This is an annotated list of the auxiliary bishops of the
archdiocese of Besanҫon (Doubs, Lorraine, France). The diocese was extremely large. It was diminished somewhat when the
diocese of Saint-Claude
The Diocese of Saint-Claude (Latin: ''Dioecesis Sancti Claudii''; French: ''Diocèse de Saint-Claude'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese corresponds in territory to the civil '' ...
was created by a bull of Pope Benedict XIV on 22 January 1742. The new diocese was composed of the twenty-six parishes which already belonged to the abbey of Saint-Cloud, to which were added several parishes from the diocese of Besançon, and from the diocese of Lyon.
Auxiliary bishops
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* (c. 1230-1232) : Henri, O.Cist.
* (c. 1274) : Armand
* (before 1282) Renaud
* (c. 1281–1315) : Thierry de Chariez, O.Cist.
* (1315–1328) Guy de Gy, O.Min.
* (c. 1328) : Hugues
* (c. 1334) : Riquier
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* (c. 1370) : Clément
* (c. 1410) : Jean
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c. 1438) : Pierre* (1448–1474) : Antoine, O.P.
* (1474–1480) : Philibert Vuillot, O.P.
* (1480–1489) : Henri Potin, O.Carm.
* (1491–1493) : Guy Rosselet, O. Carm.
* (1493–1502) : Odet Tronchet, O.F.M.
* (1502–1514) : Jean Favel, O.P.
* (1514–1523) : Jean Daubert (de Emskerk)
* (1524–1533) : Pierre Tassard, O.P.
* (1533–1554) : François Sinnard
* (1554–1557) : François Richardot
* (1558–1578) : Nicolas Guérin, O.Cist.
* (1579–1584) : Louis de Tartre, O.Cist.
* (1585–1604) : Jean Doroz, O.S.B.Clun.
* (1604–1616) : Guillaume Simonin, O.S.B.
* (1616–1629) : Claude de la Barre, O.F.M.Obs.
* (1631–1639) : Philippe Paternay, O.Minim.
* (1640–1681) : Joseph Saulnier, O.S.B.
* (1686–1699) : François-Joseph de Grammont
* (1707–1727) : François-Gaspard de Grammont
* (1736–1754) : Pierre François Hugon
* (1756–1791) : Claude-François-Ignace de Ran
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* (1967–1972) : Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard
* (1973–1974) : Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon
* (1975–1982) : Jean Cuminal
[Cuminal was named titular bishop of Curubis (Algeria), and auxiliary bishop of Besançon on 2 January 1975, by ]Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXII ...
. He became bishop of Saint-Flour on 6 May 1982, and bishop of Blois on 25 July 1990. He died on 18 April 1996. David M. Cheney, ''Catholic Hierarchy.org''
"Bishop Jean Cuminal;"
retrieved: 31 January 2025.
See also
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Besançon
The Archdiocese of Besançon (Latin: ''Archidiœcesis Bisuntina''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Besançon'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It comprises the ''département'' of Doubs ( ...
(main article)
Notes and references
Sources
Reference works
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Studies
*Castan, Auguste (1877)
''Les évêques auxiliaires du siége métropolitain de Besançon.''. Besançon: DuDivers 1877.
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* Loye, Léopold (1902) Histoire de l'Eglise de Besançon. (Besançon: Paul Jacquin)
Volume 1 (1901)Volume 2 (1902)Volume 3 (1902)Volume 4 (1902)Volume 5 (1903)Volume 6 (1903)
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* Richard, Jean François Nicolas (1847, 1851). '' Histoire des diocèses de Besançon et de Saint-Claude''. . Besançon: Librairie ecclésiastique de Cornu
Volume 1
Volume 2
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