Roman Catholic Diocese of Châlons

Cathedral of Saint-Étienne, Châlons

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Châlons is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Marne, excluding the arrondissement of Reims.^[1][2]

It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reims.^[3]

History

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 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, assisted by St. Bernard 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 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 Châlons
• 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 Rouen)
• 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 Paris)
• 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 Meignan (also Bishop of Arras)
• 1882–1894: Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieu (also Archbishop of Rouen)
• 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

References

1. ^ Official web site (in French}]
2. ^ Châlons-sur-Marne - Catholic Encyclopedia article
3. ^ Diocese of Châlons from catholic-hierarchy.org

External links

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. 

Coordinates: 48°57′21″N 4°21′32″E / 48.9559°N 4.35891°E / 48.9559; 4.35891