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Ladislas Jonart

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Ladislas Jonart
Archbishop of Cambrai
ChurchCatholic
DioceseCambrai
SeeNotre Dame de Cambrai
Elected1668
Installed4 April 1671
PredecessorGaspard Nemius
SuccessorJacques-Théodore de Bryas
Other post(s)Bishop of Arras; Bishop of Saint-Omer
Personal details
Born1594
Died22 September 1674
Cambrai, Cambrésis, Habsburg Netherlands

Ladislas Jonart (1594–1674) was a clergyman from the Low Countries who was named in turn bishop of Arras, bishop of Saint-Omer, and archbishop of Cambrai. In the last position he was, ex officio, duke of Cambrai and count of Cambrésis.

Life

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Jonart was born in Mons in 1594. He was ordained in Cambrai and held a canonry of the cathedral there.[1] He was elected dean on 3 December 1635 and went on to serve as vicar general of the diocese. During a mutiny of the garrison in the city, he personally advanced the money to pay the troops.[1] In 1652 he was named bishop of Arras, but as the city was under French occupation he was never installed. In 1656 he was appointed to Saint-Omer instead, taking possession of the see by procuration on 20 September 1662 and being enthroned as bishop on 28 May 1663.[2] In 1668 he was elected to succeed Gaspard Nemius as archbishop of Cambrai.[1] He was only installed as archbishop on 4 April 1671, distributing the episcopal income that had accrued during the vacancy to the poor.[1] He died on 22 September 1674, leaving his goods in trust to alleviate poverty in the city and to aid distressed bourgeois.[2] He was buried in his cathedral.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Émile Van Arenbergh, "Jonart (Ladislas)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 10 (Brussels, 1889), 505-506.
  2. ^ a b Honoré Fisquet, La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Cambrai (Paris, Étienne Repos, 1864), pp. 278-279. On Google Books.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Arras
nominated but never installed
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Saint-Omer
1662–1671
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Cambrai
1671–1674
Succeeded by