The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes (

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: ''Dioecesis Tarbiensis et Lourdensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Tarbes et Lourdes'') is a

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. Until 2002 Tarbes was a

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of the Archdiocese of Auch. It is now a suffragan of the

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. The name of the diocese was changed from the Tarbes to the Diocese of

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba'' ...

Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Château ...

on 20 April 1912.

History

The earliest known bishop of Tarbes appears to be Syagrius, who attended the Council of Nîmes in 394. The Cathedral had been burned and seriously damaged in the

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by the Huguenots, and was a long time in being restored. The Cathedral had fourteen Canons. Until 1524 the Canons served under the Rule of Saint Augustine; thereafter they were secular canons. There were twelve prebendaries. The Chapter had an unusually large number of dignitaries: a Provost (which became dormant), eight Archdeacons, the Cantor, the Sacristan, the Chamberlain and the Infirmarius. In 1676 the city of Tarbes, which was under the jurisdiction of the King of France, had approximately 2000 Catholic inhabitants. In the city were convents of the Franciscans (O.Min.), Carmelites, Capucines, and Doctrinarii; there was a convent of Ursuline nuns. Elsewhere in the diocese there were convents of Dominicans, Repenties, Capucines, Carmelites, and Minims of S. Francesco di Paola. There were also five houses of Benedictine monks: Saint-Sever-de-Rustan, Saint-Savin-in-Lavadan, Saint-Pé-de-Generest, Saint-Pierre-de-Tasque, and Saint-Orenz-de-Reulle.

Bishops of Tarbes

Previous Bishops of Tarbes (-et-Lourdes) include:

To 1200

*Bernard (attested in 1009) *Richard (attested in 1036) *Heraclius (attested in 1056, 1060 and 1063) *Pontius (Ponce) (attested in 1073) *Dodo (attested 1095) *Bernard *Pontius (Ponce) *Guillaume (ca. 1120–1141) *Bernard de Montesquiou (attested in 1141, 1164, 1175) *Arnaud Guillaume d'Osan (present at Lateran Council of 1179)

1200 to 1400

*Arnaud Guillaume de Biran (ca. 1200–1223) *Amanevus manieu de Grisenhac(attested in 1224 and 1225) *Hugues de Pardaillan (ca. 1227–1244) *Arnaldus Raimundi de Caudarasa oadrase(attested 1250–1257) *Arnaldus de Mille sanctis (attested 1260–1267) *Raimundus Arnaldi de Caudarasa (1268–1308) *Geraldus Doucet (1308–1316) *Guillaume de Lantal (1316–1339) (transferred to

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) *Pierre Raimundi de Montbrun (1339–1353) *Guillaume, O.S.B. (1353–1361) *Bernard (1361–1374) *Gaillard de Coadrase (1374–1392) *Reynaud de Foix (1392– ) *Pierre d'Anglade, O.P. (1388 – ?) Administrator

1400 to 1600

*Bertrand (1400–1404) *Chrétien de Altarippa, O.E.S.A. (1404–1408) (transferred to Tréguier) *Bernard du Peyron (1408–after 1416) *Homobonus d'Armagnac (before 1422–1427) *Raymond Bernardi (1427–1430) *Jean (1430 – ca. 1439) *Roger de Foix de Castelbon (1440–1461) *Jean (1462–1463) *Cardinal Pierre de Foix (1463–1465) Administrator *Louis d'Albret (Lebret) (1465–1466) *Arnaud Raymond de Palatz (1466–1474) *Menalde d'Aura (1474–1504) *Thomas de Foix (1504–1514) *Menalde de Montory (Martory) (1514–1524) *Gabriel de Grammont (1524–1534) *Antoine de Castelnau (1534–1539) *Louis de Castelnau (1539–1549) *Gentien de Bussy d'Amboise (1556–1575) *Salvatus d'Iharse (1580–1602)

1600 to 1800

*Salvatus d'Iharse, le Jeune (1602–1648) *Claude Mallier du Houssay (1649–1668) *Marc Mallier du Houssay (1668–1675) *Anne de la Baume de Suze (1677–1692) (transferred to

Auch Auch (; oc, label= Gascon, Aush ) is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Occitanie, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony. Geography Localization Hydrography The Riv ...

) *François de Poudenx (appointed 1692; d. 1716) *Anne-François-Guillaume du Cambout-Beçay (appointed 1719; d. 1729) *Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon (appointed 1729–1740) *Pierre de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire (appointed 1741; d. 1751) *Pierre de La Romagère (appointed 1751; d. 1769) *Michel-François de Couët du Vivier de Lorry (appointed 1769–1782) *François de Gain de Montagnac (1782–1801) **Jean Guillaume Molinier (Constitutional Bishop) ;;Diocese "suppressed" in 1801

Since 1800

;;Diocese "restored" in 1822 *Antoine-Xavier de Neirac (appointed 1817; d. 1833) *Pierre-Michel-Marie Double (appointed 1833; d. 1844) Mgr Nicolas brouwet

* Bertrand-Sévère Mascarou Laurence (appointed 1844; d. 1870) *Pierre-Anastase Pichenot (appointed 1870–1873) (translated to Chambéry) * Benoit-Marie Langénieux (appointed 1873–1874) *César-Victor-Ange-Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (appointed 1874–1882) *Prosper-Marie Billère (appointed 1882–1899) *François-Xavier Schoepfer (appointed 1899; d. 1927) *Alexandre-Philibert Poirier (succeeded 1927; d. 1928) *

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(appointed 1929–1937) *Georges Choquet (appointed 1938; d. 1946) *

Pierre-Marie Théas Pierre-Marie Théas (September 14, 1894 – April 3, 1977) was a French Roman Catholic Bishop of Montauban and Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes. A significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism in France, he was recognised as Righteous among the ...

(appointed 1947; retired 1970) *Henri Clément Victor Donze (appointed 1970; retired 1988) *Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet (succeeded 1988; retired 1998) *Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier (succeeded 1998; retired 2012) *Nicolas Jean René Brouwet (appointed 2012; translated to Nîmes August 2021)Nicolas Brouwet, born 31 Aug 1962, ordained 27 Jun 1992, appointed on 11 Feb 2012. David M. Cheney, ''Catholic-Hierarchy,'
Bishop Nicolas Brouwet
retrieved: 2016-09-09. Diocèese de Tarbes
Évêque
retrieved: 2016-09-10. *Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S. (appointed 2022)

References

Bibliography

Reference works

* pp. 634–635. (Use with caution; obsolete) * (in Latin) pp. 474. * (in Latin) p. 246. * p. 309. * pp. 326. * pp. 368. * p. 392.

Studies

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External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
retrieved: 2016-12-24 . {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarbes-et-Lourdes, Diocese of Roman Catholic dioceses in France