List of bishops and archbishops of Cambrai

Last updated September 28, 2024

This is a List of bishops and archbishops of Cambrai, that is, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai.

Bishops

For the first bishops of Arras and Cambrai, who resided at the former place, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras. On the death of Saint Vedulphus (545–580) the episcopal residence was transferred from Arras to Cambrai. Among his successors were:

Saint Gaugericus (584–623)
Saint Berthoald (627)
Saint Autbert [ de ] (633–669)
Saint Vindicianus (669–693), who brought King Theuderic III of the Franks to account for the murder of Saint Léger of Autun
Emebert, also known as Ablebert (d. 710)
Hadulfus (d. 728)
Alberic and Hildoard, contemporaries of Charlemagne, who gave to the diocese a sacramentary and important canons
Halitgar (Halitgarius, Halitgaire) (817–831), an ecclesiastical writer and apostle of the Danes
Saint John of Cambrai (866–879)
Saint Rothadus (879–886)
Fulbert (934–956), defended Cambrai from the Magyars and became the first bishop with comital authority in the city
Wiboldus (965–966), author of the ludus secularis which "furnished amusement to clerkly persons"
Erluin (995–1012), first bishop who was also count of the Cambrésis, feuded with Count Baldwin IV of Flanders
Gerard of Florennes (1013–1051), formerly chaplain to Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, and helpful to the latter in his negotiations with Robert the Pious, King of France (Gerard also converted by persuasion the Gondulphian heretics, who denied the Eucharist)
Lietbertus ^[1] (1057–1076), who defended Cambrai against Robert the Frisian
Gerard II (1076–1092), introduced the Gregorian reform to Cambrai; last bishop to also be bishop of Arras
Manasses of Soissons (1095–1103)
Odo (1105–1113), celebrated as a professor and director of the school of Tournai, also as a writer and founder of the monastery of St. Martin near Tournai
Burchard of Cambrai (1115–1131), who sent Norbert of Xanten and the Premonstratensians to Antwerp to combat the heresy of Tanchelm's disciples concerning the Eucharist
Lietard (1131–1134)
Nicolas I de Chièvres (1137–1167)
Pierre I de Flandre ou d'Alsace (1167–1173), never consecrated
Robert d'Aire (1173–1174), never consecrated
Alard (1175–1178), never consecrated
Roger de Wavrin (1179–1191), died at the head of the Flemish troops at the siege of Acre ^[2]
Jean II d'Antoing (1192–1196), nephew of Roger de Wavrin
Nicolas II du Roeulx (1197)
Hugh (1197–1198), never consecrated
Pierre II de Corbeil (1199–1200)
John of Béthune (1200–1219)
Godefroid de Fontaines (1220–1237/1238)
Guiard of Laon (1238–1248)^[3]
Ingeramus de Crequy (1274–1286)^[4]
Guillaume de Hainault (1286–1296),^[5]
Gui de Collemedio (1296–1306)
Philip Leportier de Marigny (1306-1309)
Pierre de Lévis de Mirepoix (1309-1324)
Gui de Arvernia (Bologne) (1324-1336)
Guillaume d’Auxonne (1336-1342)
Guy de Ventadour (1342-1349)
Pierre d’André (1348-1368)
Robert II of Geneva (1368–1371)^[6]
Gerard III (1371–1378), previously bishop of Arras and Thérouanne
Jean t'Serclaes (1378–1389)^[7] (appointed by Clement VII of the Avignon Obedience)
André de Luxembourg (1390–1396)
Pierre d'Ailly (1396–1411) (appointed by Benedict XIII of the Avignon Obedience)
Jean de Gavre (1411–1439)
John of Burgundy illegitimate son of Duke John the Fearless of Burgundy (1439–1479)
Henry de Berghes (1480–1502)
Jacques de Croÿ (1503–1516), son of Jean II de Croÿ
William de Croy, cardinal in 1517, apostolic administrator of Toledo in 1517 (1516–1519)
Robert de Croÿ (1519–1556)
Maximilian de Berghes (1556–1562)

Archbishops

Fenelon was archbishop of Cambrai from 1695 to 1715. Fenelon.jpg — Fénelon was archbishop of Cambrai from 1695 to 1715.

Maximilian de Berghes (1562–1570)
Louis de Berlaymont (1570–1596)
Jean Sarazin (1596–1598)
Guillaume de Berghes (1601–1609)
Jean Richardot (1609–1614),^[8] minister and diplomat of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella.
François Buisseret (1614–1615)^[9]
Franciscus van der Burch (1616–1644)^[10]
Joseph de Bergaigne (1644–1647)
Gaspard Nemius (1649–1667)
Ladislas Jonart (1667–1674)
Jacques-Théodore de Bryas (1675–1694)
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon, theologian and writer, proponent of Quietism (1695–1715).
Jean d' Estrées ^[11] (1716–1718)
Cardinal Joseph de la Tremoille ^[12] (1718–1720).
Cardinal Guillaume Dubois (1720–1723), minister to Louis XV.^[13]
Charles de Saint-Albin (1723–1764)^[14] (illegitimate son of Philippe d' Orleans, Regent of France)^[15]
Leopold-Charles de Choiseul-Stainville^[16] (1764–1774) (His brother, Étienne-François, was Foreign Minister)
Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Ceilhes de Rosset de Fleury^[17] (1774–1781)
Ferdinand Maximilien Mériadec de Rohan (1781–1801).^[18]
Louis de Belmas (30 April 1802 – 21 July 1841)
Pierre Giraud (24 January 1842 – 17 April 1850)
René-François Régnier^[19] (30 September 1850 – 3 January 1881)
Alfred Duquesnay (1881–1884).
François-Edouard Hasley (27 March 1885 – 7 August 1888)
Odon Thibaudier (14 February 1889 – 9 January 1892)
Etienne-Marie-Alphonse Sonnois (19 January 1893 – 7 February 1913)
François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire (7 February 1913 – 21 July 1913)
Jean-Arthur Chollet (21 November 1913 – 2 December 1952)
Emile Maurice Guerry (2 December 1952 – 15 February 1966 Retired)
Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny (15 February 1966 – 25 March 1980 Retired)
Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte (25 March 1980 – 21 November 1999)
François Garnier (7 December 2000 – 15 August 2018)
Vincent Dollmann (15 August 2018 –)

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References

↑ John S. Ott (2007), "'Both Mary and Martha': Bishop Lietbert of Cambrai and the construction of episcopal sanctity in a Border Diocese around 1100," John S. Ott; Anna Trumbore Jones, eds. (2007). The Bishop Reformed: Studies of Episcopal Power and Culture in the Central Middle Ages. Aldershot, Hampshire UK: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 122–136. ISBN 978-0-7546-5765-1.
↑ Michaud, Histoire des Croisades, Tome 1, 1877, p. 260
↑ Guiard of Laon
↑ Gallia christiana III (Paris 1725), p. 39.
↑ Eubel, I, p. 160. Guillaume was the son of Jean d'Avenses Comte d' Hainault and Marguerite the sister of Guillaume Count of Holland. He was brother of John II of Avenses, Count of Hainault. Guillaume was appointed by Pope Honorius IV on 9 May 1286. He had previously been Provost of Cambrai. He died in 1296.
↑ Cardinal Robert of Geneva was unanimously elected Pope on 20 September 1378, under the name of Clement VII.
↑ During the episcopate of Jean t'Serclaes, John the Fearless, son of the Duke of Burgundy, married Margaret of Bavaria at Cambrai (1385)
↑ Richardot's father, the Seigneur de Barly, was President of the Council of Artois and Councilor of State in Bruxelles. Jean Richardot was ambassador of the Archduke and Archduchess to Pope Clement VIII. Richardot was elected by the specific command of the Archduke and Archduchess to the Chapter of Cambrai. Eubel-Gauchat, IV, p. 131. Gallia christiana III, p. 57. Fisquet, pp. 259–262.
↑ Eubel-Gauchat, IV, p. 131. Gallia christiana III, pp. 57–58. Fisquet, pp. 262–264.
↑ Eubel-Gauchat, IV, p. 131. Gallia christiana III, pp. 58–59. Fisquet, pp. 264–271.
↑ Jean d' Estrées was the nephew of Cardinal César d' Estrées. In 1692 he was sent as ambassador to Spain by Louis XIV, and again in 1703. He was Abbot Commendatory of Saint-Claude, Evron, and Préaux. In 1705 he was named Prelate Commander of all of the royal Orders of chivalry and became a member of the Council on Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the Académie Française, taking the chair of Boilieu. He died on 3 March 1718, without having received his bulls of preconisation and consecration from the Pope. Fisquet, pp. 329–330.
↑ Nominated by King Louis XV, Tremoille was consecrated in Rome by Pope Clement XI on 30 May 1719 and granted the pallium on 18 September. He died on 10 January 1720. Ritzler, V, p. 139, with note 6. Fisquet, pp. 330–331.
↑ Fisquet, pp. 332–347. Pierre Bliard (1901). Dubois, cardinal et premier ministre (1656–1723) (in French). Paris: P. Lethielleux.
↑ Ritzler, Hierarchia catholica, V, p. 139, with n. 8.
↑ Fisquet, p. 348.
↑ Fisquet, pp. 352–356.
↑ Fisquet, pp. 356–358.
↑ Rohan was nominated Archbishop of Cambrai by King Louis XVI on 28 January 1781, and received his bulls from Pope Pius VI dated 2 April 1781. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730–1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 143, with n. 4. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
↑ Destombes, Cyrille Jean (1885). Vie de Son Éminence le cardinal Regnier, archevêque de Cambrai (in French). Lille: J. Lefort.

Bibliography

Reference works

Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 160. (in Latin)
Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 115–116.
Eubel, Conradus; Gulik, Guilelmus, eds. (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 100.
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667–1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 139.

Studies

Fisquet, Honore (1864). La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Cambrai (in French). Paris: Etienne Repos.

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[1] John S. Ott (2007), "'Both Mary and Martha': Bishop Lietbert of Cambrai and the construction of episcopal sanctity in a Border Diocese around 1100," John S. Ott; Anna Trumbore Jones, eds. (2007). The Bishop Reformed: Studies of Episcopal Power and Culture in the Central Middle Ages. Aldershot, Hampshire UK: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 122–136. ISBN 978-0-7546-5765-1.

[2] Michaud, Histoire des Croisades, Tome 1, 1877, p. 260

[3] Guiard of Laon

[4] Gallia christiana III (Paris 1725), p. 39.

[5] Eubel, I, p. 160. Guillaume was the son of Jean d'Avenses Comte d' Hainault and Marguerite the sister of Guillaume Count of Holland. He was brother of John II of Avenses, Count of Hainault. Guillaume was appointed by Pope Honorius IV on 9 May 1286. He had previously been Provost of Cambrai. He died in 1296.

[6] Cardinal Robert of Geneva was unanimously elected Pope on 20 September 1378, under the name of Clement VII.

[7] During the episcopate of Jean t'Serclaes, John the Fearless, son of the Duke of Burgundy, married Margaret of Bavaria at Cambrai (1385)

[8] Richardot's father, the Seigneur de Barly, was President of the Council of Artois and Councilor of State in Bruxelles. Jean Richardot was ambassador of the Archduke and Archduchess to Pope Clement VIII. Richardot was elected by the specific command of the Archduke and Archduchess to the Chapter of Cambrai. Eubel-Gauchat, IV, p. 131. Gallia christiana III, p. 57. Fisquet, pp. 259–262.

[9] Eubel-Gauchat, IV, p. 131. Gallia christiana III, pp. 57–58. Fisquet, pp. 262–264.

[10] Eubel-Gauchat, IV, p. 131. Gallia christiana III, pp. 58–59. Fisquet, pp. 264–271.

[11] Jean d' Estrées was the nephew of Cardinal César d' Estrées. In 1692 he was sent as ambassador to Spain by Louis XIV, and again in 1703. He was Abbot Commendatory of Saint-Claude, Evron, and Préaux. In 1705 he was named Prelate Commander of all of the royal Orders of chivalry and became a member of the Council on Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the Académie Française, taking the chair of Boilieu. He died on 3 March 1718, without having received his bulls of preconisation and consecration from the Pope. Fisquet, pp. 329–330.

[12] Nominated by King Louis XV, Tremoille was consecrated in Rome by Pope Clement XI on 30 May 1719 and granted the pallium on 18 September. He died on 10 January 1720. Ritzler, V, p. 139, with note 6. Fisquet, pp. 330–331.

[13] Fisquet, pp. 332–347. Pierre Bliard (1901). Dubois, cardinal et premier ministre (1656–1723) (in French). Paris: P. Lethielleux.

[14] Ritzler, Hierarchia catholica, V, p. 139, with n. 8.

[15] Fisquet, p. 348.

[16] Fisquet, pp. 352–356.

[17] Fisquet, pp. 356–358.

[18] Rohan was nominated Archbishop of Cambrai by King Louis XVI on 28 January 1781, and received his bulls from Pope Pius VI dated 2 April 1781. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730–1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 143, with n. 4. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

[19] Destombes, Cyrille Jean (1885). Vie de Son Éminence le cardinal Regnier, archevêque de Cambrai (in French). Lille: J. Lefort.

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