Ancient Diocese of Lombez

The former French Catholic diocese of Lombez^[1] existed from 1317 to the French Revolution. It was suppressed by the Concordat of 1801, its territory going to the diocese of Bayonne and the archdiocese of Toulouse.^[2]. Its see was Lombez Cathedral in Gascony.

Cathédrale Sainte Marie de Lombez.

Bishops

• Arnaud-Roger de Comminges 1317-1328
• Jacques Colonna 1328-1341
• Antoine 1341-1348
• Bertrand de Coznac^[3] 1348-1351
• Roger 1353-1360
• Guillaume 1360
• Jean 1363
• Guillaume 1363-1375
• Arnaud 1379-1383
• Pierre de Paris 1386
• Jean Hiltalinger^[4]1389-1392
• Raymond de Bretennes 1416
• Arnaud de Mirepoix 1417
• Pierre de Foix 1425-c.1460, cardinal, administrator^[5]
• Gérard Garsias de Charne 1430-1450
• Gerard d’Aure c.1456-1460
• Sanche Garcias 1466-1472
• Jean de Villiers de La Groslaye (also Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas),^[6] 1473-1499
• Denis de Villiers 1499-1510
• Savari d'Ornézan 1513-1528
• Bernard d'Ornézan 1528-1552
• Antoine Olivier 1556
• Pierre de Lancrau 1561-1598
• Jean Daffis 1598-1614
• Bernard Daffis 1614-1628
• Jean Daffis 1628-1655
• Nicolas Le Maistre 1661
• Jean-Jacques Séguier de La Verrière 1662-1678
• Côme Roger 1681-1710
• Antoine Fagon 1711-1719
• Charles-Guillaume de Maupeou 1721-1732
• Jacques Richier de Cerizy 1751-1771
• François de Pons de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon 1771-1787
• Alexandre-Henri de Chauvigny de Blot 1787-1790, last bishop. The diocese was suppresed (1790).

Notes

1. ^ Also Lombès.
2. ^ Lombez (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
3. ^ http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1371.htm
4. ^ (Italian) http://www.treccani.it/Portale/elements/categoriesItems.jsp?category=Scienze_sociali_e_Storia/religioni/biografie/&parentFolder=/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Scienze_sociali_e_Storia/religioni/&addNavigation=Scienze_sociali_e_Storia/religioni/biografie/&lettera=G&pathFile=/sites/default/BancaDati/Enciclopedia_online/G/BIOGRAFIE_-_EDICOLA_G_028932.xml
5. ^ http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1414.htm makes him administrator only in early 1425.
6. ^ http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1493.htm

External links

• gcatholic.com page