Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite diocese
in France
.
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tours.
has been a site of Christian pilgrimage
since the Middle Ages. The poet Charles Péguy
(1873–1914) revived the pilgrimage route between Paris
and Chartres before the First World War. After the war, some students carried on the pilgrimage in his memory. Since the 1980s, the association Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, with offices in Versailles, has organized the annual 100-km pilgrimage on foot from the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris to the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Chartres. About 15,000 pilgrims, mostly young families from all over France, participate every year.
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...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tours.
Pilgrimages
ChartresChartres
Chartres is a commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is located southwest of Paris.-Geography:Chartres is built on the left bank of the Eure River, on a hill crowned by its famous cathedral, the spires of which are a landmark in the surrounding country...
has been a site of Christian pilgrimage
Christian pilgrimage
Christian pilgrimage was first made to sites connected with the ministry of Jesus. Surviving descriptions of Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land and Jerusalem date from the 4th century, when pilgrimage was encouraged by church fathers like Saint Jerome and established by Helena, the mother of...
since the Middle Ages. The poet Charles Péguy
Charles Péguy
Charles Péguy was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism, but by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a devout but non-practicing Roman Catholic.From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his...
(1873–1914) revived the pilgrimage route between Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Chartres before the First World War. After the war, some students carried on the pilgrimage in his memory. Since the 1980s, the association Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, with offices in Versailles, has organized the annual 100-km pilgrimage on foot from the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris to the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Chartres. About 15,000 pilgrims, mostly young families from all over France, participate every year.
To 1000
- Saint Aventin (Adventinus)
- Optat (?)
- Valentin c. 395
- Martin le Blanc (Martinus Candidus)
- Aignan
- Severe
- Castor
- Africanus (?)
- Possesseur (Possessor)
- Polychronius
- Palladius (?)
- Arbogast
- Flavius (?)
- Saint Solen or Solenne (Solemnis)
- c. 511 Saint Aventin
- ?–552 Ethere, also Euthere (Etherus)
- ?–557 Saint Lubin (Leobinus)
- ?–567 Saint Caletric
- Pappolus (Papulus, Pabulus)
- Saint Bethaire or Bohaire (Betharius) c. 600
- Magnobode or Magobertus, Magnebodus, Mugoldus (?)
- Sigoald
- Mainulf
- Thibaut
- Lancegesile or Bertegisilus (Leodegisilus, Lancissilus, Langesilisus, Bertegisilus)
- c. 640–658?: Saint Malard
- Gaubert or Gausbert (Gaubertus, Gausbertus)
- Deodat (?)
- Dromus, Dronus, Drono, Pronus, Promus, Promo (?)
- Berthegran (?)
- Haynius (?)
- Agirard or Airard (Agirardus, Aidradus, Airardus, Aicardus, Haigradus)
- Agatheus (?)
- Leobert (Leobertus, Leudisbertus) c.723
- Hado (?)
- Flavius (?)
- Godessald (?) also Godosaldus, Godalsadus
- Bernoin (Bernoinus, Hernoinus, Hieronymus)
- Helie ca. 840 and 849
- c. 854: Bouchard (Burchardus)
- Frotbold 855–857
- Gislebert or Gilbert (Gislebertus, Willebertus, Galeverius, Galtherus) 859 and 878
- Aymon (?)
- Gerard or Girard (?)
- Aymeric or Aymery
- Gancelme or Goussaume (Waltelmus, Wantelmus, Waltelmus, Gancelinus, Gantelmus, Ancelmus, Gancelmus...)
- Aganon or Haganon ca. 931 and 940
- Rainfroy ca. 949–950
- Hardouin
- Vulfaldus or Ulphardus
- c. 984: Eudes (Odo)
1000 to 1300
- 1007–1028: FulbertFulbert of ChartresFulbert of Chartres –10 April 1028) was the bishop of the Cathedral of Chartres from 1006 till 1028. He was a teacher at the Cathedral school there, he was responsible for the advancement of the celebration of the Feast day of “Nativity of the Virgin”, and he was responsible for one of the...
- 1028–1048: Thierry (Theodoricus)
- 1048–1060: Agobert (Agobertus, Agenertus, Aivertus, Adevertus)
- 1060–1064/1065: Hugo
- 1065–1069: Robert de Tours
- 1069–1075: Arrald
- 1075–1076: Robert de Grantemesnil
- 1077–1089: Geoffroy I.
- 1089–1115: IvoIvo of ChartresSaint Ivo ' of Chartres was the Bishop of Chartres from 1090 until his death and an important canon lawyer during the Investiture Crisis....
- 1115–ca. 1148: Geoffroy II. de Lèves
- 1148–1155: Gosselin de Lèves
- 1155–1164: Robert
- 1164–1176: Guillaume aux Blanches MainsGuillaume 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...
(House of Blois) - 1176–1180: John of SalisburyJohn of SalisburyJohn of Salisbury , who described himself as Johannes Parvus , was an English author, educationalist, diplomat and bishop of Chartres, and was born at Salisbury.-Early life and education:...
- 1181–1183: Pierre de Celle
- 1182–1217: Renaud de BarReginald of Bar (bishop of Chartres)Reginald of Bar, also known as Renaud de Mouçon, was bishop of Chartres from 1182 until his death in 1217. His parents were Reginald II of Bar and his wife Adèle de Champagne. Via his mother he was first cousin to king Philip II of France, who facilitated his career. He was named canon and...
(or de Mousson) - 1218–1234: Gautier
- 1234–1236: Hugues de La Ferté
- 1236–1244: Aubry Cornut
- 1244–1246: Henri de Grez (de Gressibus)
- 1247–1259: Mathieu des Champs (de Campis)
- 1259–1276: Pierre de Mincy
- 1277–1297: Simon de Perruchay
- 1298–1315: Jean de Garlande
1300 to 1500
- 1316–1326: Robert de Joigny
- 1326–1328: Pierre de Chappes
- 1328–1332: Jean Pasté
- 1332–1342: Aymery de Chastellux
- ????-???? : Guillaume Amy (Amici) (also bishop of Apt)
- ????–1357: Louis de Vaucemain
- 1357–1360: Simon Lemaire (also bishop of Dol)
- 1360–???? : Jean d'Anguerant
- Guillaume de ChanacGuillaume de ChanacGuillaume de Chanac was a French Benedictine who became a Cardinal.He was abbot at Beze, and then was abbot at Saint-Florent from 1354 to 1368. He was Bishop of Chartres and then Bishop of Mende, for brief periods up to 1371....
- ????-???? : Guérin d'Arcy
- ????–1390: Jean Lefèvre
- 1391–1406: Jean de Montaigu
- ????–1415: Martin Gouge de Charpaigne
- 1415–1418: Philippe de Boisgilon
- ????–1432: Jean de Frétigny
- 1432–1434: Robert Dauphin
- ????–1441: Thibaut Lemoine
- 1442–1443: Pierre de Comborn
- 1444–1459: Pierre Bèchebien
- 1459–1492: Miles d'Illiers
- 1492–1507: René d'Illiers
1500 to 1800
- 1507–1525: Erard de la MarckErard de la MarckErard de la Marck was prince-bishop of Liège from 1506 till 1538. He was the third son of Robert I de la Marck, lord of Sedan and Bouillon....
- 1525–1553: Louis Guillard (previously bishop of Tournai)
- 1553–1573: Charles Guillard
- 1573–1598: Nicolas de ThouNicolas de ThouNicolas de Thou was an eminent French cleric, Bishop of Chartres, and in politics a figure instrumental in the coronation of Henry IV of France, the first monarch of the Bourbon dynasty in France....
- 1599–1620: Philippe Hurault de Cheverny
- 1620–1642: Léonor d'Etampes-Valencay (also archbishop of ReimsArchbishop of ReimsThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims 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...
) - 1642–1656: Jacques Lescot
- 1657–1690: Ferdinand de Neuville de Villeroy (previously bishop of Saint-Malo)
- 1690–1709: Paul Godet des MaraisPaul Godet des MaraisPaul Godet des Marais was a French Bishop of Chartres.He studied at Saint-Sulpice, took the doctorate of theology at the Sorbonne, was ordained, and became superior of the Séminaire des Trente-Trois...
- 1710–1746: Charles-François des Montiers de Mérinville
- 1748–1780: Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin de Rosset de Fleury
From 1800
- Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil (1817–1824) (also Archbishop of ReimsArchbishop of ReimsThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims 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...
) - Claude-Hippolyte Clausel de Montals (1824–1853)
- Louis-Eugène Regnault (1853–1889)
- François Lagrange (1889–1895)
- Bon-Arthur-Gabriel Mollien (1896–1904)
- Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet (1906–1926)
- Raoul-Octove-Marie-Jean Harscouët (1926–1954)
- Roger Michon (1955–1978)
- Michel Joseph Kuehn (1978–1991)
- Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier (1991–1997) (also coadjutor bishopCoadjutor bishopA coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...
of Tarbes and Lourdes) - Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin, O. Cist. (1998–2005) (then Archbishop of Tours)
- Michel Pansard (2005–heute)