The former French
Catholic
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Archbishopric of Arles had its
episcopal see
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in the city of
Arles
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, in southern
France
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.
["Archdiocese of Arles"]
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Diocesan history
The bishopric of Arles was founded in 330. It was promoted a metropolitan archdiocese in 460, suppressed a first time to become part of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aix and restored shortly in 1816.
The Archbishopric of Arles was suppressed again, and incorporated into the
Archdiocese of Aix
The Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia et Arelatensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles''; Occitan Provençal: ''Archidiocèsi de Ais de Provença e Arle'' or ''Archidioucès ...
in 1822. The latter is since officially called "
Archdiocese of Aix
The Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia et Arelatensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles''; Occitan Provençal: ''Archidiocèsi de Ais de Provença e Arle'' or ''Archidioucès ...
(-Arles-
Embrun)" and is no longer a Metropolitan but an archiepiscopal title, within the ecclesiastical province of Marseille.
Councils
The first Council of Arles was held in 314, for the purpose of putting an end to the
Donatist
Donatism was a Christian sect leading to a schism in the Church, in the region of the Church of Carthage, from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and t ...
controversy. Bishops from the western part of the empire including three from Britain attended. It confirmed the findings of the
Council of Rome
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(313), i.e. it recognized the validity of the election of
Caecilian of Carthage and confirmed the excommunication of
Donatus of Casae Nigrae
Donatus Magnus, also known as Donatus of Casae Nigrae, became leader of a schismatic sect known as the Donatists in North Africa, Algeria. He is believed to have died in exile around 355.
Life
Little is known of his early life because of the co ...
. Its twenty-two canons dealing with various abuses that had crept into ecclesiastical life since the persecution of
Diocletian
Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...
(284-305) are among the most important documents of early ecclesiastical legislation.
A council held in 353, and attended, among others, by two
papal legate
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s, was decidedly
Arian
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in attitude. The legates were tempted into rejecting communion with
Athanasius
Athanasius I of Alexandria, ; cop, ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲡⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ or Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲁ̅; (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, ...
and refused to condemn
Arius
Arius (; grc-koi, Ἄρειος, ; 250 or 256 – 336) was a Cyrenaic presbyter, ascetic, and priest best known for the doctrine of Arianism. His teachings about the nature of the Godhead in Christianity, which emphasized God the Father's un ...
, an act which filled
Pope Liberius
Pope Liberius (310 – 24 September 366) was the bishop of Rome from 17 May 352 until his death. According to the '' Catalogus Liberianus'', he was consecrated on 22 May as the successor to Pope Julius I. He is not mentioned as a saint in t ...
with grief.
A council was held on New Year's Day of 435, to settle the differences that had arisen between the
Abbot of Lérins
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and the
Bishop of Fréjus
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
.
In the synod of 443 (452), attended also by bishops of neighbouring provinces, fifty-six canons were formulated, mostly repetitions of earlier disciplinary decrees. Neophytes were excluded from major orders; married men aspiring to the priesthood were required to promise a life of continency, and it was forbidden to consecrate a bishop without the assistance of three other bishops and the consent of the
metropolitan
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
.
A council of 451 held after the close of the
Council of Chalcedon
The Council of Chalcedon (; la, Concilium Chalcedonense), ''Synodos tēs Chalkēdonos'' was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bith ...
in that year, sent its adhesion to the "Epistola dogmatica" of
Pope Leo I
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Leo was ...
, written by
Flavian of Constantinople
Flavian ( la, Flavianus; grc-gre, Φλαβιανος, ''Phlabianos''; 11 August 449), sometimes Flavian I, was Archbishop of Constantinople from 446 to 449. He is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Ch ...
(see
Eutyches
Eutyches ( grc, Εὐτυχής; c. 380c. 456) or Eutyches of Constantinople[archiepiscopal See of Vienne
The Archbishopric of Vienne, named after its episcopal seat in Vienne in the Isère département of southern France, was a metropolitan Roman Catholic archdiocese. It is now part of the Archdiocese of Lyon.
History
The legend according to whic ...]
and Arles a council was held in the latter city in 463, which called forth a famous letter from St. Leo I.
Between 475 and 480 another council was called, attended by thirty bishops, in which the
pre-destination
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ist teachings of the priest Lucidus were condemned.
In 524 a council was held under the presidency of St. Caesarius of Arles; its canons deal chiefly with the conferring of orders. A number of Caesarius of Arles' works have been published in
Sources Chrétiennes
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.
Little is known of the councils of 554 and 682.
The liturgical uses of Arles were recommended by pope Gregory the Great as a model for Augustine of Canterbury.
An important council was held in 813, at the instigation of
Charlemagne
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, for the correction of abuses and the reestablishment of ecclesiastical discipline. Its decrees insist on a sufficient ecclesiastical education of bishops and priests, on the duty of both to preach frequently to the people and to instruct them in the Catholic Faith, on the obligation of parents to instruct their children, etc.
In 1034 a council was held at Arles for the re-establishment of peace, the restoration of Christian Faith, the awakening in the popular heart of a sense of divine goodness and of salutary fear by the consideration of past evils.
From 1080 to 1098,
Aicard
Aicard of Marseilles ( 1040 – 1113), also known as Aicard of Arles or simply Aicard, was the Archbishop of Arles from 1070 to 1080 and again from 1107 to his death.
Early life and family
Aicard was born around 1040, the son of Jaufre I, Viscou ...
continued to act as bishop even though he had been deposed. He was followed on the episcopal throne by
Ghibbelin of Sabran, who was later
Latin patriarch of Jerusalem
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.
In 1236 a council held under the presidency of Archbishop Jean Baussan, issued twenty-four canons, mostly against the prevalent Albigensian heresy, and for the observance of the decrees of the
Lateran Council of 1215 and that of Toulouse in 1229. Close inspection of their dioceses is urged on the bishops, as a remedy against the spread of heresy; testaments are declared invalid unless made in the presence of the parish priest. This measure, met with in other councils, was meant to prevent testamentary dispositions in favour of known heretics.
In 1251, Jean, Archbishop of Arles, held a council near
Avignon
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(''Concilium Insculanum''), among whose thirteen canons is one providing that the sponsor at
baptism
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is bound to give only the white robe in which the infant is baptized.
In 1260 a council held by Archbishop
Florentin decreed that confirmation must be received fasting, and that on Sundays and feast days the religious should not open their churches to the faithful, nor preach at the hour of the parish Mass. The laity should be instructed by their parish priests. The religious should also frequent the parochial service, for the sake of good example. This council also condemned the doctrines spread abroad under the name of
Joachim of Flora
Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora and in Italian Gioacchino da Fiore (c. 1135 – 30 March 1202), was an Italian Christian theologian, Catholic abbot, and the founder of the monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore. According to the ...
.
In 1275, twenty-two earlier observances were promulgated anew at a Council of Arles.
Archbishops
Before 1000
*
Trophimus of Arles
According to Catholic lore, Trophimus of Arles (french: Trophime) was the first bishop of Arles, in today's southern France.
History
It was an early tradition of the Catholic Church that under the co-Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus (251 ...
(c. 250 – c. 280)
* Marcianus (m. 254/57)
* Marinus (bef. 2/10/313 – aft. 314)
*
Saturninus Saturninus may refer to:
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* Gaius Sentius Saturninus, consul 19 BC, military officer, governor
* Marcus Aponius Saturninus (1st century AD), governor of Moesia, and partisan of first ...
(
Arian
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; bef. 355 – 362/63)
* Concordius (m. 374)
* (m. 396)
*
Heros of Arles Heros was Bishop of Arles from 408 to 412. He was installed as bishop by the usurper Constantine III, and was deposed by Constantius III.M. Heinzelmann, "The 'affair' of Hilary of Arles (445) and Gallo-Roman identity in the fifth century", in John ...
(408–412)
*
Patroclus of Arles
In Greek mythology, as recorded in Homer's ''Iliad'', Patroclus (pronunciation variable but generally ; grc, Πάτροκλος, Pátroklos, glory of the father) was a childhood friend, close wartime companion, and the presumed (by some later a ...
(412–426)
* Helladius (426)
*
Honoratus
Honoratus (french: Saint Honorat; c. 350 – 6 January 429) was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Life
Honoratus was born in the ...
(427–430)
*
Hilary of Arles
Hilary of Arles, also known by his Latin name Hilarius (c. 403–449), was a bishop of Arles in Southern France. He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, with his feast day celebrated on 5 May.
Life
In hi ...
(430–449)
*
Ravennius (22/8/449 – aft. 452)
*
Leontius
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(bef. 461 – aft. 475)
*
Aeonius bef. 23/8/494 – aft. 29/9/500)
*
Caesarius of Arles
Caesarius of Arles ( la, Caesarius Arelatensis; 468/470 27 August 542 AD), sometimes called "of Chalon" (''Cabillonensis'' or ''Cabellinensis'') from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône, was the foremost ecclesiastic of his generation in Merovingian ...
(503–542)
* Auxianus (542–546)
*
Aurelianus (c. 546 – 551)
* Sabaudus (m. 552 – 586)
* Licerius (586–588)
*
Virgilius of Arles
Virgilius of Arles (died c. 610; Virgil, Virgile) was Archbishop of Arles in Gaul.
According to a life written in the eighth century he was born in a village of Aquitaine, became a monk, Abbot of Lérins, and Bishop of Arles, where he built a basi ...
(588 – betw. 601 & 610)
* Florianus (bef. 23/8/613, m. 614)
*
Theodosius Theodosius ( Latinized from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", Theodosios, "given by god") is a given name. It may take the form Teodósio, Teodosie, Teodosije etc. Theodosia is a feminine version of the name.
Emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium
...
(bef. 11/8/632 – 650)
*
Johannes I (bef. 660 – aft. 668)
* Felix (m. 680)
* ''Sede vacante'' (or no known bishops)
* Elifantus (bef. c. 788 – aft. 794)
* Johannes II (m. betw. 811 & 816)
* Notho (bef. 824 – aft. 835)
*
Rotlandus (bef. 852 – 869)
*
Rostagnus I
Rostang of Arles (or Rostang I, Rostaing; died 913) was Archbishop of Arles from 870 to 913.
He supported the coup d'état of Boso of Provence against the Carolingians in 879.
Early years
Rostang became a monk, and then became abbot of Aniane in ...
(m. betw. march 871 & 904/13)
* Manasse (914 – 962/63)
*
Iterius (m. 963 – )
* Anno
1000–1300
*
Pons de Marignane
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The pons is also called the pons Varolii ("bridge of ...
(1005–1029)
*
Raimbaud de Reillanne,
Raimbaud, Archbishop of Arles (May 1030 – 18 February 1069)
*
Aicard
Aicard of Marseilles ( 1040 – 1113), also known as Aicard of Arles or simply Aicard, was the Archbishop of Arles from 1070 to 1080 and again from 1107 to his death.
Early life and family
Aicard was born around 1040, the son of Jaufre I, Viscou ...
(1070 – 1080 or 1096?)
*
Gibelin Ghibbelin of Sabran (also spelled Gibelin) ( 1045 – 1112) was Archbishop of Arles (1080–1112), papal legate (1107–1108), and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1108–1112).
Biography
Ghibbelin was named Archbishop of Arles at the Council of ...
(1080 or 1099–1107, 1112 or 1115)
*
Atton de Bruniquel (6 October 1115 – 6 March 1129)
*
Bernard Guerin / Garin (1129 – 2 March 1138)
*
Guillaume Monge Guillaume may refer to:
People
* Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William
* Guillaume (surname)
Other uses
* Guillaume (crater)
See also
* '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem
* Guillaume affair, a Cold War espi ...
(1139? – 1 January 1142)
*
Raimon de Montredon (1142–1160)
*
Raimon de Bollène (1163–1182)
*
Pierre Isnard (1183–1190)
*
Imbert d'Eyguière (9 October 1191 – 20 July 1202)
*
Michel de Morèse
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* Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...
(August 1202 – 21 July 1217)
*
Uc Béroard
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* Universal Century, one of the ti ...
(27 March 1218 – 18 November 1232)
*
Jean Baussan
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* Jean ...
(27 July 1233 – 24 November 1258)
*
Bertran Malferrat Bertran or Bertrán is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Bertran Carbonel (1252–1265), Provençal troubadour
* Bertran d'Alamanon (1229–1266), Provençal knight, troubadour, an official, diplomat, and ambassador of the court ...
,
Bertrand de Malferrat (25 November 1258 – 25 May 1262)
*
Florent Florent is a French version of the Latin personal name Florentius. It is also used as a surname.
People with the first name
* Florent Avdyli (born 1993), Kosovan footballer
* Florent Aziri (born 1988), Kosovan-German footballer
*Florent Hadergjon ...
(28 November 1262 – 7 June 1266)
*
Bertran de Saint-Martin
Bertrand de Saint-Martin (died 28 or 29 March 1278) was a French cardinal.
He was born in Arles.
Career in the Church
He entered the Order of Benedictines and by 1238 was dean of the abbey of Saint-André de Villeneuve at Avignon. In 1248 he ...
(11 October 1266 – June 1273)
*
Bernard de Languissel (4 February 1274 – 1281)
*
Bertrand Amalric
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* Bertrand Creek, state of Washington
* Saint-Ber ...
(20 December 1281 – 31 March 1286)
*
Rostaing de la Capre
Rostaing is a company created in 1789 by Joseph Rostaing which was at first a tannery.
History
The history of Rostaing Group is deeply related to the one of the Rostaing family.
Joseph Rostaing was living in Villieu-Loyes-Mollon, Villieu, a sma ...
(5 August 1286 – 22 August 1303)
1300–1500
*
Peire de Ferrières (30 January 1304 – 21 September 1307)
*
Arnaud de Faugères (1307 – 1309 or 1310)
*
Gaillard de Faugères
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Gaillard lies on the border with Switzerland, 5 km east of the city centre of Geneva. The biggest border crossing is ca ...
(19 December 1310 – 12 September 1317)
*
Gaillard Saumate
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Gaillard lies on the border with Switzerland, 5 km east of the city centre of Geneva. The biggest border crossing is calle ...
(1318–1323)
*
Gasbert de la Val /du Val (1324–1341)
*
Jean de Cardone (1341–1348)
*
Étienne Aldebrand (1348–1350)
*
Étienne de La Garde (1351–1361)
*
Guillaume de La Garde (1361–1374)
*
Pierre de Cros
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(1374–1388)
*
François de Conzié
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* Francis II of France, Kin ...
/Conzieu (1388–1390)
*
Jean de Rochechouart
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People
* Jean (female given name)
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* Jean ...
(1390–1398)
*
Pierre Blavi
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Blau ?
* ''vacant 1398–1404''
*
Artaud de Mélan
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/Méhelle (1404–1410)
*
Jean Allarmet de Brogny
Jean-Allarmet de Brogny (1342 – 16 February 1426) was a French Cardinal.
Biography
He was born in the hamlet of Brogny, now part of Annecy-le-Vieux in Savoy.
Biographers are not agreed as to his parentage and real name. According to some, ...
(1410–1423)
*
Louis Aleman
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(December 1423 – 16 September 1450)
[Louis Aleman was later ]Bishop of Maguelone
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier (–Lodève–Béziers–Agde–Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Metropolitae Montis Pessulani (–Lotevensis–Biterrensis–Agathensis–Sancti Pontii Thomeriarum)'' ...
.
*
Pierre de Foix (1450–1463)
*
Philippe de Lévis (7 May 1463? – 11 November 1475) (also
Archbishop of Auch
The Archdiocese of Auch-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Auxitana-Condomiensis-Lectoriensis-Lomberiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Auch-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez''), more commonly known as the Archdiocese of Auch, is a Latin Churc ...
)
*
Eustache de Lévis (1475 – 22 April 1489)
*
Nicolas de Cibo
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* Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...
(1489–1499)
*
Jean Ferrier I
Jean Ferrier or Juan Ferrer (died 1521) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Arles (1499–1521) and Bishop of Melfi (1498–1499). (1499–1521)
1500–1792
*
Jean Ferrier II
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*
Jacques du Broullat
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(1550–1560)
*
Robert de Lenoncourt
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(7 February 1560 – 2 February 1561)
*
Antoine d'Albon
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The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West ...
(1561–1562) (also
Archbishop of Lyon
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)
*
Hippolyte d'Este
Ippolito (II) d'Este (25 August 1509 – 2 December 1572) was an Italian cardinal and statesman. He was a member of the House of Este, and nephew of the other Ippolito d'Este, also a cardinal. He is perhaps best known for his despoliation of the ...
(1562–1566)
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Prosper de Sainte-Croix (1566–1574)
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Silvio de Sainte-Croix Silvio
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(1574–1598)
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Oratio Montano (1598–1603)
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Gaspard du Laurent
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People Given name
* Gaspard II Schetz, Lord of Grobbendonk
* Gaspard Abeille (1648–1718), French poet
* Gaspard André (1840–1896), French architect
* Gaspard Augé ...
(1603–1630)
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Jean Jaubert de Barrault
Jean Jaubert de Barrault (1584 – 30 July 1643) was Bishop of Bazas, Bishop of ''Diocèse étranger'', then archbishop of Arles.
Early years
Jean Jaubert de Barrault was born in 1584 in Blaignac.
He was the son of Aymeric Jaubert de Barrault a ...
(20 July 1630 – 30 July 1643)
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François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, Kin ...
(31 March 1644 – 9 March 1689)
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Jean-Baptiste Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan
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Persons
* Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was King ...
(9 March 1689 – 11 November 1697)
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François de Mailly
François de Mailly (1658–1721) was a French archbishop and Cardinal.
Biography
Born at Nesle, he had ultramontane views, and was a stern opponent of Jansenism. He was a critic of Jean Meslier.
On 11 May 1698, he was consecrated bishop by T ...
(24 December 1697 – 12 July 1710) (also
Archbishop of Reims
The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ...
)
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Jacques II de Forbin-Janson (1711 – 13 January 1741)
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Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds
Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds (1698–1746) was a French prelate who was Archbishop of Arles from 1741 to 1746.
Biography
Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds was born at the Château de Montifray, near Beaumont-la-Ronce, on 1 May 1698.
...
(20 August 1741 – 4 March 1746) (also
Bishop of Bayonne
The Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron, commonly Diocese of Bayonne, (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron''; Basque: ''Baionako, Leskarreko eta Oloroeko elizbarrutia'') ...
and
Archbishop of Paris
The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Parisiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Paris'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses in France ...
)
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Jean-Joseph de Jumilhac (17 April 1746 – 20 February 1775) (also
Bishop of Vannes
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vannes (Latin: ''Dioecesis Venetensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Vannes'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.
Erected in the 5th century, the Episcopal see is Vannes Cathedral in ...
)
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Jean Marie du Lau d'Allemans (1 October 1775 – 2 September 1792)
See also
*
Catholic Church in France
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List of Catholic dioceses in France
The Catholic Church in France mainly comprises a Metropolitan Latin Church hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, consisting of
* fifteen ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archdioceses (15)
** with a total of 80 su ...
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''Arles''
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Arles
Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...
Arles
1822 disestablishments in France