Reims (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort, Archbishop
Étienne Emmanuel Vetö, I.C.N., Auxiliary Bishop
Thierry Romain Camille Jordan, Archbishop Emeritus
Joseph Louis Jean Boishu, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Restored: 6 October 1822
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: France
Square Kilometers: 6,931 (2,677 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Nord
Official Web Site: http://www.catholique-reims.fr/
Mailing Address: Archeveche, B.P. 32729, 3 rue du Cardinal-de-Lorraine, 51058 Reims CEDEX, France
Telephone: 3.26.47.05.33
Fax: 3.26.84.94.66

Historical Details

Diocese of Reims
- Latin Name: Remensis
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Country: France
Archdiocese of Reims
- Latin Name: Remensis
- Elevated: 4th Century
- Metropolitan See
- Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

St. Remigius (Rémy) † ( 459 Appointed - 13 Jan 533 Died)
Vulfaire † ( 812 Appointed - 816 Died)
Ebbo † ( 816 Appointed - 1 Oct 847 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Hildesheim)
Hincmar de Reims † ( 845 Appointed - 21 Dec 882 Died)
Herve † (Jul 900 Appointed - 2 Jun 922 Died)
Artaldo † ( 931 Appointed - 30 Sep 961 Died)
Adalbero d’Ardenne, O.S.B. † ( 969 Appointed - 24 Jan 988 Died)
Gerbert , O.S.B. † ( 991 Appointed - Apr 998 Appointed, Archbishop of Ravenna)
Gervais de Château-du-Loir † (15 Oct 1055 Appointed - 4 Jul 1067 Died)
Raynald du Bellay † ( 1083 Appointed - 21 Jan 1096 Died)
Manasses de Châtillon † ( 1096 Appointed - 17 Sep 1106 Died)
Raoul Le Verd † ( 1106 Appointed - 23 Jul 1124 Died)
Raynaud de Martigné des Prés † ( 1124 Appointed - 13 Jan 1138 Died)
Samson de Mauvoisin † ( 1140 Appointed - 21 Sep 1161 Died)
Henri de France † (14 Jan 1162 Appointed - 13 Nov 1175 Died)
Guillaume de Champagne † ( 1176 Appointed - 7 Sep 1202 Died)
Guy Paré, O. Cist. † (6 Jul 1204 Appointed - 30 Jul 1206 Died)
Albéric de Humbert † (1 Jul 1207 Appointed - 24 Dec 1218 Died)
Guillaume de Joinville † (24 Apr 1219 Appointed - 6 Nov 1226 Died)
Henri de Dreux † ( 1227 Appointed - 6 Jul 1240 Died)
Juhel de Mathefelon † (20 Mar 1245 Appointed - 18 Dec 1250 Died)
Thomas de Beaumetz † (4 Mar 1251 Appointed - 15 Feb 1263 Died)
Jean de Courtenay † (15 Jul 1266 Appointed - 17 Aug 1270 Died)
Pierre Barbet † (17 Apr 1273 Appointed - 3 Oct 1298 Died)
Robert de Courtenay † (10 Apr 1299 Appointed - 3 Mar 1324 Died)
Guillaume de Trie † (28 Mar 1324 Appointed - 26 Sep 1334 Died)
Jean de Vienne † (12 Oct 1334 Appointed - 14 Jun 1351 Died)
Hugues d’Arcy † (24 Oct 1351 Appointed - 18 Feb 1352 Died)
Humbert de Viennois † (30 Apr 1352 Appointed - 25 May 1355 Died)
Jean de Craon † (31 Jul 1355 Appointed - 26 Mar 1373 Died)
Louis Thésait † (14 Apr 1374 Appointed - 12 Oct 1375 Died)
Richard Picque † (12 Nov 1375 Appointed - 6 Dec 1389 Died)
Ferry Cassinel † (29 Jan 1390 Appointed - 26 May 1390 Died)
Guy de Roye † (27 May 1390 Appointed - 8 Jun 1409 Died)
Simon de Cramaud † (2 Jul 1409 Appointed - 12 May 1413 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina)
Pierre Trousseau † (2 May 1413 Appointed - 16 Dec 1413 Died)
Regnault de Chartres † (2 Jan 1414 Appointed - 4 Mar 1433 Resigned)
Giacomo Juvénal des Ursins † (9 Oct 1444 Appointed - 3 Mar 1449 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch})
Jean Juvénal des Ursins † (3 Mar 1449 Appointed - 14 Jul 1473 Died)
Pierre (de Montfort) de Laval † (8 Oct 1473 Appointed - 14 Aug 1493 Died)
Robert Briçonnet † (18 Sep 1493 Appointed - 26 Jul 1497 Died)
Guillaume Briçonnet † (24 Aug 1497 Appointed - 16 Sep 1507 Resigned)
Carlo Domenico del Carretto † (16 Sep 1507 Appointed - 5 Apr 1509 Appointed, Archbishop of Tours)
Robert de Lénoncourt † (28 Mar 1509 Appointed - 25 Sep 1532 Died)
Jean de Lorraine † (16 Nov 1532 Appointed - 6 Feb 1538 Resigned)
Charles de Guise de Lorraine † (6 Feb 1538 Appointed - 25 Dec 1574 Died)
Louis II de Guise de Lorraine † (26 Dec 1574 Appointed - 24 Dec 1588 Died)
Nicolas de Pellevé † (10 May 1591 Appointed - 28 Mar 1594 Died)
Philippe du Bec † (7 Jan 1598 Confirmed - 10 Jan 1605 Died)
Louis III de Guise de Lorraine † (10 Jan 1605 Succeeded - 18 Jun 1621 Died)
Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. † (5 Dec 1622 Appointed - 11 Apr 1629 Died)
Henri de Lorraine-Guise † ( 1629 Appointed - 1640 Resigned)
Léonor d’Estampes de Valançay, O.S.B. † (10 Nov 1642 Confirmed - 8 Apr 1651 Died)
Henri de Savoie-Nemours † ( 1651 Appointed - 1657 Resigned)
Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (18 Jul 1657 Confirmed - 3 Aug 1671 Died)
Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † (3 Aug 1671 Succeeded - 22 Feb 1710 Died)
François de Mailly † (1 Dec 1710 Confirmed - 13 Sep 1721 Died)
Armand-Jules de Rohan-Guémené † (6 Jul 1722 Confirmed - 28 Aug 1762 Died)
Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon † (24 Jan 1763 Confirmed - 27 Oct 1777 Died)
Alexandre-Angélique Talleyrand de Périgord † (27 Oct 1777 Succeeded - 8 Nov 1816 Retired)
Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1 Oct 1817 Confirmed - 9 Mar 1824 Died)
Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil † (12 Jul 1824 Confirmed - 1 Dec 1839 Died)
Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset † (13 Jul 1840 Confirmed - 22 Dec 1866 Died)
Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot † (27 Mar 1867 Confirmed - 8 Jun 1874 Died)
Benoît-Marie Langénieux † (21 Dec 1874 Confirmed - 1 Jan 1905 Died)
Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon † (21 Feb 1906 Appointed - 28 May 1930 Died)
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard † (23 Dec 1930 Appointed - 11 May 1940 Appointed, Archbishop of Paris)
Louis-Augustin Marmottin † (21 Aug 1940 Appointed - 9 May 1960 Died)
Gabriel Auguste François Marty † (9 May 1960 Succeeded - 26 Mar 1968 Appointed, Archbishop of Paris)
Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (25 Jun 1968 Appointed - 16 Dec 1972 Resigned)
Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager † (13 Jul 1973 Appointed - 8 Aug 1988 Retired)
Jean Marie Julien Balland † (8 Aug 1988 Appointed - 27 May 1995 Appointed, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne))
Gérard Denis Auguste Defois (4 Sep 1995 Appointed - 2 Jul 1998 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lille)
Thierry Romain Camille Jordan (20 Jul 1999 Appointed - 18 Aug 2018 Retired)
Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort (18 Aug 2018 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Reims
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Reims (erected)
Archdiocese of Reims
4th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Reims	Archdiocese of Reims
29 November 1801	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Reims (suppressed)	Diocese of Meaux Diocese of Metz
Archdiocese of Reims
6 October 1822	Restored	Diocese of Meaux Diocese of Metz	Archdiocese of Reims

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Reims

1950 322,107 429,477 75.0% 460 30 490 657 112 725 614 ap1951

1970 537,598 550,198 97.7% 409 81 490 1,097 143 693 208 ap1971

1980 575,000 594,000 96.8% 316 57 373 1,541 112 544 710 ap1981

1990 581,000 594,000 97.8% 224 27 251 2,314 2 63 402 709 ap1991

1999 582,000 595,922 97.7% 189 20 209 2,784 15 70 306 76 ap2000

2000 594,000 608,359 97.6% 168 14 182 3,263 20 58 306 76 ap2001

2001 565,022 597,522 94.6% 164 11 175 3,228 20 49 314 76 ap2002

2002 565,022 601,578 93.9% 158 12 170 3,323 22 54 317 76 ap2003

2003 565,022 601,578 93.9% 151 11 162 3,487 22 49 260 76 ap2004

2004 561,212 597,522 93.9% 147 8 155 3,620 22 45 270 76 ap2005

2010 565,000 613,000 92.2% 121 10 131 4,312 29 33 191 76 ap2011

2014 576,000 624,000 92.3% 110 11 121 4,760 34 33 200 76 ap2015

2017 564,500 607,579 92.9% 93 9 102 5,534 33 33 179 76 ap2018

2020 563,500 608,000 92.7% 84 3 87 6,477 34 17 160 76 ap2021

2022 563,000 607,606 92.7% 69 5 74 7,608 36 19 158 76 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Reims
1950	322,107	429,477	75.0%	460	30	490	657		112	725	614	ap1951
1970	537,598	550,198	97.7%	409	81	490	1,097		143	693	208	ap1971
1980	575,000	594,000	96.8%	316	57	373	1,541		112	544	710	ap1981
1990	581,000	594,000	97.8%	224	27	251	2,314	2	63	402	709	ap1991
1999	582,000	595,922	97.7%	189	20	209	2,784	15	70	306	76	ap2000
2000	594,000	608,359	97.6%	168	14	182	3,263	20	58	306	76	ap2001
2001	565,022	597,522	94.6%	164	11	175	3,228	20	49	314	76	ap2002
2002	565,022	601,578	93.9%	158	12	170	3,323	22	54	317	76	ap2003
2003	565,022	601,578	93.9%	151	11	162	3,487	22	49	260	76	ap2004
2004	561,212	597,522	93.9%	147	8	155	3,620	22	45	270	76	ap2005
2010	565,000	613,000	92.2%	121	10	131	4,312	29	33	191	76	ap2011
2014	576,000	624,000	92.3%	110	11	121	4,760	34	33	200	76	ap2015
2017	564,500	607,579	92.9%	93	9	102	5,534	33	33	179	76	ap2018
2020	563,500	608,000	92.7%	84	3	87	6,477	34	17	160	76	ap2021
2022	563,000	607,606	92.7%	69	5	74	7,608	36	19	158	76	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Joseph Louis Jean Boishu (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jan 2003 to 30 Aug 2012)
Gérard Denis Auguste Defois (Archbishop: 4 Sep 1995 to 2 Jul 1998)
Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 2013 to 17 Jul 2021)
Thierry Romain Camille Jordan (Archbishop: 20 Jul 1999 to 18 Aug 2018)
Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort (Archbishop: 18 Aug 2018 - )
Étienne Emmanuel Vetö, I.C.N. (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 2023)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Hugues d’Arcy † (Archbishop: 24 Oct 1351 to 18 Feb 1352)
Adalbero d’Ardenne, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 969 to 24 Jan 988)
Jean Marie Julien Balland † (Archbishop: 8 Aug 1988 to 27 May 1995)
Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Archbishop: 18 Jul 1657 to 3 Aug 1671)
Pierre Barbet † (Archbishop: 17 Apr 1273 to 3 Oct 1298)
Thomas de Beaumetz † (Archbishop: 4 Mar 1251 to 15 Feb 1263)
Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Nov 1955 to 20 Aug 1971)
Raynald du Bellay † (Archbishop: 1083 to 21 Jan 1096)
Etienne Blanquet de Rouville † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jan 1828 to 3 Nov 1838)
André Gustave Bossuyt † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Aug 1971 to 3 Apr 1974)
Guillaume Briçonnet † (Archbishop: 24 Aug 1497 to 16 Sep 1507)
Robert Briçonnet † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1493 to 26 Jul 1497)
Ferry Cassinel † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1390 to 26 May 1390)
Toussaint Castellani, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Oct 1455 to 1483)
Pierre Cauchon de Somièvre †
Guillaume de Champagne † (Archbishop: 1176 to 7 Sep 1202)
Regnault de Chartres † (Archbishop: 2 Jan 1414 to 4 Mar 1433)
Gervais de Château-du-Loir † (Archbishop: 15 Oct 1055 to 4 Jul 1067)
Manasses de Châtillon † (Archbishop: 1096 to 17 Sep 1106)
Odon de Châtillon, O.S.B. †
Yves (Marie-Joseph) Congar, O.P. †
Jean-Charles de Coucy † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1817 to 9 Mar 1824)
Jean de Courtenay † (Archbishop: 15 Jul 1266 to 17 Aug 1270)
Robert de Courtenay † (Archbishop: 10 Apr 1299 to 3 Mar 1324)
Simon de Cramaud † (Archbishop: 2 Jul 1409 to 12 May 1413)
Jean de Craon † (Archbishop: 31 Jul 1355 to 26 Mar 1373)
Carlo Domenico del Carretto † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1507 to 5 Apr 1509)
Henri Désiré Delrue † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Oct 1979 to 22 May 1982)
Léonor d’Estampes de Valançay, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 10 Nov 1642 to 8 Apr 1651)
Henri de Dreux † (Archbishop: 1227 to 6 Jul 1240)
Philippe du Bec † (Archbishop: 7 Jan 1598 to 10 Jan 1605)
Antoine Fournier, C.R.S.A. †
Henri de France † (Archbishop: 14 Jan 1162 to 13 Nov 1175)
Romain-Frédéric Gallard † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 21 Feb 1839 to 28 Sep 1839)
Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Oct 1617; Archbishop: 5 Dec 1622 to 11 Apr 1629)
Joseph-Isidore Godelle, M.E.P. †
François Gourguillon † (Priest: 17 Dec 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Nov 1991 to 21 Jan 2003)
Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset † (Archbishop: 13 Jul 1840 to 22 Dec 1866)
Charles de Guise de Lorraine † (Archbishop: 6 Feb 1538 to 25 Dec 1574)
Louis II de Guise de Lorraine † (Archbishop: 26 Dec 1574 to 24 Dec 1588)
Louis III de Guise de Lorraine † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 1601; Archbishop: 10 Jan 1605 to 18 Jun 1621)
Henri Hachette des Portes, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jul 1755 to 22 Jun 1772)
Jacques Hanot, O. Praem. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Aug 1546 to 28 Feb 1551)
Guy Alexis Herbulot † (Priest: 29 Jun 1950; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jun 1974 to 12 May 1978)
Albéric de Humbert † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1207 to 24 Dec 1218)
Guillaume de Joinville † (Archbishop: 24 Apr 1219 to 6 Nov 1226)
Giacomo Juvénal des Ursins † (Archbishop: 9 Oct 1444 to 3 Mar 1449)
Jean Juvénal des Ursins † (Archbishop: 3 Mar 1449 to 14 Jul 1473)
Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille †
André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jul 1983 to 1 Oct 1988)
Maurice Landrieux † (Priest: 19 May 1883 to 6 Dec 1915)
Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot † (Archbishop: 27 Mar 1867 to 8 Jun 1874)
Benoît-Marie Langénieux † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1874 to 1 Jan 1905)
Pierre Lanisson (Lavisson), O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jul 1517)
Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon † (Archbishop: 24 Jan 1763 to 27 Oct 1777)
Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil † (Archbishop: 12 Jul 1824 to 1 Dec 1839)
Pierre (de Montfort) de Laval † (Archbishop: 8 Oct 1473 to 14 Aug 1493)
Robert de Lénoncourt † (Archbishop: 28 Mar 1509 to 25 Sep 1532)
Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 3 Sep 1668; Archbishop: 3 Aug 1671 to 22 Feb 1710)
Raoul Le Verd † (Archbishop: 1106 to 23 Jul 1124)
Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion, O.P. †
Jean de Lorraine † (Administrator: 16 Nov 1532 to 6 Feb 1538)
Henri de Lorraine-Guise † (Archbishop: 1629 to 1640)
Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon † (Archbishop: 21 Feb 1906 to 28 May 1930)
François de Mailly † (Archbishop: 1 Dec 1710 to 13 Sep 1721)
Louis-Augustin Marmottin † (Archbishop: 21 Aug 1940 to 9 May 1960)
Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Aug 1900 to 18 Sep 1922)
Raynaud de Martigné des Prés † (Archbishop: 1124 to 13 Jan 1138)
Gabriel Auguste François Marty † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 14 Dec 1959; Archbishop: 9 May 1960 to 26 Mar 1968)
Juhel de Mathefelon † (Archbishop: 20 Mar 1245 to 18 Dec 1250)
Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1968 to 16 Dec 1972)
Samson de Mauvoisin † (Archbishop: 1140 to 21 Sep 1161)
Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager † (Archbishop: 13 Jul 1973 to 8 Aug 1988)
Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †
Ernest Auguste Neveux † (Deacon: 19 May 1883; Priest: 22 Sep 1883; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jul 1914 to 7 Sep 1938)
Guy Paré, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 6 Jul 1204 to 30 Jul 1206)
Raoul Paris † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Nov 1477)
Pierre-Louis Péchenard † (Priest: 1868 to 13 Jan 1907)
Nicolas de Pellevé † (Archbishop: 10 May 1591 to 28 Mar 1594)
Richard Picque † (Archbishop: 12 Nov 1375 to 6 Dec 1389)
Jean de Rainieres, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Jul 1541 to 1546)
Hincmar de Reims † (Archbishop: 845 to 21 Dec 882)
Paulin Renault, M.E.P. †
François-Joseph Robuste de Laubarière † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jul 1729 to 3 Feb 1754)
Armand-Jules de Rohan-Guémené † (Archbishop: 6 Jul 1722 to 28 Aug 1762)
Guy de Roye † (Archbishop: 27 May 1390 to 8 Jun 1409)
Abel de Saint-Brieuc, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Oct 1483)
Henri de Savoie-Nemours † (Archbishop: 1651 to 1657)
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard † (Archbishop: 23 Dec 1930 to 11 May 1940)
Alexandre-Angélique Talleyrand de Périgord † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 1 Dec 1766; Archbishop: 27 Oct 1777 to 8 Nov 1816)
Louis Thésait † (Archbishop: 14 Apr 1374 to 12 Oct 1375)
Guillaume de Trie † (Archbishop: 28 Mar 1324 to 26 Sep 1334)
Pierre Trousseau † (Archbishop: 2 May 1413 to 16 Dec 1413)
André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. †
Jean de Vienne † (Archbishop: 12 Oct 1334 to 14 Jun 1351)
Humbert de Viennois † (Administrator: 30 Apr 1352 to 25 May 1355)
Artaldo † (Archbishop: 931 to 30 Sep 961)
Ebbo † (Archbishop: 816 to 1 Oct 847)
Gerbert , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 991 to Apr 998)
Herve † (Archbishop: Jul 900 to 2 Jun 922)
Mathieu , O.S.B. †
St. Remigius (Rémy) † (Archbishop: 459 to 13 Jan 533)
Vulfaire † (Archbishop: 812 to 816)

Source(s)

Archdiocese of Reims
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 419
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 222, and Page 223
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 284, and Page 285
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 295
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 332
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 356
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 607, to Page 609

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