 edit

1700-1900 edit

From 1900 edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Official web site (in French)
  2. ^ Châlons-sur-Marne - Catholic Encyclopedia article
  3. ^ Diocese of Châlons from catholic-hierarchy.org[self-published source]
  4. ^ Rabanus Maurus Abbot of Fulda (9th century), quoted in Acta Sanctorum August, Volume 2, p. 4.
  5. ^ Duchesne, III, p. 95 note 3.
  6. ^ Gallia christiana IX, p. 858.
  7. ^ Estrayez-Cabassolle, p. 15.
  8. ^ Barthélemy (1861), I, pp. 28-30.
  9. ^ Estrayez-Cabassolle, p. 19.
  10. ^ Estrayez-Cabassolle, pp. 20-22.
  11. ^ Gallia christiana IX, p. 887.
  12. ^ L. Barbat (1860). Histoire de la ville de Chalons-sur-Marne et de ses monuments depuis son origine jusqu'à l'époque actuelle (1854) (in French). Chalons sur Marne: Barbat. pp. 109–110.
  13. ^ Archives Départementales de la Marne antérieures à 1790: Inventaire sommaire. Archives civiles: Séries C, D, E, F (in French). Châlons: l'Union républicaine. 1892. pp. iv, 211. Barbat, pp. 37-39. Louis Grignon (1889). Topographie historique de la ville de Chalons-sur-Marne (in French). Chalons: Martin. pp. 324–325.
  14. ^ The Archdeacons are not attested until the eleventh century. Guignon, p. ix.
  15. ^ Barthelémy (1853), pp. 71. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 155 note 1.
  16. ^ Gallia christiana IX, pp. 858-859. Barthelémy (1853), pp. 71-73.
  17. ^ Pouillie général (1648), p. 4 (p. 72).
  18. ^ Barthélemy (1861), I, pp. 127-198.
  19. ^ Dervum (Montier-en-Der): Gallia christiana IX, pp. 906-910.
  20. ^ Saint Urbain: Gallia christiana IX, pp. 923-924.
  21. ^ Moiremont (Mauri-mons): Gallia christiana IX, pp. 931-932.
  22. ^ Pouillie général (1648), pp. 3-4 (pp. 71-72).
  23. ^ Louis Demaison (1895). Documents inédits sur l'église Notre-Dame de l'Epine (in French). Reims: Imprimerie de l'Académie.
  24. ^ Paul Pisani (1907). Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802) (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils. pp. 199–200.
  25. ^ Pisani, p. 200.
  26. ^ Bouchez, Émile (1913). Le clergé du pays rémois pendant la révolution et la suppression de l'Archevêché de Reims: (1789-1821) (in French). L. Monce. p. 208.
  27. ^ Pisani, p. 456. Gobel had been consecrated a year earlier by Bishop Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord of Autun and two other titular bishops.
  28. ^ Pisani, pp. 203-204.
  29. ^ Pius VI; Pius VII (1821). Collectio (per epitomen facta,) Bullarum, Brevium, Allocutionum, Epistolarumque, ... Pii VI., contra constitutionem civilem Cleri Gallicani, ejusque authores et fautores; item, Concordatorum inter ... Pium VII. et Gubernium Rei publicae, in Galliis, atque alia varia regimina, post modum in hac regione, sibi succedentia; tum expostulationum ... apud ... Pium Papam VII., Contra varia Acta, ad Ecclesiam Gallicanam, spectantia, a triginta et octo Episcopis, Archiepiscop. et Cardinal. antiquae Ecclesiae Gallicanae, subscriptarum, etc. 6 Avril, 1803 (in Latin). London: Cox & Baylis. pp. 111–121.
  30. ^ Mathilde Guilbaud, "La loi de séparation de 1905 ou l’impossible rupture," Revue d'histoire du XIX siècle 28 (2004) pp. 163-173; retrieved: 2017-05-19.
  31. ^ Memmius, or Memmie, or Menge: Duchesne, III, p. 95 no. 1. Sa légende est sans valeur.
  32. ^ Donatianus is mentioned only in the Life of Memmius as his successor.
  33. ^ Domitianus is mentioned only in the Life of Memmius as his successor.
  34. ^ Alpinus is said to have been a disciple of Lupus of Troyes. He was bishop when Attila the Hun fought the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (Châlons) in 451, and to have served for forty-seven years. Gallia christiana IX, p. 861. Duchesne, III, p. 96 no. 8.
  35. ^ Bishop Amandinus was present at the Council of Tours on 18 November 461. C. Munier, Concilia Galliae, A. 314 – A. 506 (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 148. Gallia christiana IX, p. 862.
  36. ^ Only his name is known.
  37. ^ Only his name is known.
  38. ^ Only his name is known.
  39. ^ Bishop Lupus attended the Council of Clermont (Auvergne) in 541. Gallia christiana IX, p. 862. C. De Clercq, Concilia Galliae, A. 511 – A. 695 (Turnhout: Brepols 1963), p. 111.
  40. ^ Only his name is known.
  41. ^ Only his name is known.
  42. ^ Only his name is known.
  43. ^ Elasius died in Spain, where he had been sent on business concerning Queen Brunhilda. Gallia christiana IX, p. 862. Duchesne, p. 96 no. 17.
  44. ^ Leudomerus took part in the Council of Paris in 614. Gallia christiana IX, p. 862. Duchesne, III, p. 96 no. 18. De Clercq, p. 282.
  45. ^ Felix was present at the Council of Clichy on 27 September 627. Gallia christiana IX, p. 862-863. Duchesne, III, p. 96 no. 19. De Clercq, p. 297.
  46. ^ Bishop Bertoinus confirmed the privileges of two abbeys on 15 February 692/693, year 2 of King Clovis IV. Warin (Canon) (1897). Cartulaire du chapitre de l'église cathédrale de Châlons-sur-Marne (in French and Latin). Paris: A.Picard et Fils. pp. 36–39.
  47. ^ Duchesne, III, p. 97 no 30, assignes Bovo the dates c. 782–802.
  48. ^ Hildigrimus died on 20 June 827. The episcopal catalogues state that he governed the diocese of Châlons for twenty-five years, making his accession date ca. 802. Gallia christiana IX, p. 864-865. Duchesne, III, p. 98 no. 31.
  49. ^ Bishop Lupus participated in the Council of Soissons in April 853. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIV (Venice 1769), p. 982. Gallia christiana IX, p. 866-867. Duchesne, III, p. 98 no. 33.
  50. ^ King Charles ratified an exchange of property between Bishop Erchenrad and one Gotbert. Barthelémy (1853), p. 97 no. XIV (27 September 868).
  51. ^ Willebertus was consecrated on 5 December 868, and died on 2 January 878. He was present at the Concilium Pontigonense in July 876. Mansi, Tomus XVII, p. 314. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 867-869. Duchesne, III, p. 98 no. 35.
  52. ^ Mancio: Gallia christiana IX, p. 869-870.
  53. ^ Letoldus is known from a subscription at the Concilium Troslejanum in 909. Mansi, Tomus XVIII, p. 308. Gallia christiana IX, p. 870.
  54. ^ Gibuin: Gallia christiana IX, p. 871.
  55. ^ Gibuin: Gallia christiana IX, p. 872.
  56. ^ His name appears as Wido in the subscriptions from the Concilium Kalense on 17 May 1008. Mansi, Tomus XIX, p. 296.
  57. ^ The bishop signs himself as 'Rotgerus episcopus secundus'. Barthélemy (1853), p. 98. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 873-874.
  58. ^ Roger de Haunaut is also referred to as Roger (III). Gallia christiana IX, pp. 874-875.
  59. ^ Ebalus: In 1123 he helped negotiate a peace between Pope Calixtus II and the Emperor Henry V. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 878-879.
  60. ^ On the death of Bishop Ebalus, Alberic, Rector of the school of Reims, was elected bishop. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote a testimonial letter to Pope Honorius II on his behalf, but the election was not approved. In 1137 Alberic was elected Bishop of Bourges. Erlebertus is attested in 1128, 1129 and 1130. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 878-879. Gams, p. 523 column 2.
  61. ^ Boso: Gallia christiana IX, p. 882.
  62. ^ Guy was the son of Roger de Joigny, Sire de Joinville. Pope Alexander III wrote a letter from Paris to Bishop-elect Guy de Joinville on 10 February 1063, ordering to have Geoffroy de Joinville restore some property to the Church of Reims. Guy died on 31 January 1190. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 882-883. P. Jaffé and S. Loewenfeld, Regesta pontificum Romanorum II, p. 165 no. 10817.
  63. ^ Rotrocus (Rotrou) had been Treasurer of S. Martin of Tours and Archdeacon of Reims. He died on 10 December 1201. Gallia christiana IX, p. 883-884. Eubel, I, p. 175.
  64. ^ Bishop Gerard resigned in 1215. The Archdeacon Frederick was elected to succeed him, but after one day he too resigned. Gallia christiana IX, p. 884, quoting from the chronicle of Albricus of Trois-Fontaines, Monumenta Germaniae Historica Scriptorum Tomus XXIII, p. 904.
  65. ^ Guillaume was the younger brother of Bishop Rotrou du Perche. He had been Archdeacon and then Treasurer of Bruxelles. In 1203 he became Provost of Calestria (diocese of Tours). He was then Provost of Chartres, and subsequently Chancellor. He died on 12 or 18 February 1226. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 884-886.
  66. ^ Gallia christiana IX, p. 886: apud Catalaunum tandem, transacto biennio, electus est in episcopum decanus Parisiensis Philippus.... During the Sede vacante several attempts at an election of a bishop were made. Henri, Archdeacon of Reims and Treasurer of Beauvais, was elected, but declined. Master Pierre de Collemedio was then elected, but he also refused. Discord accompanied a third attempt, at which the majority settled on Bartolomeo the Lombard, a Canon and Theologus of Châlons; but a minority put forth the brother of the Bishop of Verdun, Robert de Torota, and indicated that if he were unacceptable, they would support Canon Hugh, the Cantor of the Cathedral Chapter.
  67. ^ According to Saint-Maure and the Benedictines, Méréville is not Philippe's correct name; de Nemours is. This judgment is followed by Eubel, I, p. 175. He was the son of Ursus, Lord of Bercy and Royal Chamberlain. Philippe had three uncles who were also bishops, those of Paris (Pierre), Noyon (Étienne), and Meaux (Guillaume). Philippe had been Dean of Paris (1227-1228). He was present at the provincial Council of Reims in 1235. He died on Palm Sunday, 8 April 1237. Mansi, Tomus XXIII (Venice 1779), p. 367. Gallia Christiana IX, p. 886. On his Deanship: Honore Fisquet (1864). La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Paris: Doyens (in French). Paris: Etienne Repos. pp. 17–18.
  68. ^ Geoffrey became involved in a contested election, in which his competitor had more votes than he (18-14); the matter was submitted to Pope Gregory IX, who quashed the election of the competitor, a Canon of Reims. Geoffroy was Electus in documents of 1237, 1238, and 1239, and perhaps 1242. He was granted his bulls on 15 April 1241, four months before the Pope died. Geoffroy died on 22 April 1247. Gallia christiana IX, p. 887. Gams, p. 534 column 2. Eubel, I, p. 175 with note 6.
  69. ^ Pierre de Hans had been Archdeacon of Chalons. His election was approved by Pope Innocent IV on 15 February 1248. The Pope also wrote to King Louis IX gently warning the king that he should not injure the Church of Châlons under the guise of regalia. Bishop Pierre died on 16 November 1261. Gallia christiana IX, p. 887-888. E. Berger, Les registres d'Innocent IV I (Paris 1884), pp. 548-549, nos. 3638-3640. Eubel, I, p. 175.
  70. ^ Conon served as bishop for six years, 1263–1269. Alexandre-Clément Boitel (1841). Histoire de l'ancien et du nouveau Vitry (in French). Chalons: Bouiez. p. 152. Eubel, I, p. 175.
  71. ^ During the vacancy, the administration was in the hands of the King, as regalia, the Bishop of Chalons being a Count and a Peer of France. Boitel, p. 152. Since there was no pope during the papal sede vacante of 1268–1272, there was no pope to issue bulls of consecration or installation.
  72. ^ Arnulfus was the son of Arnulf (VII) Count of Looz (Loffensis, diocese of Liège), and was Provost of Cologne. He was provided (appointed) by Pope Gregory X on 4 September 1272, after a contested election. He died on 30 July 1273. Gallia christiana IX, p. 888. Eubel, I, p. 175.
  73. ^ Remigius died on 10 October 1284. Gallia christiana IX, p. 889. Eubel, I, p. 175.
  74. ^ Jean's election by the Cathedral Chapter was notified to Pope Martin IV, who died on March 28, 1285, before the appropriate bulls could be issued. It was Honorius IV who gave his approval on 24 April 1285. Châteauvillain died on 2 April 1313. Eubel, I, p. 175. M. Prou, Les registres d'Honorius IV (Paris 1888), pp. 23-26 nos. 19-22.
  75. ^ Pierre de Latilly was approved by Pope Clement V on 13 May 1313. He died on 15 March 1328. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 890-891. Eubel, I, p. 175.
  76. ^ Simon, a Canon of Langres, was appointed by Pope John XXII on 6 April 1328. He died on 8 January 1335. Gallia christiana IX, p. 891. Eubel, I, p. 175.
  77. ^ Philippe de Melun, the son of Viscount Adam de Melun, had been a Canon of Paris and of Sens, and Archdeacon of Reims. He was approved by Pope Benedict XII on 15 May 1335, and on 17 May granted the privilege of receiving ordination to the priesthood from any bishop he wished. He was transferred to the diocese of Sens on 15 February 1339, which he resigned in October 1344. J. Vidal, Benoît XII. Lettres communes I (Paris 1903), p. 194 no. 2258. Gallia christiana IX, p. 891. Eubel, I, pp. 175, 448.
  78. ^ Jean de Mandevillain had previously been Bishop Nevers (1333–1334) and Bishop of Arras (1334–1339). He was granted his bulls for Châlons by Benedict XII on 15 February 1339: J. Vidal, Benoît XII. Lettres closes II (Paris 1910), p. 130 no. 6528. He was entered in the book of Obligations on 6 March (for 4,000 gold florins) Mandevillain died on 27 November 1339. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 891-892. Eubel, I, pp. 116, 175, 369.
  79. ^ Joannes: Gallia christiana IX, p. 892. Eubel, I, p. 175.
  80. ^ Reginaldus had previously been Dean of the Chapter of Brugge (diocese of Tournai), and then Bishop of Châlons-sur-Saône (1351–1353). He was elected Bishop of Châlons sur Marne on 25 February 1352, and approved by Innocent VI on 2 October 1353. He took his oath of obedience to his Metropolitan, the Archbishop of Reims, on 30 September 1354. He died on 19 September 1356. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 892-893. Eubel, I, pp. 152, 175.
  81. ^ Archambaud was the son of Amalric (II), Count of Lautrec and Marguerite de Périgueux. Archambaud had previously been a Canon of Paris, and then Bishop of Lavaur (1348–1357). He was appointed Bishop of Châlons by Pope Innocent VI on 11 January 1357. He died on 10 November 1389. Gallia christiana IX, p. 893. Eubel, I, pp. 175, 518.
  82. ^ Charles' brother Jean was Bishop of Valence and Die (1390–1447). Charles was appointed by Clement VII on 29 January 1390. He was transferred to the diocese of Langres on 20 September 1413. He died in 1433. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 893-894. Eubel, I, pp. 175, 307.
  83. ^ Louis de Bar, suburbicarian Bishop of Porto, was named by John XXIII. Eubel, I, p. 175.
  84. ^ Joannes de Saarbrücken was the son of Joannes II of Saarbrücken and Elisabeth de Joinville. He had been Bishop of Verdun (1404–1420), by appointment of Benedict XIII. Johann was transferred from Verdun and appointed BIshop of Châlons by Pope Martin V personally. When he left Verdun in 1420, Louis de Bar became Administrator of the diocese, on 10 January 1420. Joannes de Saarbrücken died on 30 November 1438. Gallia christiana X, Instrumenta, pp. 180-181. Eubel, I, pp. 175, 531; II, p. 122 note 1.
  85. ^ Tudert, a Canon of Paris, was approved on 22 April 1439. He died on 9 December 1439 before he could be consecrated. Gallia christiana IX, p. 895. Eubel, II, p. 122.
  86. ^ Guillaume was Doctor Legum (Civil and Canon Law). He was elected on 4 March 1440, and received papal approval on 6 July. He died on 3 June 1453. Gallia christiana IX, p. 895. Eubel, II, p. 122.
  87. ^ The Cathedral Chapter elected the Archdeacon Ambrosius de Camarata, but the election was quashed by Pope Nicholas V, who transferred Geoffroy from the diocese of Nîmes. His bulls were issued on 27 November 1453. He made his solemn entry into Châlons on 1 September 1454. He built the episcopal palace. He died on 10 February 1503. Gallia christiana IX, p. 895. Gams, p. 535 column 1. Eubel, II, p. 122.
  88. ^ Gilles (Aegidius) was the illegitimate son of Louis de Luxembourg, and had been Dean of the Cathedral Chapter of Châlons. He was approved by Pope Julius II on 29 November 1503. On 1 January 1504 he took his oath of allegiance to King Louis XII at Lyon. As a Peer of France he took part in the coronation of Francis I on 25 January 1515. He died on 10 February 1535. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 896-897. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, p. 158. Clause, pp. 38-39.
  89. ^ Philippe was the nephew of Bishop Robert de Lenoncourt. He was transferred to the diocese of Auxerre on 7 February 1560. He was named a cardinal by Pope Sixtus V on 16 November 1586. Eubel, III, pp. 51 no. 11, 125, 158.
  90. ^ Jérôme's father was chief physician to Francis I, thanks to whose patronage he became Canon of Chartres and royal Aumonier, as well as Abbot commendatory of S. Peter's in Châlons.He was preconised (approved) by Pope Paul IV on 13 April 1556. Eubel III, p. 159.
  91. ^ Joseph Bergin (1996). The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589-1661. New Haven CT USA: Yale University Press. pp. 121–122. ISBN 978-0-300-06751-4.
  92. ^ Cosmas was the brother of Nicolas Clausse, his predecessor. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 898-899.
  93. ^ Henri Clausse was appointed Coadjutor to Bishop Cosme Clausse, his uncle, on 28 April 1608, and succeeded upon the death of Cosme on 1 April 1624. He died on 13 December 1640. Gallia christiana IX, p. 899. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 141 with note 2.
  94. ^ Vialar, who was a doctor of theology, was nominated by King Louis XIII in December 1640, but did not receive his bulls until 26 May 1642. He died on 11 June 1680. Gallia christiana IX, pp. 900-901. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 141 with note 3. Claude-Pierre Goujet (1738). La vie de messire Felix Vialart de Herse, evêque & comte de Châlons en Champagne, Pair de France (in French). Cologne: aux dépens de la Compagnie.
  95. ^ Louis-Antoine de Noailles had been Bishop of Cahors (1679–1681). He was nominated by King Louis XIV on 21 June 1680, and preconised (approved) by Pope Innocent XI on 17 March 1681. He was transferred to the diocese of Paris on 19 September 1695, and created a cardinal by Pope Innocent XII on 21 June 1700. He refused to accept the Bull Unigenitus of Pope Clement XI (8 September 1713), and was excommunicated as a schismatic by the Bull "Pastoralis officii" of August 28, 1718. He died on 4 May 1729, having recanted in 1728. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, pp. 22 no. 28; 150 with note 3; 151 with note 3; 307 with note 4.
  96. ^ Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Gaston de Noailles was the nephew of Louis-Antoine. He was nominated Bishop of Châlons by Louis XIV on 24 December 1695, and preconised (approved) by Pope Innocent XII on 2 April 1696. He died on 15 September 1720. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 150 with note 4.
  97. ^ Saulx-Tavannes was nominated on 1 January 1721, and was approved by Pope Innocent XIII on 24 September 1721. He was consecrated in Paris by Cardinal Fleury on 9 November 1721. He was promoted to the See of Rouen on 18 December 1733, and named a cardinal on 5 April 1756 by Pope Benedict XIV. He died in Paris on 10 March 1759. Jean, p. 319. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 150 with note 5.
  98. ^ Choiseul-Beaupré was nominated bishop of Châlons by King Louis XV on 28 August 1733, and approved (preconised) by Pope Clement XII on 18 December 1733. He died on 2 October 1763. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 155 with note 2.
  99. ^ Lastic, the Bishop of Comminges, was nominated by King Louis XV on 16 November 1763, and preconised by Pope Clement XIII on 19 December 1763. Lastic died on 23 December 1763, without having received his bulls and without having been instituted. It is not known whether he took his oath to the King and received his temporalities. Jean, p. 320.
  100. ^ Le Clerc was later named Archbishop of Paris on 25 February 1782. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 155 with note 3.
  101. ^ Clermont-Tonnerre was nominated to the diocese of Châlons on 23 December 1781, and approved by Pope Pius VI on 25 February 1782. He was consecrated a bishop on 14 April. He resigned the diocese in 1801, in compliance with the express wish of Pope Pius VII. On the restoration of Louis XVIII he was named a Peer of France. In 1817 he was renamed Bishop of Châlons, and the Pope approved, but he was unable to take possession, due to the failure of the National Assembly to ratify the Concordat between France and the Papacy. He was later named Archbishop of Toulouse, on 28 August 1820, and created a cardinal on 2 December 1822. He died in Toulouse on 21 February 1830. Jean, p. 321. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 155 with note 4.
  102. ^ Prilly was nominated on 7 April 1823 by King Louis XVIII and preconised (approved) by Pope Pius VII on 18 November. He was consecrated a bishop at Saint-Sulpice in Paris on 18 January 1824 by Archbishop Frayssinous. He made his solemn entry into Châlons on 31 January. He died on 1 January 1860. Louis de Carrez, in: L'episcopat francais..., pp. 177-179.
  103. ^ Abbé Bailly, "Notice biographique sur Mgr Jean-Honoré Bara, évêque de Chalons," Mémoires de la Société d'agriculture, commerce, sciences et arts du département de la Marne (in French). Chalons: H. Laurent. 1862. pp. 73–82. Louis de Carrez, in: L'episcopat francais..., pp. 179-180.
  104. ^ Meignan: Louis de Carrez, in: L'episcopat francais..., pp. 180-181.
  105. ^ Sourrieu: Louis de Carrez, in: L'episcopat francais..., pp. 181-182.
  106. ^ Latty: Louis de Carrez, in: L'episcopat francais..., p. 182. Clause, pp. 198-217. He was named Archbishop of Avignon on 19 December 1907.
  107. ^ La Croix, le 23/12/2015, Mgr François Touvet, nouvel évêque de Châlons, retrieved: 2017-05-17.(in French)
  108. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 21.11.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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Studies edit

  • Barthélemy, Edouard de (1853). Cartulaires de l'évèché [sic] et du chapitre Saint-Étienne de Châlons-sur-Marne. Histoire et documents (in French). Paris: Didron.
  • Barthélemy, Édouard de (1861). Diocèse ancien de Châlons-sur-Marne, histoire et monuments: suivi des cartulaires inédits de la commanderie de la Neuville-au-Temple, des abbayes de Toussaints, de Monstiers et du prieuré de Vinetz. [With "pièces justificatives."] (in French). Vol. Tome I. Paris: A. Aubry.
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  • Buirette de Verrières, Claude-Rémi (1788). Annales historiques de la ville et Comté-Pairie de Chalons-sur-Marne (in French). Chalons: Seneuze.
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  • Longnon, Auguste (1897). Cartulaire du chapitre de l'église cathédrale de Châlons-sur-Marne (in French). Paris: A.Picard et Fils.
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External links edit

  • Goyau, Georges. "Châlons-sur-Marne." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. Retrieved: 2016-07-11.
  • Cheney, David M. Catholic-Hierarchy: Diocese of Chalons. Retrieved: 2016-07-11 [self-published]
  • Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2017-05-15.(in French)

Acknowledgment edit

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Châlons-sur-Marne". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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The Diocese of Chalons Latin Dioecesis Catalaunensis French Diocese de Chalons is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Chalons sur Marne France The diocese comprises the department of Marne excluding the arrondissement of Reims 1 2 Diocese of ChalonsDioecesis CatalaunensisDiocese de ChalonsChalons CathedralLocationCountryFranceEcclesiastical provinceReimsMetropolitanArchdiocese of ReimsStatisticsArea6 501 km2 2 510 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2013 265 000258 500 97 5 InformationDenominationRoman CatholicSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablished4th CenturyCathedralCathedral of St Stephen in ChalonsPatron saintSaint MemmiusCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopvacantMetropolitan ArchbishopEric de Moulins BeaufortWebsiteWebsite of the DioceseThe Diocese of Chalons is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Cathedral seminary college 1 2 Benefices 1 3 Revolution 1 4 Church of the Concordat 2 Bishops 2 1 To 1000 2 2 1000 1300 2 3 1300 1500 2 4 1500 1700 2 5 1700 1900 2 6 From 1900 3 See also 4 References 5 Bibliography 5 1 Reference works 5 2 Studies 5 3 External links 5 3 1 AcknowledgmentHistory editLocal legends maintain that the evangelization of Chalons by St Memmius sent thither by St Peter and assisted by his sister Poma also by St Donatian and St Domitian took place in the first century 4 These legends are not creditable 5 and in the revised list of the diocesan saints in the Breviary prayer book these legends have been suppressed Louis Duchesne a prominent scholar of early Christianity in Gaul assigns the founding of the See of Chalons to the fourth century The bishops of Chalons played a part in French history as Peers of France At the coronation of the Capetian kings the Bishop of Chalons always carried the royal ring Cathedral seminary college edit The older cathedral at Chalons had been dedicated to Saint Vincent up to the time of Charles the Bald 6 It had become the cathedral under Bishop Felix I ca 625 when the older cathedral was abandoned 7 In 931 and again in 963 the town of Chalons suffered serious fires In 931 the fire was deliberately set by King Raoul Rudolph in reprisal for the support given by Bishop Bovo to Count Heribert of Vermandois against the King 8 In 963 it was Count Heribert of Vermandois who put the city to the flames because Bishop Gebuin had supported the deposition of Heribert s son from the archbishopric of Reims In both cases the cathedral suffered serious damage In 1138 the cathedral was struck by lightning and mostly destroyed 9 The new Cathedral of S Etienne was consecrated in 1147 by the exiled Pope Eugene III assisted by eighteen cardinals with Bernard of Clairvaux in attendance 10 In 1253 when he was visiting Rome Bishop Pierre de Hans was able to obtain what was claimed to be a fragment of the head of S Etienne Stephen the Protomartyr from the Abbot of the monastery at S Paolo fuori le mura 11 The first seminary in Chalons was founded by Bishop Jerome de Burges or Jerome Bourgeois on 14 October 1572 in part of the abandoned Hopital Saint Lazare which was thereafter called the College S Lazare From 1617 the seminarists shared quarters with the Jesuits and when the Jesuits moved to larger quarters the seminary followed them It was only in 1646 that Bishop de Vialar provided them with separate and inadequate quarters Bishop de Clermont Tonnerre had the church of S Nicholas demolished and the seminary extended on its foundations 12 The College de Chalons College S Lazare was endowed by Bishop Cosme Clausse on 30 May 1615 and he and the City entered into a contract with the Jesuits to staff the college on 23 February 1617 The Jesuits directed the school until they were expelled from France in 1762 at which point the college was turned over to laymen and secular clergy until the end of the monarchy in 1791 In 1784 some 245 pupils were being educated there 13 Benefices edit The diocese was well supplied with positions which carried income with them The cathedral had eight dignities the Dean the Cantor the Grand Archdeacon of Chalons the Archdeacon of Joinville the Archdeacon of Astenai and the Archdeacon of Vertus the Treasurer and the Succentor 14 In addition there were thirty Canons In 1699 the number of Canons was thirty nine while in 1764 the number was thirty one 15 There had once been a Provost as well but the office was abolished by Bishop Roger in 1065 with royal consent The bishop appointed the four Archdeacons and the Treasurer while the Dean the Cantor and the Succentor were elected by the Chapter of the Cathedral The Chapter also assigned the prebends to which the Archdeacons and Treasurer were not entitled 16 There were also two Collegiate Churches in the city of Chalons Saint Trinite with ten prebendaries appointed by the Cathedral Chapter and Notre Dame en Vaux with twelve prebendaries appointed by the Cathedral Chapter 17 Among its abbeys 18 the diocese counted St Memmius Augustinians founded in the fifth century by Alpinus Toussaints Augustinians founded in the eleventh century Chatrices Augustinians Montier en Der Benedictines founded in the seventh century by St Bereharius a monk from Luxeuil 19 Saint Urbain founded in 865 20 Saint Pierre au Mont Benedictines founded during the same period Moiremont Benedictines 21 Huiron Benedictines Saint Sauveur de Vertus Benedictines Notre Dame de Vertus Augustinians Trois Fontaines Cistercians Haute Fontaine Cistercians Cheminon Cistercians and Moutier en Argonne Cistercians The king was the patron and made the appointments at Toussaints Saint Pierre Saint Memmius and Chatrices 22 Notre Dame de l Epine near Chalons was a place of pilgrimage as early as the beginning of the fifteenth century thanks to the mysterious discovery of a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary 23 Revolution edit In 1790 the National Constituent Assembly decided to bring the French church under the control of the State Civil government of the provinces was to be reorganized into new units called departements originally intended to be 83 or 84 in number The dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church were to be reduced in number to coincide as much as possible with the new departments Since there were more than 130 bishoprics at the time of the Revolution more than fifty dioceses needed to be suppressed and their territories consolidated Clergy would need to take an oath of allegiance to the State and its Constitution specified by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and they would become salaried officials of the State Both bishops and priests would be elected by special electors in each department This meant schism since bishops would no longer need to be approved preconised by the Papacy the transfer of bishops likewise which had formerly been the exclusive prerogative of the pope in canon law would be the privilege of the State the election of bishops no longer lay with the Cathedral Chapters which were all abolished or other responsible clergy or the Pope but with electors who did not even have to be Catholics or Christians The diocese of Chalons sur Marne was one of the dioceses which was suppressed and its territory was transferred to a new diocese centered at Reims and called the Diocese of the Marne The bishop of Marne would be the Metropolitan of a Metropole du Nord Est which would include Marne Aisne Ardennes Meurthe Moselle and Nord 24 The dioceses of Soissons and Troyes were also suppressed and incorporated into the Diocese du Marne The Bishops of Reims Chalons Soissons and Troyes protested addressing letters to their clergy and to the electors and warning them to take no account of the activities of the government as regards the Church In Chalons a large number of the clergy were in favor of reforms One in four of the curates and one in five of the vicars refused to take the oath to the Civil Constitution or retracted it after they had taken it 25 This meant that they were discharged from their functions and left without incomes they became targets of the more radical of the revolutionaries In Marne the 539 electors were invited to assemble by the Constituent Assembly and 395 of them assembled at Reims in March 1791 They elected Francois Nicolas Gangand the cure of Mareuil sur Ay 26 but he refused Then on March 15 they elected Nicolas Diot as Bishop and Metropolitan of Marne and he thus acquired control over the suppressed diocese of Chalons sur Marne He was consecrated in Paris on 1 May 1791 by Constitutional Bishop Jean Baptiste Gobel 27 The consecration was valid having been performed in the proper form by three Roman Catholic bishops but illicit and schismatic since the election and consecration had taken place without the sanction of Pope Pius VII Diot acquiesced in new attitudes he actually presided at the marriage of one of his priests He survived the Terror which had abolished Religion and replaced it with Reason and as late as 1800 he carried out an episcopal consecration Cambrai In 1801 he presided at a diocesan synod and in June 1802 at a Metropolitan synod He died on 31 December 1802 28 Church of the Concordat edit In the meantime First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte was preparing to end the religious confusion in France by entering into a Concordat with the Vatican He had plans for the future and he required a united France in order to carry them out successfully In separate actions both he and Pius VII called on all bishops in France to submit their resignations On November 29 1801 by the bull Qui Christi Domini Pope Pius VII suppressed all of the Roman Catholic dioceses in France and reinstituted them under papal authority This act did away with whatever doubt or ambiguity might still exist as to a Constitutional Church and Constitutional dioceses in France 29 United in 1802 with the Diocese of Meaux and in 1821 with the Archdiocese of Reims the Diocese of Chalons was re established in 1822 and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims The Concordat of 1801 was unilaterally abrogated by the Law of Separation of Church and State enacted on 9 December 1905 30 From that date the Republic no longer nominated French bishops The law also declared that all religious buildings were property of the state and local governments and enacted the prohibition of affixing religious signs on public buildings Nuns were removed from hospital staffs Schools were secularized and religious instruction was forbidden to children between the ages of six and thirteen The law did not apply to the provinces of Alsace or Lorraine which were at the time part of the German Empire Bishops editTo 1000 edit c 260 280 St Memmius 31 St Donatianus 32 St Domitianus 33 Amable c 300 Didier c 340 Sanctissimus c 400 Provinctus by 411 before 461 Alpinus St Alpin 34 by 461 500 Amandinus Amand 35 500 Florandus 36 c 515 Providerius 37 c 530 Prodictor or Proditor Productor 38 535 541 Lupus 39 Papio 40 c 565 Eucharius 41 578 Teutinodus or Teutmodus 42 c 579 Elasius Elaphius 43 attested 614 Leudomerus 44 after 614 after 627 Felix 45 Ragnebaud c 660 Landebert c 685 Arnoul I 693 Bertoinus 46 Felix II Bladald Scaricus c 770 Ricaire 770 784 Willibald 784 804 Bovo 47 c 804 827 Hildegrim of Chalons 48 810 835 Adelelmus 835 857 Lupus II 49 857 868 Erchenrad 50 868 878 Willibert 51 878 887 Berno 887 894 Rodoaldus 894 908 Mancio 52 c 908 912 Letoldus 53 c 912 947 Bovo II c 947 998 Gibuin I 54 998 1004 Gibuin II 55 1000 1300 edit 1004 1008 Guido Guy 56 1008 1042 Roger I 1042 1066 Rotgerus Secundus 57 1066 1093 Roger de Hainaut 58 1093 1100 Philippe de Champagne House of Blois 1100 1113 Hugues 1113 1121 William de Champeaux 1122 1127 Ebalus de Roucy 59 1127 1130 Erlebertus 60 1131 1142 Geoffroy I 1142 1147 Guy II de Pierrepont 1147 1152 Barthelemy de Senlis 1152 1153 Aymon Haymo 1153 1162 Boso 61 1164 1190 Guy III de Joinville 62 1190 1201 Rotrou du Perche 63 1200 1215 Gerard de Douai 64 1215 1226 Guillaume II de Perche Count of Le Perche 65 Sede Vacante 1226 1228 66 1228 1237 Philippe de Nemours 67 1241 1247 Geoffroy de Grandpre 68 1248 1261 Pierre I de Hans 69 1262 1269 Conon de Vitry 70 Sede Vacante 1269 1272 71 1272 1273 Arnoul II 72 1273 1284 Remi de Somme Tourbe 73 1285 1313 Jean I de Chateauvillain 74 1300 1500 edit 1313 1328 Pierre II de Latilly 75 1328 1335 Simon de Chateauvillain 76 1335 1339 Philippe III de Melun 77 1339 Jean II de Mandevillain 78 1340 1351 Jean III Happe 79 1352 1356 Regnaud Chauveau 80 1357 1389 Archambaud de Lautrec 81 1389 1413 Charles de Poitiers Avignon Obedience 82 1413 1420 Louis of Bar Administrator 83 1420 1438 Johann IV of Saarbrucken 84 1439 Jean V Tudert 85 1440 1453 Guillaume III le Tur 86 1453 1503 Geoffroy III Soreau or Geoffroy Floreau 87 1500 1700 edit 1504 1535 Gilles de Luxembourg 88 1535 1549 Robert de Lenoncourt 1550 1556 Philippe de Lenoncourt 89 1556 1571 Jerome de Burges or Jerome Bourgeois 90 1571 1573 Nicolas Clausse de Marchamont 91 1575 1624 Cosme Clausse de Marchamont 92 1624 1640 Henri Clausse de Fleury 93 1642 1680 Felix Vialar de Herse 94 1681 1695 Louis Antoine de Noailles 95 1696 1720 Jean Baptiste Louis Gaston de Noailles 96 1700 1900 edit 1721 1733 Nicolas Charles de Saulx Tavannes 97 1733 1763 Claude Antoine de Choiseul Beaupre 98 Antoine de Lastic December 19 23 1763 99 1764 1782 Antoine Eleonore Leon Le Clerc de Juigne de Neuchelles 100 1782 1801 Anne Antoine Jules de Clermont Tonnerre 101 1790 1824 Diocese suppressed 1824 1860 Marie Joseph Francois Victor Monyer de Prilly 102 1860 1864 Jean Honore Bara 103 1864 1882 Guillaume Rene Meignan later Bishop of Arras 104 1882 1894 Guillaume Marie Romain Sourrieu later Archbishop of Rouen 105 1894 1907 Gaspard Marie Michel Andre Latty 106 From 1900 edit 1908 1912 Hector Irenee Sevin later Archbishop of Lyon 1912 1948 Joseph Marie Tissier 1948 1973 Rene Joseph Pierard 1973 1998 Lucien Emile Bardonne 1999 2015 Gilbert Louis 2015 2023 Francois Touvet 107 108 See also editCatholic Church in FranceReferences edit Official web site in French Chalons sur Marne Catholic Encyclopedia article Diocese of Chalons from catholic hierarchy org self published source Rabanus Maurus Abbot of Fulda 9th century quoted in Acta Sanctorum August Volume 2 p 4 Duchesne III p 95 note 3 Gallia christiana IX p 858 Estrayez Cabassolle p 15 Barthelemy 1861 I pp 28 30 Estrayez Cabassolle p 19 Estrayez Cabassolle pp 20 22 Gallia christiana IX p 887 L Barbat 1860 Histoire de la ville de Chalons sur Marne et de ses monuments depuis son origine jusqu a l epoque actuelle 1854 in French Chalons sur Marne Barbat pp 109 110 Archives Departementales de la Marne anterieures a 1790 Inventaire sommaire Archives civiles Series C D E F in French Chalons l Union republicaine 1892 pp iv 211 Barbat pp 37 39 Louis Grignon 1889 Topographie historique de la ville de Chalons sur Marne in French Chalons Martin pp 324 325 The Archdeacons are not attested until the eleventh century Guignon p ix Barthelemy 1853 pp 71 Ritzler Sefrin VI p 155 note 1 Gallia christiana IX pp 858 859 Barthelemy 1853 pp 71 73 Pouillie general 1648 p 4 p 72 Barthelemy 1861 I pp 127 198 Dervum Montier en Der Gallia christiana IX pp 906 910 Saint Urbain Gallia christiana IX pp 923 924 Moiremont Mauri mons Gallia christiana IX pp 931 932 Pouillie general 1648 pp 3 4 pp 71 72 Louis Demaison 1895 Documents inedits sur l eglise Notre Dame de l Epine in French Reims Imprimerie de l Academie Paul Pisani 1907 Repertoire biographique de l episcopat constitutionnel 1791 1802 in French Paris A Picard et fils pp 199 200 Pisani p 200 Bouchez Emile 1913 Le clerge du pays remois pendant la revolution et la suppression de l Archeveche de Reims 1789 1821 in French L Monce p 208 Pisani p 456 Gobel had been consecrated a year earlier by Bishop Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord of Autun and two other titular bishops Pisani pp 203 204 Pius VI Pius VII 1821 Collectio per epitomen facta Bullarum Brevium Allocutionum Epistolarumque Pii VI contra constitutionem civilem Cleri Gallicani ejusque authores et fautores item Concordatorum inter Pium VII et Gubernium Rei publicae in Galliis atque alia varia regimina post modum in hac regione sibi succedentia tum expostulationum apud Pium Papam VII Contra varia Acta ad Ecclesiam Gallicanam spectantia a triginta et octo Episcopis Archiepiscop et Cardinal antiquae Ecclesiae Gallicanae subscriptarum etc 6 Avril 1803 in Latin London Cox amp Baylis pp 111 121 Mathilde Guilbaud La loi de separation de 1905 ou l impossible rupture Revue d histoire du XIX siecle 28 2004 pp 163 173 retrieved 2017 05 19 Memmius or Memmie or Menge Duchesne III p 95 no 1 Sa legende est sans valeur Donatianus is mentioned only in the Life of Memmius as his successor Domitianus is mentioned only in the Life of Memmius as his successor Alpinus is said to have been a disciple of Lupus of Troyes He was bishop when Attila the Hun fought the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains Chalons in 451 and to have served for forty seven years Gallia christiana IX p 861 Duchesne III p 96 no 8 Bishop Amandinus was present at the Council of Tours on 18 November 461 C Munier Concilia Galliae A 314 A 506 Turnholt Brepols 1963 p 148 Gallia christiana IX p 862 Only his name is known Only his name is known Only his name is known Bishop Lupus attended the Council of Clermont Auvergne in 541 Gallia christiana IX p 862 C De Clercq Concilia Galliae A 511 A 695 Turnhout Brepols 1963 p 111 Only his name is known Only his name is known Only his name is known Elasius died in Spain where he had been sent on business concerning Queen Brunhilda Gallia christiana IX p 862 Duchesne p 96 no 17 Leudomerus took part in the Council of Paris in 614 Gallia christiana IX p 862 Duchesne III p 96 no 18 De Clercq p 282 Felix was present at the Council of Clichy on 27 September 627 Gallia christiana IX p 862 863 Duchesne III p 96 no 19 De Clercq p 297 Bishop Bertoinus confirmed the privileges of two abbeys on 15 February 692 693 year 2 of King Clovis IV Warin Canon 1897 Cartulaire du chapitre de l eglise cathedrale de Chalons sur Marne in French and Latin Paris A Picard et Fils pp 36 39 Duchesne III p 97 no 30 assignes Bovo the dates c 782 802 Hildigrimus died on 20 June 827 The episcopal catalogues state that he governed the diocese of Chalons for twenty five years making his accession date ca 802 Gallia christiana IX p 864 865 Duchesne III p 98 no 31 Bishop Lupus participated in the Council of Soissons in April 853 J D Mansi ed Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima Tomus XIV Venice 1769 p 982 Gallia christiana IX p 866 867 Duchesne III p 98 no 33 King Charles ratified an exchange of property between Bishop Erchenrad and one Gotbert Barthelemy 1853 p 97 no XIV 27 September 868 Willebertus was consecrated on 5 December 868 and died on 2 January 878 He was present at the Concilium Pontigonense in July 876 Mansi Tomus XVII p 314 Gallia christiana IX pp 867 869 Duchesne III p 98 no 35 Mancio Gallia christiana IX p 869 870 Letoldus is known from a subscription at the Concilium Troslejanum in 909 Mansi Tomus XVIII p 308 Gallia christiana IX p 870 Gibuin Gallia christiana IX p 871 Gibuin Gallia christiana IX p 872 His name appears as Wido in the subscriptions from the Concilium Kalense on 17 May 1008 Mansi Tomus XIX p 296 The bishop signs himself as Rotgerus episcopus secundus Barthelemy 1853 p 98 Gallia christiana IX pp 873 874 Roger de Haunaut is also referred to as Roger III Gallia christiana IX pp 874 875 Ebalus In 1123 he helped negotiate a peace between Pope Calixtus II and the Emperor Henry V Gallia christiana IX pp 878 879 On the death of Bishop Ebalus Alberic Rector of the school of Reims was elected bishop Bernard of Clairvaux wrote a testimonial letter to Pope Honorius II on his behalf but the election was not approved In 1137 Alberic was elected Bishop of Bourges Erlebertus is attested in 1128 1129 and 1130 Gallia christiana IX pp 878 879 Gams p 523 column 2 Boso Gallia christiana IX p 882 Guy was the son of Roger de Joigny Sire de Joinville Pope Alexander III wrote a letter from Paris to Bishop elect Guy de Joinville on 10 February 1063 ordering to have Geoffroy de Joinville restore some property to the Church of Reims Guy died on 31 January 1190 Gallia christiana IX pp 882 883 P Jaffe and S Loewenfeld Regesta pontificum Romanorum II p 165 no 10817 Rotrocus Rotrou had been Treasurer of S Martin of Tours and Archdeacon of Reims He died on 10 December 1201 Gallia christiana IX p 883 884 Eubel I p 175 Bishop Gerard resigned in 1215 The Archdeacon Frederick was elected to succeed him but after one day he too resigned Gallia christiana IX p 884 quoting from the chronicle of Albricus of Trois Fontaines Monumenta Germaniae Historica Scriptorum Tomus XXIII p 904 Guillaume was the younger brother of Bishop Rotrou du Perche He had been Archdeacon and then Treasurer of Bruxelles In 1203 he became Provost of Calestria diocese of Tours He was then Provost of Chartres and subsequently Chancellor He died on 12 or 18 February 1226 Gallia christiana IX pp 884 886 Gallia christiana IX p 886 apud Catalaunum tandem transacto biennio electus est in episcopum decanus Parisiensis Philippus During the Sede vacante several attempts at an election of a bishop were made Henri Archdeacon of Reims and Treasurer of Beauvais was elected but declined Master Pierre de Collemedio was then elected but he also refused Discord accompanied a third attempt at which the majority settled on Bartolomeo the Lombard a Canon and Theologus of Chalons but a minority put forth the brother of the Bishop of Verdun Robert de Torota and indicated that if he were unacceptable they would support Canon Hugh the Cantor of the Cathedral Chapter According to Saint Maure and the Benedictines Mereville is not Philippe s correct name de Nemours is This judgment is followed by Eubel I p 175 He was the son of Ursus Lord of Bercy and Royal Chamberlain Philippe had three uncles who were also bishops those of Paris Pierre Noyon Etienne and Meaux Guillaume Philippe had been Dean of Paris 1227 1228 He was present at the provincial Council of Reims in 1235 He died on Palm Sunday 8 April 1237 Mansi Tomus XXIII Venice 1779 p 367 Gallia Christiana IX p 886 On his Deanship Honore Fisquet 1864 La France pontificale Gallia Christiana Paris Doyens in French Paris Etienne Repos pp 17 18 Geoffrey became involved in a contested election in which his competitor had more votes than he 18 14 the matter was submitted to Pope Gregory IX who quashed the election of the competitor a Canon of Reims Geoffroy was Electus in documents of 1237 1238 and 1239 and perhaps 1242 He was granted his bulls on 15 April 1241 four months before the Pope died Geoffroy died on 22 April 1247 Gallia christiana IX p 887 Gams p 534 column 2 Eubel I p 175 with note 6 Pierre de Hans had been Archdeacon of Chalons His election was approved by Pope Innocent IV on 15 February 1248 The Pope also wrote to King Louis IX gently warning the king that he should not injure the Church of Chalons under the guise of regalia Bishop Pierre died on 16 November 1261 Gallia christiana IX p 887 888 E Berger Les registres d Innocent IV I Paris 1884 pp 548 549 nos 3638 3640 Eubel I p 175 Conon served as bishop for six years 1263 1269 Alexandre Clement Boitel 1841 Histoire de l ancien et du nouveau Vitry in French Chalons Bouiez p 152 Eubel I p 175 During the vacancy the administration was in the hands of the King as regalia the Bishop of Chalons being a Count and a Peer of France Boitel p 152 Since there was no pope during the papal sede vacante of 1268 1272 there was no pope to issue bulls of consecration or installation Arnulfus was the son of Arnulf VII Count of Looz Loffensis diocese of Liege and was Provost of Cologne He was provided appointed by Pope Gregory X on 4 September 1272 after a contested election He died on 30 July 1273 Gallia christiana IX p 888 Eubel I p 175 Remigius died on 10 October 1284 Gallia christiana IX p 889 Eubel I p 175 Jean s election by the Cathedral Chapter was notified to Pope Martin IV who died on March 28 1285 before the appropriate bulls could be issued It was Honorius IV who gave his approval on 24 April 1285 Chateauvillain died on 2 April 1313 Eubel I p 175 M Prou Les registres d Honorius IV Paris 1888 pp 23 26 nos 19 22 Pierre de Latilly was approved by Pope Clement V on 13 May 1313 He died on 15 March 1328 Gallia christiana IX pp 890 891 Eubel I p 175 Simon a Canon of Langres was appointed by Pope John XXII on 6 April 1328 He died on 8 January 1335 Gallia christiana IX p 891 Eubel I p 175 Philippe de Melun the son of Viscount Adam de Melun had been a Canon of Paris and of Sens and Archdeacon of Reims He was approved by Pope Benedict XII on 15 May 1335 and on 17 May granted the privilege of receiving ordination to the priesthood from any bishop he wished He was transferred to the diocese of Sens on 15 February 1339 which he resigned in October 1344 J Vidal Benoit XII Lettres communes I Paris 1903 p 194 no 2258 Gallia christiana IX p 891 Eubel I pp 175 448 Jean de Mandevillain had previously been Bishop Nevers 1333 1334 and Bishop of Arras 1334 1339 He was granted his bulls for Chalons by Benedict XII on 15 February 1339 J Vidal Benoit XII Lettres closes II Paris 1910 p 130 no 6528 He was entered in the book of Obligations on 6 March for 4 000 gold florins Mandevillain died on 27 November 1339 Gallia christiana IX pp 891 892 Eubel I pp 116 175 369 Joannes Gallia christiana IX p 892 Eubel I p 175 Reginaldus had previously been Dean of the Chapter of Brugge diocese of Tournai and then Bishop of Chalons sur Saone 1351 1353 He was elected Bishop of Chalons sur Marne on 25 February 1352 and approved by Innocent VI on 2 October 1353 He took his oath of obedience to his Metropolitan the Archbishop of Reims on 30 September 1354 He died on 19 September 1356 Gallia christiana IX pp 892 893 Eubel I pp 152 175 Archambaud was the son of Amalric II Count of Lautrec and Marguerite de Perigueux Archambaud had previously been a Canon of Paris and then Bishop of Lavaur 1348 1357 He was appointed Bishop of Chalons by Pope Innocent VI on 11 January 1357 He died on 10 November 1389 Gallia christiana IX p 893 Eubel I pp 175 518 Charles brother Jean was Bishop of Valence and Die 1390 1447 Charles was appointed by Clement VII on 29 January 1390 He was transferred to the diocese of Langres on 20 September 1413 He died in 1433 Gallia christiana IX pp 893 894 Eubel I pp 175 307 Louis de Bar suburbicarian Bishop of Porto was named by John XXIII Eubel I p 175 Joannes de Saarbrucken was the son of Joannes II of Saarbrucken and Elisabeth de Joinville He had been Bishop of Verdun 1404 1420 by appointment of Benedict XIII Johann was transferred from Verdun and appointed BIshop of Chalons by Pope Martin V personally When he left Verdun in 1420 Louis de Bar became Administrator of the diocese on 10 January 1420 Joannes de Saarbrucken died on 30 November 1438 Gallia christiana X Instrumenta pp 180 181 Eubel I pp 175 531 II p 122 note 1 Tudert a Canon of Paris was approved on 22 April 1439 He died on 9 December 1439 before he could be consecrated Gallia christiana IX p 895 Eubel II p 122 Guillaume was Doctor Legum Civil and Canon Law He was elected on 4 March 1440 and received papal approval on 6 July He died on 3 June 1453 Gallia christiana IX p 895 Eubel II p 122 The Cathedral Chapter elected the Archdeacon Ambrosius de Camarata but the election was quashed by Pope Nicholas V who transferred Geoffroy from the diocese of Nimes His bulls were issued on 27 November 1453 He made his solemn entry into Chalons on 1 September 1454 He built the episcopal palace He died on 10 February 1503 Gallia christiana IX p 895 Gams p 535 column 1 Eubel II p 122 Gilles Aegidius was the illegitimate son of Louis de Luxembourg and had been Dean of the Cathedral Chapter of Chalons He was approved by Pope Julius II on 29 November 1503 On 1 January 1504 he took his oath of allegiance to King Louis XII at Lyon As a Peer of France he took part in the coronation of Francis I on 25 January 1515 He died on 10 February 1535 Gallia christiana IX pp 896 897 Eubel Hierarchia catholica III p 158 Clause pp 38 39 Philippe was the nephew of Bishop Robert de Lenoncourt He was transferred to the diocese of Auxerre on 7 February 1560 He was named a cardinal by Pope Sixtus V on 16 November 1586 Eubel III pp 51 no 11 125 158 Jerome s father was chief physician to Francis I thanks to whose patronage he became Canon of Chartres and royal Aumonier as well as Abbot commendatory of S Peter s in Chalons He was preconised approved by Pope Paul IV on 13 April 1556 Eubel III p 159 Joseph Bergin 1996 The Making of the French Episcopate 1589 1661 New Haven CT USA Yale University Press pp 121 122 ISBN 978 0 300 06751 4 Cosmas was the brother of Nicolas Clausse his predecessor Gallia christiana IX pp 898 899 Henri Clausse was appointed Coadjutor to Bishop Cosme Clausse his uncle on 28 April 1608 and succeeded upon the death of Cosme on 1 April 1624 He died on 13 December 1640 Gallia christiana IX p 899 Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV p 141 with note 2 Vialar who was a doctor of theology was nominated by King Louis XIII in December 1640 but did not receive his bulls until 26 May 1642 He died on 11 June 1680 Gallia christiana IX pp 900 901 Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV p 141 with note 3 Claude Pierre Goujet 1738 La vie de messire Felix Vialart de Herse eveque amp comte de Chalons en Champagne Pair de France in French Cologne aux depens de la Compagnie Louis Antoine de Noailles had been Bishop of Cahors 1679 1681 He was nominated by King Louis XIV on 21 June 1680 and preconised approved by Pope Innocent XI on 17 March 1681 He was transferred to the diocese of Paris on 19 September 1695 and created a cardinal by Pope Innocent XII on 21 June 1700 He refused to accept the Bull Unigenitus of Pope Clement XI 8 September 1713 and was excommunicated as a schismatic by the Bull Pastoralis officii of August 28 1718 He died on 4 May 1729 having recanted in 1728 Ritzler Sefrin Hierarchia catholica V pp 22 no 28 150 with note 3 151 with note 3 307 with note 4 Jean Baptiste Louis Gaston de Noailles was the nephew of Louis Antoine He was nominated Bishop of Chalons by Louis XIV on 24 December 1695 and preconised approved by Pope Innocent XII on 2 April 1696 He died on 15 September 1720 Ritzler Sefrin Hierarchia catholica V p 150 with note 4 Saulx Tavannes was nominated on 1 January 1721 and was approved by Pope Innocent XIII on 24 September 1721 He was consecrated in Paris by Cardinal Fleury on 9 November 1721 He was promoted to the See of Rouen on 18 December 1733 and named a cardinal on 5 April 1756 by Pope Benedict XIV He died in Paris on 10 March 1759 Jean p 319 Ritzler Sefrin Hierarchia catholica V p 150 with note 5 Choiseul Beaupre was nominated bishop of Chalons by King Louis XV on 28 August 1733 and approved preconised by Pope Clement XII on 18 December 1733 He died on 2 October 1763 Ritzler Sefrin Hierarchia catholica VI p 155 with note 2 Lastic the Bishop of Comminges was nominated by King Louis XV on 16 November 1763 and preconised by Pope Clement XIII on 19 December 1763 Lastic died on 23 December 1763 without having received his bulls and without having been instituted It is not known whether he took his oath to the King and received his temporalities Jean p 320 Le Clerc was later named Archbishop of Paris on 25 February 1782 Ritzler Sefrin VI p 155 with note 3 Clermont Tonnerre was nominated to the diocese of Chalons on 23 December 1781 and approved by Pope Pius VI on 25 February 1782 He was consecrated a bishop on 14 April He resigned the diocese in 1801 in compliance with the express wish of Pope Pius VII On the restoration of Louis XVIII he was named a Peer of France In 1817 he was renamed Bishop of Chalons and the Pope approved but he was unable to take possession due to the failure of the National Assembly to ratify the Concordat between France and the Papacy He was later named Archbishop of Toulouse on 28 August 1820 and created a cardinal on 2 December 1822 He died in Toulouse on 21 February 1830 Jean p 321 Ritzler Sefrin VI p 155 with note 4 Prilly was nominated on 7 April 1823 by King Louis XVIII and preconised approved by Pope Pius VII on 18 November He was consecrated a bishop at Saint Sulpice in Paris on 18 January 1824 by Archbishop Frayssinous He made his solemn entry into Chalons on 31 January He died on 1 January 1860 Louis de Carrez in L episcopat francais pp 177 179 Abbe Bailly Notice biographique sur Mgr Jean Honore Bara eveque de Chalons Memoires de la Societe d agriculture commerce sciences et arts du departement de la Marne in French Chalons H Laurent 1862 pp 73 82 Louis de Carrez in L episcopat francais pp 179 180 Meignan Louis de Carrez in L episcopat francais pp 180 181 Sourrieu Louis de Carrez in L 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