The former French Catholic diocese of Noyon lay in the north-east of France, around Noyon. It was formed when

Saint Medardus Saint Medardus or St Medard ( French: ''Médard'' or ''Méard'') (ca. 456–545) was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in northern France. Medardus was one of the most ...

moved the seat of the bishopric at Vermandois to Noyon, in the sixth century. For four centuries it was united with the bishopric of Tournai. Then in the twelfth century it was again independent, and the bishop of Noyon became a '' pairie-comté'' of France. The diocese of Noyon was brought to an end by the French Revolution. Its territory passed to the diocese of Beauvais.

Bishops

* Faustin * Gondulph * Evroul * Bertimond * c. 531–545 :

Medardus Saint Medardus or St Medard (French: ''Médard'' or ''Méard'') (ca. 456–545) was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in northern France. Medardus was one of the most ...

*''Unified with Tournai'' * 642–660: Saint Eligius * 660–686: Saint Mommolin * 841–859 : Immo * 994: Radbod * 1146–1148 :

Simon of Vermandois Simon of Vermandois (1093–1148) was a French nobleman and bishop. He was a son of Hugh I of Vermandois. Elected bishop of Noyon in 1123, he was excommunicated in 1142 by Pope Innocent II, for divorcing his brother Raoul I, Count of Vermandois fr ...

* 1148–1167 : Baldwin II of Boulogne * 1167–1174 or 1175 : Baldwin III de Beuseberg * 1175–1188 : Renaud * 1188–1221 : Stephan of Nemours * 1222–1228 : Gérard de Bazoches * 1228–1240 : Nicolas de Roye * 1240–1249 : Pierre I Charlot * 1250–1272 : Vermond de La Boissière * 1272–1297 : Guy II des Prés (Prez) * 1297–1301 : Simon II of Clermont-Nesle, son of Simon II of Clermont, Seigneur of Nesle * 1301–1303 : Peire de Ferrières (also bishop of Arles) * 1304–1315 : André Le Moine de Crécy * 1315–1317 : Florent de La Boissière * 1317–1331 : Foucaud de Rochechouart (also bishop of Bourges) * 1331–1338 : Guillaume Bertrand (also

bishop of Bayeux The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is ...

) * 1338–1339 : Étienne Aubert * 1339–1342 : Pierre D'André (also bishop of Clermont) * 1342–1347 : Bernard Brion (or Le Brun) (also bishop of Auxerre) * 1347–1349 :Guy de Comborn * 1349–1350 : Firmin Coquerel * 1350–1351 : Philippe D'Arbois (also bishop of Tournai) * 1351–1352 : Jean de Meulan (also

bishop 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 ...

) * 1352–1388 : Gilles de Lorris * 1388–1409 : Philippe de Moulins (also bishop of Évreux) * 1409–1415 : Pierre Fresnel (also bishop of Meaux and Lisieux) * 1415–1424 : Raoul de Coucy * 1425–1473 : Jean de Mailly * 1473–1501 : Guillaume Marafin * 1501–1525 : Charles de Hangest * 1525–1577 : Jean de Hangest * 1577–1588 : Claude D'Angennes de Rambouillet * 1588–1590 or 1593 : Gabriel Le Genevois de Bleigny (Blaigny) * 1590–1594 : Jean Meusnier (Munier) * 1594–1596 : François-Annibal D'Estrées * 1596–1625 : Charles de Balsac (Balzac) * 1625 : Gilles de Lourmé * 1626–1660 : Henri de Baradat * 1661–1701 : François de Clermont-Tonnerre * 1701–1707 : Claude-Maur D'Aubigné (also archbishop of Rouen) * 1707–1731 : Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne * 1731–1733 : Claude de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon * 1734–1766 : Jean-François de La Cropte de Bourzac * 1766–1777 : Charles de Broglie * 1778–1808 : Louis-André de Grimaldi

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