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.
Ladislas Jonart | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Cambrai | |
| Church | Catholic |
| Diocese | Cambrai |
| See | Notre Dame de Cambrai |
| Elected | 1668 |
| Installed | 4 April 1671 |
| Predecessor | Gaspard Nemius |
| Successor | Jacques-Théodore de Bryas |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Arras; Bishop of Saint-Omer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1594 |
| Died | 22 September 1674 Cambrai, Cambrésis, Habsburg Netherlands |
Life edit
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 edit
- ^ a b c d e Émile Van Arenbergh, "Jonart (Ladislas)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 10 (Brussels, 1889), 505-506.
- ^ a b Honoré Fisquet, La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Cambrai (Paris, Étienne Repos, 1864), pp. 278-279. On Google Books.