Diocese of Blois
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The Diocese of Blois is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese lies in western France, and encompasses the department of Loir-et-Cher. Since 2002 it has been a suffragan
Blois Cathedral
Henri Grégoire
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Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire, often referred to as the Abbé Grégoire, was a French Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader. He was an ardent abolitionist and support
Diocese of Blois
…Charles-Gilbert de May de Termont (10 December 1753 – 22 July 1776) Alexandre de Lauzières-Thémines (1776 – illegally deposed in 1790) Henri Grégoire (1790 – 1793) (constitutional bishop) Philippe-François Sausin (16 May 1823 – 5 March 1844…
Portrait by Joseph François, 1800
Signature Henri Grégoire
Title page of Grégoire's 1808 book on Negro literature