The former Breton and French diocese of Tréguier existed in
Lower Brittany
Lower Brittany (; ) denotes the parts of Brittany west of Ploërmel, where the Breton language has been traditionally spoken, and where the culture associated with this language is most prolific. The name is in distinction to Upper Brittany, th ...
from about the sixth century, or later, to the French Revolution. Its see was at
Tréguier
Tréguier (; ) is a port town in the French department of Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, northwestern France. It is the capital town of the province of Trégor.
Geography
Tréguier is located 36 m. N.W. of Saint-Brieuc by road. The port is situat ...
, in the modern department of
Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier.
History
St. Tudgual (Tugdual, Tudual), said to be the nephew of St. Brieuc (who had emigrated from Cardigan), was a bishop who came to Brittany from overseas (Scotland), and was appointed by his uncle Brieuc at the close of the fifth century as superior of the monastery of Tréguier, which Tudual had founded. The biography of St. Tudual, composed after the middle of the ninth century, relates that Tudual, wishing to confirm his authority by royal approval, travelled to the court of King
Childebert I
Childebert I ( 496 – 13 December 558) was a Frankish King of the Merovingian dynasty, as third of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of the Franks upon their father's death in 511. He was one of the sons of Saint Clo ...
, who ordered him consecrated Bishop of Tréguier.
Louis Duchesne
Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne (; 13 September 1843 – 21 April 1922) was a French priest, philology, philologist, teacher and a critical historian of Christianity and Roman Catholic liturgy and institutions.
Life
Descended from a family of Bri ...
, however, argued that it was King
Nomenoe
Nominoe or Nomenoe (; ; 763, 7 March 851) was the first Duke of Brittany from 846 to his death. He is the Breton '' pater patriae'' and to Breton nationalists he is known as ' ("father of the country").
Origins
He was the second son ...
who, in the middle of the ninth century, had the monastery of Tréguier raised to the dignity of an
episcopal see
An episcopal see is the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, making it synonymous with ''diocese'' ...
.
Numerous synods were held at Tréguier in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and passed regulations for the discipline of the Breton churches.CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint-Brieuc /ref>
Bishops
to 1400
*c. 1032:
*c. 1045: Martin
*c. 1086: Hugo I de Saint-Pabutral
*c. 1110–c. 1128: Raoul I
*c. 1150–c. 1175: William II
*1175–1179: Ives I Hougnon
*1179–c. 1220: Geoffroi I Loiz
*c. 1224–c. 1237: Stephan
*c. 1238: Peter I
*1255–c. 1265: Hamon
*c. 1266–c. 1271: Alain I de Lezardrieu
*c. 1284:
* 1286–c. 1310:
*c. 1317:
*c. 1324:
*1327–1330:
*1330–1338:
*1339–c. 1345:
*c. 1354:
*1355–1358:
*1358–1362:
*28 November 1362 – 1371:
*12 June 1372 – 1378:
*1378–1383:
*1383–1384:
*1385–3 May 1401:
1400 to 1600
*1401–1403: Ives III Hirgouët
*1404–1408: Bernard de Peyron
*1408–1416: Christophe I d'Hauterive
*15. December 1417 – 1422: Matthieu du Kosker
*29. April 1422 – 1430: Jean III de Bruc
*1430–27. August 1435: Pierre IV Piédru (or Predou) (also
Bishop of Saint-Malo
The former Breton and French Catholic Diocese of Saint-Malo (, then ) existed from at least the 7th century until the French Revolution. Its seat was at Aleth until the 12th century, when it was moved to Saint-Malo. Its territory extended ove ...
)
*1435–1441: Raoul II Rolland
*4. May 1442 – 1453: Jean IV de Plouec
*16. March 1454–23. September 1464: Jean V de Coetquis
*8. January 1466 – 1479: Christophe II du Châtel
*1480–1483: Cardinal Raphaël de Saint-Georges
*1483–1502: Robert II Guibé
*1502–7. March 1505: Jean VI de Talhouët
*22 November 1505–16. November 1537: Antoine du Grignaux
*14 June 1538 – 1540 or 1541: Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme
*1541–1544: Cardinal Hippolyte d'Este
*1544–1545: Jean VII de Rieux
*8 June 1545 – 1547: François I de Manaz
*1548–27. October 1566: Jean VIII
*1566–1572: Claude de Kernovenoy
*1572–1583: Jean-Baptiste Le Gras
*1583–1593: François II de La Tour
*1593–29. October 1602: Guillace III du Halgoët
1600 to 1800
*1604–29. July 1616: Georges-Louet-Adrien d'Amboise
*1616–1620: Pierre V Cornullier
*1620–14. September 1635: Gui Champion
*1636–19. August 1645: Noël des Landes'
*1646–1679: Balthasar Grangier de Liverdis
*1679–1686: François-Ignace de Baglion
*1686–15. May 1694: Eustache Le Sénéchal de Carcado (or Kercado)
*1694–1731: Olivier Jégou de Kervilio
*1731–1745: François-Hyacinthe de La Fruglaye de Kervers
*1746–30. August 1761: Charles-Gui Le Borgne de Kermorvan
*1761–1766: Joseph-Dominique de Chaylus
*26. April 1767 – 1773: Jean-Marc de Royère
*1773–1775: Jean-Augustin de Frétat de Sarra
*6 August 1775 – 1780: Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Lubersac
*1780–1790 (1801): Augustin-René-Louis Le Mintier
See also
*
Catholic Church in France
The Catholic Church in France, Gallican Church, or French Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometim ...
*
List of Catholic dioceses in France
The Catholic Church in France mainly comprises a Metropolitan Latin Church hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, consisting of
* fifteen ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archdiocese (15)
** with a total of 80 suf ...
References
Bibliography
Reference works
* pp. 641–642. (Use with caution; obsolete)
* (in Latin) p. 494.
* (in Latin) p. 254.
* p. 317.
* pp. 342.
* p. 387.
* pp. 413–414.