The Diocese of Bazas, centred on Bazas in

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, covered the Bazadais region, known under the Romans as the ''Vasatensis pagus'' after the ancient occupants, the Vasates. In the 2nd century it was part of the Novempopulania, one of the seventeen provinces of

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. The diocese must have been created between the first and the third centuries, but because of the large numbers of invaders that passed through this region -

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- the list of bishops is much reduced during the first millennium. The first bishop of this diocese is mentioned, without a name, by

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in his ''De gloria martyrum''. The diocese of Bazas, the seat of which was the cathedral of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bazas, was bordered on the north by the diocese of Périgueux, on the east by the

diocese of Agen The Diocese of Agen (Latin: ''Dioecesis Agennensis''; French: ''Diocèse d'Agen'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The Diocese of Agen comprises the ''département'' of Lot-et-Garonne, in th ...

and the diocese of Condom, on the south by the diocese of Aire and the diocese of Dax, and on the west by the

archdiocese of Bordeaux The Archdiocese of Bordeaux (–Bazas) (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Burdigalensis (–Bazensis)''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Bordeaux (–Bazas)''; Occitan: ''Archidiocèsi de Bordèu (–Vasats)'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or a ...

. It was divided into three archdeaconries. It was suppressed during the

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by the Legislative Assembly, under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790). By the

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its territory was unequally divided between the dioceses of Aire, Agen and Bordeaux. The title of the diocese of Bazas was preserved and assigned to the Archdiocese of Bordeaux-Bazas.

Bishops of Bazas

to 1300

* after 406: bishop, name unknown, mentioned by

* 506 and 511: Sextilius * 585: Orestes * 614: Gudualdus * 673-675: Gundulfus :... * 977-980: Gombaud, bishop of Gascony : c. 980-1000: Arsius Raca (Administrator during the minority of Hugo) * 1000- c. 1012: Hugues : c. 1012- c. 1025 or 1029: Arsius Raca * c. 1025- c. 1059: Raimond 'Vetulus' (the Elder) * 1059-1084: Raimond the Younger * 1084 - c. 1103: Étienne de Sentes * 1104-1126: Bertrand de Baslade * 1126 - c. 1134: Geoffroy or Godefroy * 1134-1143 or 1144: Fortis Guarini de Pellegrue * 1144-1146: Raimond * 1146- c. 1165: Guillaume Arnaud de Tontoulon * c. 1165-1186: Garsias de Benquet * 1186-1213 or 1214: Gaillard de la Mothe * 1214-1219: Guillaume II * 1219-1242: Arnaud I de Pins * 1242-1265: Raimond IV de Castillon * 1265-1277: Guillaume III de Pins * 1277-1294 or 1296: Hugues II de Rochefort * 1294 ou 1296-1299: Guillaume IV Geoffroy * 1299-1302: Arnaud Falquet, Fouquet, Foucaud or Foulques

since 1300

* 1302-1313 and 1319: Guillaume V Arnaud de La Mothe * 1313-1318:

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(Thibault) * 1318-1319: Guillaume de La Mothe (again) * 1319–1325 Guillaume * 1325-1334: Pictavin (Poitevin) de Montesquiou * 1334-1348: Gaillard de Fargues or de la Trave or de Préchac * 1348-1357:

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* 1358-1360: Géraud or Gérald du Puy or du Puch (de Podio) * 1360: Pierre * 1361-1368: Guillaume VII * 1371-1374: Guillaume IX de Montlaur

Great Western Schism

* ''Allegiance to Avignon'' * 1374-1394: Jean I de Caseton, O.Min. * 1395-1397: Guillaume X d'Ortholan * 1397-1417: Pierre II Saupin * ''Allegiance to Rome'' * 1393: Maurice Usk, O.P. * 1396 - c. 1411 or 1412: Jean de Heremo, O.E.S.A.

Return to unity

* 1421- c. 1430: Bernard d'Yvon * 1433-1446: Henri François de Cavier * 1447-1450:

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* 1450-1457: Raimond de Tulle * 1457-1485: Raimond du Treuil, O.Min. * 1486-1504: Jean de Bonald * 1504-1520: Cardinal

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(Administrator) * 1521-1528: Symphorien Bullioud * 1528-1531: Foucauld de Bonnevald * 1531-1544: Jean IV de Plats or Plas * 1544-1554: Annet de Plas * 1555-1558 or 1561: Jean Baptiste Alamanni : 1558-1559: Amanieu de Foix, died before taking possession of his bishopric. * 1563-1564: Jean de Balaguier * 1564-1572: François de Balaguier * 1572-1605: Arnaud de Pontac * 1605-1631: Jean Jaubert de Barrault de Blaignac * 1631-1633: Nicolas de Grillié, Grillet or Grilles * 1633-1645: Henri II Listolfi Maroni * 1646-1667: Samuel Martineau de Turé * 1668-1684: Guillaume de Boissonade d'Orty * 1685-1724: Jacques-Joseph de Gourgue * 1724-1746:

Edme Mongin Edme Mongin (January 1668 – 5 May 1746) was a French preacher and bishop of Bazas. He was born in Baroville and died, aged about 78, in Bazas.Louis Moréri, ''Dictionnaire Historique'', 1731, 1 vol. p. 52. He was the son of Etienne Mongin a ...

, occupied Seat 26 of the

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(1707-1746) * 1746-1792: Jean Baptiste II Amédée de Grégoire de Saint-Sauveur

References

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Reference works

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Studies

* *Dupuy, Jérôme-Géraud (1747), ''Chronique de Bazas'', in
''Archives historiques du département de la Gironde'' Tome 15
(1874), pp. 1–67. * * * {{Authority control Bazas History of Aquitaine 1801 disestablishments in France