Jacques-Théodore de Bryas
Jacques-Théodore de Bryas | |
|---|---|
Bishop of Saint-Omer | |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 29 May 1672 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1630 |
| Died | 16 November 1694 Cambrai, Cambrésis, Kingdom of France |
| Parents | Charles de Bryas and Anne Philiberte de Lierre d'Immerseele |
| Previous post(s) | Ecclesiastical councillor on the Great Council of Mechelen |
| Alma mater | University of Douai |
| Motto | Difficiliora quae pulchra |
Jacques-Théodore de Bryas (1630–1694) was a clergyman from the
ex officio, duke of Cambrai and count of Cambrésis. He was the last archbishop to be elected by the cathedral chapter
rather than nominated by the King of France.
Life
De Bryas was born in
canonry of Tournai Cathedral in 1655.[2] By letters patent of 12 December 1666 he was appointed ecclesiastical councillor on the Great Council of Mechelen, the highest law court in the Habsburg Netherlands.[2]
In 1671, de Bryas was named bishop of Saint-Omer in succession to
Louis XIV of France took control of the city at the conclusion of the Siege of Cambrai, and by the Treaties of Nijmegen the Habsburgs ceded the duchy of Cambrai to French control. A report to the new king described the archbishop as eating simply off pewter tableware, and spending his free time visiting the sick and prisoners.[2]
On 30 August 1682, the cathedral chapter formally relinquished their ancient privilege of electing the bishop, bringing the diocese into line with the rest of France, where the nomination of bishops was a royal prerogative.[3]
De Bryas died on 16 November 1694.[3]
References
- ^ M. de Vegiano, Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne, edited by J.S.F.J.L. de Herckenrode, vol. 1 (Ghent, 1865), pp. 312-313.
- ^ a b c Edmond Reusens, "Bryas (Jacques-Théodore de)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, 1872), 505-506.
- ^ a b c d e Honoré Fisquet, La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Cambrai (Paris, Étienne Repos, 1864), pp. 279-280. On Google Books.
