The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lescar (

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: ''Dioecesis Lascurrensis;'' French: ''Diocèse de Lescar'';

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: ''Leskarreko elizbarrutia''), in south-western France, was founded in the fifth century, and continued until 1790. It was originally part of the Province of Novempopulania, and Lescar held the seventh place among the cities. Its see was the Cathedral of the Assumption in Lescar, begun in 1120; the crypt of the cathedral was also the mausoleum of the family of Albret in the 16th century. The bishopric was suppressed by the Legislative Assembly during the

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, in the Civil Constitution of the Clergy in September 1790, as part of a systematic effort to eliminate redundant bishoprics in France. By the

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, struck by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and

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, the diocese of Lescar was not revived, and the territory of the diocese was divided between the

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and the

diocese 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'') ...

Bishops of Lescar

to 1200

* ? c. 506: Saint Julien I. * c. 506?: Galactorius of Lescar * c. 585: Sabinus or Savin * c. 680: Julien II. * c. 731: Julien III. * c. 841: Spaleus * 841–1059: ''Vacant'' * c. 1059: Raymond I. le Vieux * 1061–1072: Gregor * 1075–1080: Bernard I. * 1095–1115: Sanche I. * 1115–1141: Gui or Guido de Loth (

Guy de Lons Guy de Lons (died 1141), also known as Gui or Guido de Loth, was the Bishop of Lescar from 1115 to 1141. He made extensive travels in Spain on four occasions, three as Papal legate (1119, 1121 and 1138).Richard A. Fletcher, "''Reconquest'' and Crus ...

) * 1147–1154: Raymond II. d'Assade * c. 1168: Eudes I. or Odon * c. 1170: Guillaume I. * c. 1180: Sanche II. Aner or Sanzanier de Gerderest

1200 to 1400

* c. 1200: Bertrand I. * 1205–1213: Arsias * c. 1220: Raymond III. de Bénac * c. 1231: Sanctius * 1247–1268: Bertrand II. de La Mothe * 1269–1292: Arnaud I. de Morlanne (or de Morlaas) * 1293–1301: Raymond IV. Auger * 1303–1320: Arnaud II. d'Arbus * 1320–1321: Guillaume II. * 1321–1325: Arnaud III. de Saut * 1326–1348: Raymond V. d'Andoins * 1348–1352: Arnaud IV. * 1352–1361: Guillaume III. d'Andoins * 1362–1368: Bernard II. * 1368–1401: Eudes II.

1400 to 1600

* 1402–1404: Jean I. (Avignon Obedience) * 1405–1422: Cardinal Pierre de Foix (Appointed by Alexander V) * 1425–1428: Arnaud V. de Salies or Salinis * 1428–1433: Arnaud VI. d'Abadie * 1453–1460: Pierre II. de Foix * 1460–1475: Jean II. de Lévis * 1481–1492: Robert d'Épinay * 1513–1515: Cardinal

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* 1518–1525: Jean III. de La Salle * 1525–1530: Paul de Béarn (or de Foix) * 1532–1553: Jacques de Foix * 1554–1555: Jean IV. de Capdeville * 1555: Cardinal

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, Administrator * 1555–1569: Louis d'Albret * 1575–1590: Jean V.

1600 to 1800

* 1600–1609: Jean-Pierre d'Abadie * 1609–1632: Jean VI. de Salettes * 1632–1658: Jean-Henri de Salettes * 1658–1681: Jean VII. du Haut de Salies * 1681–1716: Dominique Deslaux de MesplèsDominique Deslaux de Mesplès had been married, had a family, and was a municipal magistrate in Pau, and President of the Parliament of Navarre. When his wife died, he entered the priesthood. He was nominated bishop by Louis XIV on 31 May 1681, and granted his bulls by

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on 1 December 1681. Ritzler, V, p. 237 and n. 3. * 1716–1729: Martin de Lacassaigne * 1730–1762: Hardouin de Châlons * 1763–1790 (1801): Marc-Antoine de Noé

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* pp. 563–564. (Use with caution; obsolete) * p. 295. (in Latin) * p. 173. * pp. 219–220. * p. 216. * pp. 237–238. * p. 254. *

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Lescar Lescar (; oc, Lescar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. Lescar is the site of the Roman city known variously as Benearnum, Beneharnum or Civitas Benarnensium, the lo ...

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