The former French diocese of Cavaillon (''Lat.'' dioecesis Caballicensis) existed until the

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as a diocese of the

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, a fief of the Church of Rome. It was a member of the ecclesiastical province headed by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon. Its seat was at

Cavaillon Cavaillon (; Provençal: ''Cavalhon'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France.

, in the south-eastern part of what is now France, in the modern department of

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, the territory of the diocese passed to the

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Bishops

To 1400

* Genialis *439–451: Julien *c. 459: Porcien *517–529: Philagrius *c. 549: Praetextatus (Pretextat) *c. 585: Saint Veran *c. 788: Lupus (''Fr.'' Loup) *c. 875: Hildebold *906–916: Renard *c. 951: Heribert *c. 972: Didier I. *976–979: Walcaud *c. 982: Dietrich *991–1014: Enguerrand *c. 1031: Peter I. *c. 1055: Clement *1070–1075: Raoul *1082–1095: Didier II. *c. 1103: Johannes I. *c. 1140 – c. 1155: Alfant *1156–1178: Benedict *1179–1183: Pons I. *1184–1202: Bermond *1203 – c. 1225: Bertrand de Durfort *c. 1230 – c. 1250: Gottfried I. *1251–1261: Rostaing Belinger *1267–1277: Giraud *1278 – c. 1280: André I. *1282 – c. 1310: Bertrand Imbert *1311–1317: Pons II Auger de Laneis *1322 – c. 1327: Gottfried II. *c. 1330: Berenger I. *c. 1332: Raimond *3 August 1334 – 1366:

Philippe de Cabassole Philippe de Cabassole or Philippe de Cabassoles (1305–1372), the Bishop of Cavaillon, Seigneur of Vaucluse, was the great protector of Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch. Early life Philippe was educated by the clergy of Cavaillon and was ...

* 23 September 1366 – 11 October 1388: François de Cardaillac, O.Min. (transferred to Cahors) * 15 October 1388 – 1392: Hugo (Hugues) de Magialla * 16 December 1392 – c. 1405: Andreas (André) (Administrator)

From 1400

*c. 1405: Pierre II. *c. 1408: Guillaume I. *c. 1409–1421: Nicolas de Johannaccio *1421–1424: Guillaume II. *1426 – c. 1430: Bernard Carbonet de Riez *c. 1432: Ferrier Galbert *c. 1433: Jean II. de La Roche *c. 1437: Barthélémi *1439 – 28 January 1447: Pierre Porcher *22 February 1447 – c. 1466–7: Palamède de Carretto *9 February 1467 – c. 1484?: Toussaint de Villanova, O.Carm. *? c. 1496: Jean Passert *15 July 1496 – 22 April 1501: Louis Passert of Padua *28 April 1501 – 1507: Bernardino or Beranger Gamberia de Benasque *22 November 1507 – 13 August 1524: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Pallavicini *9 September 1524 – 24 June 1537: Mario Maffei of Volterra *6 July 1537 – 16 July 1540: Cardinal Girolamo Ghinucci (Administrator) *1541 – c. 1568: Pietro (Pierre) Ghinucci *1569–1584: Cristoforo (Christophe) Scotti (of Piacenza) *1584–1585: Domenico (Dominique) Grimaldi (promoted Archbishop of Avignon) *1585–1591: Pompeo Rocchi of Lucca (Pompée Rochi de Lucques) *27 February 1592 – 1596: Giovanni Francesco Bordini, Orat. (promoted to Avignon) *1597–1608: Girolamo Cancelli (Jerome Centelles) *1610–1616: Cesare Ottavio Mancini (Octave Mancini) *1616–1646: Fabrice de La Bourdaisière *23 September 1646 – 1657: Louis de Fortia (transferred to Carpentras) *1657 – 23 July 1659: François Hallier *1660 – 27 June 1663: Richard de Sade *4 September 1665 – 21 December 1707: Jean-Baptiste de Sade de Mazan *9 September 1709 – 30 July 1742: Joseph de Guyon de Crochans (promoted Archbishop of Avignon) *30 July 1742 – 28 March 1757: François-Marie Manzi (promoted Archbishop of Avignon) *28 March 1757 – 5 September 1760: Pierre-Joseph Artaud *16 February 1761 – 1790: Louis-Joseph Crispin des Achards de La Baume (fled to Italy)

Titular See

In January 2009 the bishopric was revived by Pope Benedict XVI as a titular see,David M. Cheney, ''Catholic-Hierarchy:''
''Cavaillon (titular See)''.
Retrieved: 2016-07-22. to provide the ever-increasing number of auxiliary bishops and Vatican bureaucrats with prelatial episcopal status. Theoretically, the titular bishop of Cavaillon belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Marseille. The current incumbent since 2009 is Krzysztof Zadarko, Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (Poland).

References

Bibliography

Reference works

* pp. 531–532. * (in Latin) p. 178-179. * (in Latin) p. 123. * p. 161. * p. 143. * p. 152. * p. 157. *

Studies

* second edition (in French) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ancient Diocese of Cavaillon