The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) (
Latin
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: ''Dioecesis Valentinensis (–Diensis–Sancti Pauli Tricastinorum)'';
French
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: ''Diocèse de Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux'') is a
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...
of the
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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in southern
France
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. The contemporary diocese is co-extensive with the department of
Drôme
Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019. .
The Cathedral of Valence was originally dedicated to Saints Cornelius and Cyprianus (Bishops of Rome and of Carthage, both mid-third century martyrs), but in 1095, during his visit to France to rouse up the aristocracy for a Crusade to liberate the Holy Land,
Pope Urban II
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rededicated the cathedral to Saint Apollinaris, one of Valence's sixth century bishops. The Cathedral had fourteen Canons, including a Dean, a Provost, the Archdeacon, a Theologian, and the Abbot of S. Felix.
In the Great
Western Schism
The Western Schism, also known as the Papal Schism, the Vatican Standoff, the Great Occidental Schism, or the Schism of 1378 (), was a split within the Catholic Church lasting from 1378 to 1417 in which bishops residing in Rome and Avignon b ...
(1378–1417), the Bishops of Valence-et-Die were all appointed by and were loyal to the Popes of the Avignon Obedience.
Pope Pius VI
Pope Pius VI ( it, Pio VI; born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 25 December 171729 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799.
Pius VI condemned the French Revoluti ...
, who had been taken prisoner and deported from Italy by troops of the
French Directory
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, was imprisoned in the fortress of Valence. After six weeks he died there, on 29 August 1799. His body was buried in the chapel, and a month later, on First Consul Napoleon's orders, given a public funeral and buried in the town cemetery.
Bishops
To 1000
* Aemilianus (347–374)
* Sextius (374–?)
* Maximus I (400–419)
* Cariatho (c. 442)
*
Apollinaris (?–520)
* Gallus (549)
* Maximus II. (567–581)
* Raynoalde (Romuald) (581 and 585)
* Elephas I. (?–641)
* Agilulf (641–?)
* Waldus (?–650)
* Ingildus (Angilde) (ca. 650–658)
* Abbo (678–?)
* Salvius I. (68?)
* Antonius I.
* Bonit (ca. 788)
* Salvius II. (Carolingian)
* Luperosus (Lupicinus) (804–?)
* Antonie II. ?–?
* Elephas II. ?–?
* Lambert I. (?–835)
* Ado (835–842)
* Dunctrannus ?–?
* Eilard ?–?
* Brokhard ?–?
* Argimbert ?–?
* Agilde (?–858)
* Ratbert (Robert) (858–879)
* Isaak II. (886–889)
* Imericus (?–907)
* Remegarius ( before 909 – after 924)
* Odilbert (947–950)
* Aimon (960–981)
* Guigues (Guy) I. (994–997)
* Lambert II. (997–1001)
1000 to 1300
* Remegaire II. (1001–1016)
* Guigues II. (1016–1025)
* Humbert d´Albon (1028–1030)
* Ponç Adhemar (1031–1056)
* Odo I. (1058–1060)
* Raiginari (1060–1063)
* Gontard (1063–1100)
* Henric I. (1100–1107)
* Eustache (1107–1141)
*
Jean I (1141–1146)
* Bernard (1146–1154)
* Odo II.de Crussol (1154–1183)
* Lantelm (1183–1187)
* Falco (1187–1200)
* Humbert de Miribel (1200–1220)
*
Gerald of Lausanne
Gerold of Lausanne (Gerald, Gerard, Giraud; died 1238 or 1239), was abbot of Molesme, abbot of Cluny, bishop of Valence, and Latin patriarch of Jerusalem in the 13th century.
Early life and career
Gerold was said to be from “Losane”, which h ...
(1220–1225)
*
Guillaume de Savoie Bishop-elect (9 October 1225 – 4 June 1239) (elected to Liège)
*
Bonifatius of Savoy(1239–1242) (electe
Archbishop of Canterburyon 1 February 1241)
*
Philip of Savoy Administrator (''Procurator'') (1242–1267)
* Guy III. de Montlaur (1268)
* Bertrand de St. Martin (1268–1272)
* Guy III. de Montlaur (1272–1274)
('' from 1275 to 1678 the diocese was united with the
diocese of Dié
The former French Catholic diocese of Die existed from the fourth to the thirteenth century, and then again from 1678 to the French Revolution. It was suppressed by the Concordat of 1801, its territory being assigned to the diocese of Grenoble. ...
'')
* Amadeus de Roussillon (1274 – 17 September 1281)
* Philippe de Bernusson (1281–1282)
** Henri of Geneva (rejected by the Pope)
* Jean of Geneva, O.S.B. (13 February 1283 – 1297)
* Guillaume del Roussillon (1297–1331)
1300 to 1500
* Adhemar de la Voulte (1331–1336)
* Henri de Villars (1336–1342)
* Pierre de Chastelux (1342–1350)
* Godofred (1350–1354)
* Louis de Villars (1354–1376)
* Guillaume de la Voulte (1 June 1379 – 1383) (appointed by Clement VII of the Avignon Obedience)
*
Amadeus de Saluzzo (1383–1389)
* Henri II (1389–1390)
* Jean de Poitiers (1390–1448)
* Louis of Poitiers (26 July 1447 – 26 April 1468)
* Gerard de Crussol (13 May 1468 – 28 August 1472)
* Jacques de Bathernay (1472–1474)
* Antoine de Balzac (1474–1491)
* Jean d'Épinay (16 November 1491 – 3 January 1503)
1500 to 1800
* Cardinal
Francisco Lloris y de Borja
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
(1503–1505) Administrator
** Urbain de Miolan (1505)
* Gaspard de Tournon (13 February 1505 – 1520)
* Cardinal
Jean de Lorraine (1520–1522)
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Antoine Duprat
Antoine Duprat (17 January 1463 – 1535) was a French Cardinal and politician, who was chancellor of France.
Life
Duprat was born in Issoire in Auvergne. Educated for the law, he won a high position in his profession and in 1507 became first ...
(1522–1524)
*
François-Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève (1524–1531)
* Antoine de Vesc (1531–1537) (then
Bishop of Castres)
* Jacques de Tournon (1537–1553) (then Bishop of Castres)
*
Jean de Montluc
Jean de Monluc, 1508 to 12 April 1579, was a French nobleman, clergyman, diplomat and courtier. He was the second son of François de Lasseran de Massencome, a member of the Monluc family; and Françoise d' Estillac. His birthplace is unknown ...
(1553–1579)
* Charles I. de Leberon (1579–1598)
* Pierre-André de Leberon (1598–1621)
* Charles II. de Leberon (1621–1654)
* Daniel de Cosnac (1654–1687)
* Guillaume Bochart de Champigny (1687–1705)
* Jean de Catelan (1705 Appointed – Jan 1725 Died)
* Alexandre de Milon (1725–1771)
* Pierre-François de Grave (1771–1787)
* Gabriel-Melchior de Messey (1778–1791)
** François Marbos (1791–1795) (
constitutional bishop)
* ''Vacant (1795–1801)''
From 1800
*François Bécherel (5 Jul 1802 Appointed – 25 Jun 1815 Died)
*Marie-Joseph-Antoine-Laurent de la Rivoire de La Tourette (8 Aug 1817 Appointed – 3 Apr 1840 Died)
*Pierre Chatrousse (26 May 1840 Appointed – 17 May 1857 Died)
*Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet
[Lionnet had been Bishop of St. Flour, 1851–1857.] (24 Jun 1857 Appointed – 4 Dec 1864) Appointed
Archbishop of Albi
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Albi (–Castres–Lavaur) (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Albiensis (–Castrensis–Vauriensis)''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Albi (–Castres–Lavaur)''), usually referred to simply as the Archdiocese of Albi, is a ...
*Nicolas-Edouard-François Gueullette (9 Dec 1864 Appointed – 7 Jan 1875 Resigned)
*Charles-Pierre-François Cotton (16 Jan 1875 Appointed – 25 Sep 1905 Died)
*
Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong (21 Feb 1906 Appointed – 12 Jan 1912 Appointed,
Archbishop of Sens
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin Rite Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese comp ...
(-Auxerre))
*Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues (7 Feb 1912 Appointed – 28 Dec 1919 Died)
*Désiré-Marie-Joseph-Antelne-Martin Paget (22 Apr 1920 Appointed – 11 Jan 1932 Died)
*Camille Pic (16 Aug 1932 Appointed – 25 Nov 1951 Died)
*Joseph-Martin Urtasun (10 Aug 1952 Appointed – 17 Sep 1955 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon)
*Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour (18 Dec 1957 Appointed – 6 Mar 1966 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges)
*Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg (6 Mar 1966 Appointed – 1 Dec 1977 Resigned)
*
Didier-Léon Marchand (8 Sep 1978 Appointed – 11 Dec 2001 Retired)
*Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize (11 Dec 2001 Appointed – 24 June 2014)
*Pierre-Yves Michel (4 Apr 2014 Appointed – present)
References
Books and articles
Reference books
* pp. 648–649. (Use with caution; obsolete)
* pp. 512–513. (in Latin)
* p. 262. (in Latin)
* p. 326 (in Latin)
* p. 357. (in Latin)
* p. 403.
* p. 430.
Studies
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* second edition (in French) pp. 215–225.
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External links
* ''G-Catholic'',
Diocese of Valence retrieved: 2016-08-08.
* David M. Cheney, ''Catholic-Hierarchy'',
retrieved: 2016-08-08.
Acknowledgments
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Roman Catholic dioceses in France