Abstract
The pages of his political testament Richelieu that dedicates to clergy reforms reveal the prelate’s constant preoccupation with training and the dissemination of a faith that is in perfect conformity with Roman orthodoxy as defined in precise terms in Tridentine decrees. The Cardinal-minister’s interest in ecclesiastical affairs is already evident during the period of his episcopal ministry in Luçon. Richelieu’s pastoral activity, between December 1608 and April 1624, is buttressed by three major pillars: 1. holding a first synod, in 1609, whose regulations were published in 1613; 2. founding a seminary in 1611, a task rapidly confided to the Oratorians, despite the opposition of a chapter hostile to paying new taxes; 3. the publication in 1618 of Christian Instruction, addressed to parish priests, known under the title the Luçon Catechism. These various elements, as described in this article, revolve around one conviction: diocesan reform necessitates forming a clergy capable, thanks to tools fashioned by the Bishop, of catechizing the population in supplying it a sufficient amount of rules for living the Gospel.
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