Roman Catholic Diocese of Beauvais

Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon and Senlis Dioecesis Bellovacensis, Noviomensis et Silvanectensis
St. Peter's Cathedral, Beauvais
Location
Country	France
Territory	Oise
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Reims
Metropolitan	Beauvais, Arrondissement of Beauvais, Oise, Oise, Picardy
Population - Catholics	690,000 (88.5%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	3rd century
Cathedral	St. Peter's Cathedral, Beauvais
Patron saint	St. Lucian of Beauvais
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Jacques Benoit-Gonnin, Comm. l'Emm.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan Archbishop of Reims
Map
Website
oise.catholique.fr

Harvey and Roger, two bishops of Beauvais in the Middle Ages, panel from the binding of a pontifical in the cathedral of Beauvais

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Beauvais (Lat:Diocesis Bellovacensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese encompasses the department of Oise in the Region of Picardie. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reims. The current bishop is Jacques Benoit-Gonnin, appointed in 2010.

History

The diocese of Beauvais was traditionally founded by St. Lucian (Lucianus, Lucien) in the 3rd century. After 1013 the Bishops were simultaneously Counts of Beauvais, and one of the Peers of France. The Bishop had a role in the coronation ceremony of the French king, and played a role in politics; Roger II died during the First Crusade, Philip of Dreux was a participant in the Third Crusade and the Battle of Bouvines, and Pierre Cauchon was involved in the trial of Joan of Arc.

The diocese was abolished during the French Revolution, and was recreated as part of the Diocese of Amiens in 1802. Beauvais was re-established in 1822, and the Diocese of Beauvais-Noyon–Senlis was created in 1851, comprising the territories of all three formerly separate dioceses. Beauvais Cathedral serves as the seat of the new diocese, which has a population of 766,441, 90% of whom are Roman Catholic.

Bishops of Beauvais

To 1000

• St. Lucianus (3rd century)
• Thalasius
• Victor
• Chanarus
• Numitius
• Licerius
• Themerus
• Bertegesillus
• Rodomarus
• Ansoldus
• Ribertus
• Cogerimus
• Anselmus
• Maurinus
• Himbertus
• Clement
• Constantinus
• Radingus (632-660)
• Ercambertus
• Rocoaldus
• Miroldus
• Austringus
• Deodatus
• Andreas
• Hodingus
• Adalmanus
• Ragimbertus
• Hildemanus
• Erminfridus (?-859)
• Odo (860-881)
• Hrotgarius (881-888)
• Honoratus (888-890)
• Herluin (909-921)
• Bovon
• Hildegar
• Walleran (933-972)
• Harvey (987-997)
• Hugh (997-1002)

From 1000

• Roger of Blois (1002–1022) (first Count of Beauvais)
• Garin (1022–1030)
• Drogo (1035–1058)
• Guibert (1059–1063)
• Guy (1063–1085)
• Ursion (1085–1089)
• Fulk of Dammartin (1089–1095)
• Roger II (1095–1096)
• Ansel (1096–1099)
• Peter of Dammartin (1114–1133)
• Odo II (1133–1144)
• Odo III (1144–1148)
• Henry (1149–1162) (son of Louis VI of France, later Archbishop of Reims)
• Bartholomew of Montcornet (1162–1175)
• Philip of Dreux (1175–1217) (son of Robert I of Dreux, and thus nephew of Henry (above))
• Milo of Nanteuil (1217–1234)
• Godfrey of Clermont (1234–1236)
• Robert of Cressonsacq (1237–1248)
• William of Gres (1249–1267)
• Reginald of Nanteuil (1267–1283)
• Theobald of Nanteuil (1283–1300)
• Simon of Nesle (1301–1312)
• Jean de Marigny (1313–1347)
• William Bertran (1347–1356)
• Philip of Alençon (1356–1360) (son of Charles II of Alençon)
• John of Dormans (1360–1368)
• John of Augerant (1368–1375)
• Milo of Dormans (1375–1387)
• William of Vienne (1387–1388)
• Thomas of Estouteville (1388–1395)
• Thomas of Orléans (1395–1397)
• Peter of Savoisy (1398–1412)
• Bernard of Chevenon (1413–1420)
• Pierre Cauchon (1420–1432)
• Jean Juvenal des Ursins (1433–1444)
• Guillaume d’Hellande (1444–1462)
• Jean de Bar (1462–1488)
• Louis de Villiers (1497–1521)
• Antoine Lascaris de Tende (1523–1530)
• Charles de Villiers (1530–1535)
• Odet de Coligny de Châtillon (1535–1569)
• Charles de Bourbon (1569–1575)
• Nicolas Fumée (1575–1593)
• Arthur de Campbells(1595)
• René Potier (1596–1616)
• Augustin Potier (1617–1650)
• Nicolas Choart de Buzenval (1651–1679)
• Toussaint de Forbin-Janson (1679–1713)
• François-Honoré Antoine de Saint-Aignan (1713–1728)
• René Potier de Gesvres (1728–1772)
• François-Joseph de la Rochefoucauld (1772–1792)

Bishops of Amiens

• Jean-Chrisostôme de Villaret (1802–1805)
• Jean-François de Mandolx (1805–1817)
• Marc-Marie de Bombelles (1819–1822)
• Jean-Pierre de Gallien de Chabons (1822–1823)

Bishops of Beauvais (restored)

• Claude Louis de Lesquen (1823–1825)
• François Hyacinthe Jean Feutrier (1825–1830)
• Jean-Louis-Simon Lemercier (1832–1838)
• Pierre-Marie Cottret (1838–1841)

Bishops of Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis

• Joseph-Armand Gignoux (1842–1878)
• François Edouard Hasley (1878–1880)
• Désiré-Joseph Dennel (1880–1884)
• Joseph-Maxence Peronne (1884–1892)
• Edmond Frédéric Fuzet (1892–1900)
• Marie Jean Célestin Douais (1900–1915)
• Eugène-Stanislas Le Senne (1915–1937)
• Félix Roeder (1937–1955)
• Pierre-Mararie Lacointe (1955–1965)
• Stéphane Émile Alfred Desmazières (1965–1978)
• Jacques André Marie Jullien (1978–1984)
• Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy (1985–1995)
• Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau (1995–2002)
• Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James (2003–2009)
• Jacques Benoit-Gonnin (2010–present)

External links

• Official site
• Beauvais from the Catholic Encyclopedia
• Diocese of Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis from Catholic-Hierarchy.org

Coordinates: 49°25′55″N 2°04′52″E / 49.432°N 2.08118°E / 49.432; 2.08118