Roman Catholic Diocese of Châlons
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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...
of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church
Roman Catholic Church
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in France. The diocese comprises the department of Marne
Marne
Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne...
, excluding the arrondissement of Reims.
It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reims.
History
United in 1802 with the Diocese of MeauxDiocese of Meaux
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Meaux, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese comprises the entire department of Seine-et-Marne...
and in 1821 with the archdiocese of Reims, the diocese of Châlons was re-established in 1822, and is suffragan to Reims.
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. In the revised list of the diocesan saints in the Breviary these legends have been suppressed.
The cathedral was consecrated in 1147 by Pope Eugene III
Pope Eugene III
Pope Blessed Eugene III , born Bernardo da Pisa, was Pope from 1145 to 1153. He was the first Cistercian to become Pope.-Early life:...
, assisted by St. Bernard
Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order.After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercian order. Three years later, he was sent to found a new abbey at an isolated clearing in a glen known as the Val...
and eighteen cardinals. Among its celebrated abbeys the diocese counted those of St. Memmius, founded in the fifth century by Alpinus; Toussaints, founded in the eleventh century; Montier-en-Der, founded in the seventh century by St. Bereharius, a monk from Luxeuil; Saint-Pierre au Mont, founded during the same period. Notre-Dame de l'Epine, near Châlons, was a place of pilgrimage as early as the beginning of the fifteenth century.
Bishops
Abbé Duchesne assigns the founding of the See of Châlons to the fourth century, Amandinus, who attended the Council of Tours in 461, being its ninth bishop. St. Lumier (Leudomerus), Bishop of Châlons about 580, was noted for his miraculous power over animals.The bishops of this see played an important part in early French history. At the coronation of the Capetian
Capetian dynasty
The Capetian dynasty , also known as the House of France, is the largest and oldest European royal house, consisting of the descendants of King Hugh Capet of France in the male line. Hugh Capet himself was a cognatic descendant of the Carolingians and the Merovingians, earlier rulers of France...
kings, the Bishop of Châlons always carried the royal ring.
To 1000
- c.260–280: St Memmius (or Memmie, Menge)
- St Donatian
- St Domitian
- Amable
- c.300: Didier
- c.340: Sanctissimus
- c.400: Provinctus
- 433–480: St Alpin
- 480–500: Amand (or Amandin)
- 500: Florand
- c.515: Providerius
- c.530: Prodictor (or Proditor, Productor)
- 535–541: Loup I.
- Papion
- c.565: Euchaire
- 578: Teutinodus (or Teutmodus)
- 579: St Elaphe
- 588–596: St Lumier
- 596–625: Felix I.
- Ragnebaud
- c.660: Landebert
- c.685: Arnoul I.
- 693:Bertoin
- Felix II.
- Bladald
- Scaricus
- c.770: Ricaire
- 770–784: Willibald
- 784–804: Beuve I.
- 804–810: St Hildegrim of ChâlonsHildegrim of ChâlonsHildegrim was a Benedictine, bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne from 804, and brother of Saint Ludger. He is also traditionally given as the first bishop of Halberstadt, a position now discounted by scholars; he is known to have been active in spreading Christianity into the region of the diocese, as a...
- 810–835: Adelelmus
- 835–857: Loup II.
- 857–868: Erchenrad
- 868–878: Willibert
- 878–887: Bernon
- 887–894: Rodoald
- 894–908: Mancion
- 908–912: Létold
- 912–947: Beuve II.
- 947–998: Gibuin I.
- 998–1004: Gibuin II.
1000-1300
- 1004–1008: Guy I
- 1008–1042: Roger I
- 1042–1066: Roger II
- 1066–1093: Roger de Hainaut
- 1093–1100: Philippe de Champagne (House of Blois)
- 1100–1113: Hugues
- 1113–1121: William de Champeaux
- 1122–1127: Eble de Roucy
- 1127–1130: Erlebert (Alberic de Reims?)
- 1131–1142: Geoffroy I
- 1142–1147: Guy II de Pierrepont
- 1147–1152: Barthélémy de Senlis
- 1152–1153: Aymon (Haymo)
- 1153–1162: Boson
- 1164–1190: Guy III de Joinville
- 1190–1200: Rotrou du Perche
- 1200–1214: Gérard de Douai
- 1215–1226: William II de Perche, Count of Le Perche
- 1228–1237: Philippe II de Merville
- 1237–1248: Geoffroy II de Grandpré
- 1248–1261: Pierre I de Hans
- 1262–1272: Conon de Vitry
- 1272–1273: Arnoul II
- 1273–1284: Rémi de Somme-Tourbe
- 1284–1313: Jean I de Châteauvillain
1300-1500
- 1313–1328: Pierre II de Latilly
- 1328–1335: Simon de Châteauvillain
- 1335–1339: Philippe III de Melun
- 1339: Jean II de Mandevillain
- 1340–1351: Jean III Happe
- 1352–1356: Regnaud Chauveau
- 1357–1389: Archambaud de Lautrec
- 1389–1413: Charles de Poitiers
- 1413–1420: Louis of Bar
- 1420–1438: Johann IV of Saarbrücken
- 1439: Jean V Tudert
- 1440–1453: Guillaume III le Tur
- 1453–1503: Geoffroy III de Saint Géran (also Geoffroy Soreau or Geoffroy Floreau)
1500-1700
- 1504–1535: Gilles de Luxemburg
- 1535–1549: Robert de Lenoncourt
- 1550–1556: Philippe de Lenoncourt
- 1556–1571: Jérome de Burges (or Jérôme Bourgeois)
- 1571–1573: Nicolas Clausse de Marchamont
- 1575–1624: Cosme Clausse de Marchamont
- 1624–1640: Henri Clausse de Fleury
- 1642–1680: Félix Vialart de Herse
- 1680–1695: Louis-Antoine de Noailles
- 1696–1720: Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Gaston de Noailles
1700-1900
- 1721–1733: Nicolas-Charles de Saulx-Tavannes (also Archbishop of RouenArchbishop of RouenThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the ecclesiastical province of the archdiocese comprises the majority of Normandy....
) - 1734–1753: Claude-Antoine de Choiseul-Beaupré
- 1753–1763: Antoine de Lastic
- 1764–1781: Antoine-Eléonore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné de Neuchelles (also Archbishop of ParisArchbishop of ParisThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris is one of twenty-three archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The original diocese is traditionally thought to have been created in the 3rd century by St. Denis and corresponded with the Civitas Parisiorum; it was elevated to an archdiocese on...
) - 1782–1801: Anne-Antoine-Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre (also Archbishop of Toulouse)
- 1782–1816: Jean-Baptiste du Chilleau (also Archbishop of Tours)
- 1801–1824: Vacant
- 1824–1860: Marie-Joseph-François-Victor Monyer de Prilly
- 1860–1864: Jean-Honoré Bara
- 1864–1882: Guillaume-René MeignanGuillaume-René MeignanGuillaume-René Meignan was a French Catholic apologist and scriptural exegete, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal.-Life:...
(also Bishop of Arras) - 1882–1894: Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieu (also Archbishop of RouenArchbishop of RouenThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the ecclesiastical province of the archdiocese comprises the majority of Normandy....
) - 1894–1907: Gaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty (also Archbishop of Avignon)
From 1900
- 1908–1912: Hector-Irénée Sévin (also Archbishop of Lyon)
- 1912–1948: Joseph-Marie Tissier
- 1948–1973: René-Joseph Piérard
- 1973–1998: Lucien-Emile Bardonne
- 1999–present Gilbert Louis