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Archbishop of Reims

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The Archdiocese of Reims was founded (as a diocese) around 250 by St. Sixtus. It was elevated to an archdiocese around 750, and the archbishop received the title "primate of Belgium" in 1089. In 1023, archbishop Ebles acquired the County of Reims, which became a duchy and a peerage between 1060 and 1170.

The archdiocese comprises the arrondissement of Reims and the région of Champagne-Ardenne. The dioceses within Reims are Amiens, Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis, Châlons, Langres, Soissons-Laon-Saint-Quentin, and Troyes. Its headquarters are at Notre-Dame de Reims, where the Kings of France were traditionally crowned.

See also: Catholic Church in France

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Bishops of Reims

Archbishops

Sources

  • Le père Anselme, Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique des Pairs de France, volume 2
  • Georges Boussinecq et Gustave Laurent, Histoire de Reims des Origines jusqu'à nos jours, 1933, ISBN 2–86516–001–7
  • Histoire de Reims, sous la direction de Pierre Desportes, 1983, ISBN 2–7089–4722–2

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