René-François Régnier (; 17 July 1794 – 3 January 1881,
Rome
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cardinal
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.
Biography
Cardinal Rengnier was born on 17 July 1794
at
Saint-Quentin-les Beaurepaire in the region of
Cambrai
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France
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. His parents were François Régnier and Renée Périgois. He was ordained a priest on 22 December 1818. He was consecrated bishop of the
Diocese of Angoulême by his predecessor Cardinal
Pierre Giraud on 22 July 1842, and succeeded him as archbishop of the
Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; ; ), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river.
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on 30 September 1850.
Pope Pius IX
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created him as the
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità dei Monti on 22 December 1873. He died on 3 January 1881 and was buried at the
Cathedral of Cambrai.
See also
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai
The Archdiocese of Cambrai (; French language, French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Cambrai, Dou ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Angoulême
References
External links
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
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1794 births
1881 deaths
19th-century French cardinals
Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX
Archbishops of Cambrai
Bishops of Angoulême