- Roman Catholic Diocese of Carcassonne
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Carcassonne, is a
diocese of theLatin Rite of theRoman Catholic church inFrance . The diocese comprises the entire department ofAude . It is suffragan to thearchdiocese of Montpellier .On the occasion of the
Concordat of 1802 , the former Diocese of Carcassonne, nearly all the oldArchdiocese of Narbonne , almost the entireDiocese of Saint-Papoul , a part of theancient Diocese of Alet andancient Diocese of Mirepoix , and the formerDiocese of Perpignan , were united to make the one Diocese of Carcassone. In 1822 the Diocese of Perpignan was re-established.History
The Diocese of Carcassone was founded after 533. The
Visigoths sought to compensate themselves for the loss ofLodève andUzès by having Carcassonne erected into a bishopric. The first of its bishops known to history wasSergius (589).From 1848 to 1855 the see was occupied by
Bishop de Bonnechose , later Cardinal, and from 1855 to 1873, by the mystical writer,Bishop de la Bouillerie .The history of this region is intimately connected with that of the
Albigenses . Themonastery of Prouille , whereSt. Dominic established a religious institute for converted Albigensian women in 1206, is still a place of pilgrimage consecrated to the Blessed Virgin.St. Peter of Castelnau , the Cistercian inquisitor martyred by the Albigenses in 1208,St. Camelia , put to death by the same sectarians, andSt. John Francis Regis (1597-1640), the Jesuit, born atFontcouverte in the Diocese of Narbonne, are specially venerated in the Diocese of Carcassonne.Notre-Dame de Canabès and Notre-Dame de Limoux, both of which date back to the ninth century, are still frequented by pilgrims. The church of Saints-Nazaire-et-Celse at Carcassonne was rebuilt toward the end of the eleventh century, the first work upon it being blessed by
Pope Urban II , who came to Carcassonne to urge the VicomteBernard de Trincavel to join the Crusade. The naves of this church are Roman, and the transept and choir Gothic.Bishops
To 1000
* Hilaire v.550
* Sergius 589
* Solemnius 633
* Elpidius 636
* Sylvestre 653
* Étienne 683
* Hispicio 791
* Señor 813
* Eurus 860
* Léger 878
* Willeran 883-897
* SaintGimer 902-931
* Abbon 933-934
* Gisandus 934-952
* Franco 965-977
* Aimeric 982-9861000 to 1300
* Adalbert 1002-1020
* Foulques 1028
* Guifred 1031-1058
* Bernard 1072-1075
* Pierre Artaud 1077-1083
* Pierre II 1083-1101
* Guillaume Bernard 1106-1107
* Raimond I 1107-1110
* Arnaud de Girone 1113-1130
* Raimond de Sorèze 1131-1141
* Pons de Tresmals 1142-1159
* Pons de Brugals 1159-1166
* Othon 1170-1201
* Bérenger 1201-1209
* Bernard-Raimond de Roquefort 1209-1231
*Guy de Vaux-de-Cernay 1212-1223 (contested)
* Clarín 1226-1248
* Guillaume Arnaud 1248-1255
* Guillaume Raoul 1248-1266 (contested)
* Bernard de Capendu 1265-1278
* Gauthier Jean 1278-1280
* Bérenger 1280
* Isarn v.1286
* Pierre de La Chapelle-Taillefer 1291-1298
* Jean de Chevry 1298-13001300 to 1500
* Pierre de Roquefort 1300-1321
* Guillaume de Flavacourt 1322-1323
* Pierre Rodier 1323-1330
* Pierre Jean 1330-1336
* Gancelin Jean 1337-1346
* Gilbert Jean 1347-1354
*Arnaud Aubert 1354-1357
* Geoffroi de Vayrols 1358-1361
* Étienne Aubert 1361
* Jean Fabri 1362-1370
* Hugues de La Jugie 1371
* Pierre de Saint-Martial 1372-1391
*Simon de Cramaud 1391-1409
* Pierre Aimeri 1409-1412
* Géraud du Puy 1413-1421
* Geoffroi de Pompadour 1420-1445
* Jean d’Étampes 1446-1455
* Geoffroi de Basilhac 1456-1459
* Jean du Chastel 1459-1475
* Guichard d'Aubusson 1476-14971500 to 1800
* Pierre d'Auxillon 1497-1512
* Hugues de Voisins 1512-1516
* Jean de Basilhac 1516-1521
* Martín de Saint-André 1521-1545
*Charles de Vendôme de Bourbon 1546-1552 and 1565-1567, Cardinal
* François de Faucon 1556-1565
* Vitelli Vitelloti 1567-1568
* Annibal de Ruccellai 1569-1601
* Christophe de L’Estang 1603-1621
* Vitalis de L'Estang 1621-1652
* François de Servien 1653-1654
* Louis de Nogaret de La Valette 1655-1679
* Louis d'Anglure de Bourlemont 1680
* Louis Joseph de Grignan 1681-1722
* Louis Joseph de Chateauneuf de Rochebonne 1722-1729
* Armand Bazin de Bezons 1730-1778
*Jean Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur 1778-1788
* François Marie Fortuné de Vintimille 1789-1790
* Guillaume Bésaucèle 1791-1801,constitutional bishop From 1800
*
Louis Belman 1801
*Arnaud-Ferdinand de La Porte 1802-1824
*Joseph-Julien de Saint-Rome Gualy 1824-1847
*Henri-Marie-Gaston de Bonnechose 1848-1855
*François-Alexandre Rollet de La Bouillerie 1855-1873
*François-Albert Leuillieux 1873-1881, translated to Chambéry (1881)
*Paul-Félix Arsène Billard 1881-1901
*Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour 1902-1930
*Emmanuel Coste 1930-1931, thenBishop of Aix
*Jean-Joseph Pays 1932-1951
*Pierre-Marie Joseph Puech 1952-1982
*Jacques Despierre 1982-2004
*Alain-Emile Baptiste Planet 2004-presentExternal links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03331b.htm Source]
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