DIOCESE OF CHARTRES

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The 'Diocese of Chartres' is a Roman Catholic diocese.^[1][2]
It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tours.^[3]

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Pilgrimages

Bishops

References

Pilgrimages

Chartres has been a site of Christian pilgrimage since the Middle Ages. The poet Charles Péguy (1873-1914) revived the pilgrimage route between Paris and Chartres before the First World War. After the war, some students carried on the pilgrimage in his memory. Since the 1980s, the association Notre-Dame de Chrétienté,^[4] with offices in Versailles, has organized the annual 100-km pilgrimage on foot from the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris to the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Chartres. About 15,000 pilgrims, mostly young families from all over France, participate every year.

Bishops

Notable bishops of Chartres:

★ Fulbert of Chartres (1007-1029)

★ St. Ivo of Chartres (1090-1115)

★ John of Salisbury (1176-1180)

★ Peter Cellensis

★ Martin Gouge

★ Erard de la Marck (1507-1525)^[5]

★ Nicolas de Thou

★ Paul Godet des Marais

References

1. Diocese of Chartres - Catholic Encyclopedia article
2. Official diocese website
3. Diocese of Chartres from catholic-hierarchy.org/
4. Notre-Dame de Chrétienté - English language site
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