Renaud had been Dean of the Cathedral Chapter of Beauvais. From 28 March to 6 August 1424 he served as Chancellor of France by Charles VII. Charles sent him as ambassador to Pope Martin V in 1425. On 8 November 1428 he was again named Chancellor of France. On 17 July 1429 he consecrated Charles VII as King of France. On the king's request Pope Eugene created Archbishop Renaud of Chartres a cardinal on 18 December 1439. He died on 4 April 1444. Auguste Vallet de Viriville (1863). Histoire de Charles VII: roi de France et de son époque 1403-1461 (in French). Vve J. Renouard. pp. 95–100. Fisquet, pp. 139–143. Eubel, I, p. 419; II, pp. 7 no. 4; 222 note 1.
Gifford was already an auxiliary bishop of Reims and titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis (Thrace); he had been consecrated in September 1618 at Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris by Bishop Charles de Balzac of Noyon. It is said that his promotion was in part due to the influence of Abbess Marie de Lorraine and Archbishop Louis de Guise: S. Ropartz, "Un livre de controverse contre les Calvinistes," Revue de Bretagne. (serie 5, Vol. 11) (in French). Vol. Tome 42. 1877. pp. 194–203, at 202. On 17 June 1619 he resigned his position of Prebend and Theologian of the Church of St. Malo. E. Hautcoeur (1899). Histoire de l'Église collegiale et du Chapitre de Saint-Pierre de Lille. Mémoires Société d'études de la province de Cambrai, Tome VI (in French). Vol. Tome troisieme. Paris: A. Picard. pp. 25–36. L. Hicks, "The Exile of Dr William Gifford from Lille in 1606," Recusant History 1 (1964), 214-238. Joseph Bergin (1996). The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589-1661. Yale University Press. pp. 21, 441–442, 630–631. ISBN978-0-300-06751-4. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 91 and 295.
Guillaume was the son of Theobald II of Champagne. Gislebertus (of Mons) (1904). Leon Vanderkindere (ed.). La chronique de Gislebert de Mons (in Latin and French). Bruxelles: Commission royale d'histoire. pp. 40–41, and Tableau XVII.
Gifford was already an auxiliary bishop of Reims and titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis (Thrace); he had been consecrated in September 1618 at Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris by Bishop Charles de Balzac of Noyon. It is said that his promotion was in part due to the influence of Abbess Marie de Lorraine and Archbishop Louis de Guise: S. Ropartz, "Un livre de controverse contre les Calvinistes," Revue de Bretagne. (serie 5, Vol. 11) (in French). Vol. Tome 42. 1877. pp. 194–203, at 202. On 17 June 1619 he resigned his position of Prebend and Theologian of the Church of St. Malo. E. Hautcoeur (1899). Histoire de l'Église collegiale et du Chapitre de Saint-Pierre de Lille. Mémoires Société d'études de la province de Cambrai, Tome VI (in French). Vol. Tome troisieme. Paris: A. Picard. pp. 25–36. L. Hicks, "The Exile of Dr William Gifford from Lille in 1606," Recusant History 1 (1964), 214-238. Joseph Bergin (1996). The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589-1661. Yale University Press. pp. 21, 441–442, 630–631. ISBN978-0-300-06751-4. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 91 and 295.
Louis Luçon was born in the village of Maulevrier, near Angers. In 1853, he entered the Collège de Cholet. He was named Chaplain of Saint-Louis-des-Français in Rome in 1873, where he obtained a doctorate in theology and in Canon Law. He returned to two successive curateships. He was appointed Bishop of Belley (Ain) by decree of 8 November 1887, which was approved (preconized) on 25 November. He was consecrated at Notre-Dame de Cholet (in French) on 8 February 1888 by Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel of Angers. He was enthroned on 24 February. His most notable achievement was the elevation of the Curé of Ars, Jean-Marie Vianney, to sainthood. He was named Archbishop of Reims on 1 January 1905, during the conflict between Church and State that led to the Law of Separation of 1905. He was expelled from his episcopal palace in December 1906. He was named a cardinal in 1907 by Pope Pius X, and participated in the Conclave of 1914 to elect his successor. He was absent from Reims when the Cathedral, struck by German bombs, was set afire and heavily damaged. He died on 28 May 1930. François Cochet (2001). Première Guerre mondiale: dates, thèmes, noms (in French). Levallois-Perret: Studyrama. pp. 133–134. ISBN978-2-84472-117-4. François Cochet (1993). Rémois en guerre: 1914-1918 (in French). Nancy: Presses Universitaires de Nancy. pp. 117–124. ISBN978-2-86480-660-8. Martin Bräuer (2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 1906. ISBN978-3-11-026947-5.
Cardinal Barberini was a nephew of Pope Urban VIII, and had spent years in exile in France during the reign of Pope Innocent X (Pamphili). He had been named Bishop of Poitiers on 16 August 1652 by King Louis XIV, but he never was granted his bulls by the Pope. He returned to Rome for the Conclave of 18 January–7 April 1655, where he played his part as Cardinal Camerlengo and French agent. The new Pope, Alexander VII (Chigi) named Barberini Bishop of Frascati (1655–1661). On 24 June 1657 Louis XIV named him Archbishop of Reims, but Barberini did not obtain his bulls during Alexander VII's lifetime because he was unwilling to resign the office of Camerlengo in favor of the Pope's nephew. He finally received his bulls from Pope Clement IX on 18 July 1667. Barberini took possession of the diocese of Reims on 4 October by proxy, took his oath to the King on 2 November, and made his solemn entry into his diocese on 22 December. He died on 3/4 August 1671. Fisquet, pp. 188–190. Gauchat, IV, p. 295, with note 8. Ritzler, V, p. 332 with note 3.
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Balland was born at Bué (Cher) near Sancerre in the diocese of Bourges in 1934. He studied at the French Seminary in Rome. He was named Vicar General of Bourges in 1980, and Bishop of Dijon in 1982. He was Archbishop of Reims from 1988 to 1995, when he was transferred to Lyon. He died of lung cancer on 1 March 1998, ten days after having been named a cardinal by Pope John Paul II, and a week after his reception of the gold ring and title of San Pietro in Vincoli. See: François Wenz-Dumas, in the journal Libération, 2 March 1998 mort-de-mgr-balland-cardinal, retrieved: 2017-01-31.
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Louis Luçon was born in the village of Maulevrier, near Angers. In 1853, he entered the Collège de Cholet. He was named Chaplain of Saint-Louis-des-Français in Rome in 1873, where he obtained a doctorate in theology and in Canon Law. He returned to two successive curateships. He was appointed Bishop of Belley (Ain) by decree of 8 November 1887, which was approved (preconized) on 25 November. He was consecrated at Notre-Dame de Cholet (in French) on 8 February 1888 by Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel of Angers. He was enthroned on 24 February. His most notable achievement was the elevation of the Curé of Ars, Jean-Marie Vianney, to sainthood. He was named Archbishop of Reims on 1 January 1905, during the conflict between Church and State that led to the Law of Separation of 1905. He was expelled from his episcopal palace in December 1906. He was named a cardinal in 1907 by Pope Pius X, and participated in the Conclave of 1914 to elect his successor. He was absent from Reims when the Cathedral, struck by German bombs, was set afire and heavily damaged. He died on 28 May 1930. François Cochet (2001). Première Guerre mondiale: dates, thèmes, noms (in French). Levallois-Perret: Studyrama. pp. 133–134. ISBN978-2-84472-117-4. François Cochet (1993). Rémois en guerre: 1914-1918 (in French). Nancy: Presses Universitaires de Nancy. pp. 117–124. ISBN978-2-86480-660-8. Martin Bräuer (2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 1906. ISBN978-3-11-026947-5.
