Diocese of

La Rochelle–Saintes

France France, Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: La Rochelle / Rupellen(sis) (Latin)

United Title: Saintes

Ecclesiastical Province: Poitiers

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Eutrope d’Orange (April 30)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 18

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

United Titles

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.03.09 – ...):Bishop Georges Colomb, M.E.P. (71)Bishop Georges Colomb, M.E.P. (71)
Apostolic Administrator sede plena (2023.06.22 – ...):Bishop François Jacolin, M.D.P. (74)Bishop François Jacolin, M.D.P. (74)

Bishop of Luçon (France)

Ordinaries

Bishops of La Rochelle (Roman Rite)

Bishop François Jacolin, M.D.P. (74)Bishop François Jacolin, M.D.P. (74)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2023.06.22 – ...)

Bishop Georges Colomb, M.E.P. (71)Bishop Georges Colomb, M.E.P. (71)
(2016.03.09 – ...)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

Ma grâce te suffit

Born:1953.06.15 (Saint-Anthème, France)
Ordained Priest:1987.09.13
Consecrated Bishop:2016.05.05

Superior General of Paris Foreign Missions Society (2010.07.09 – 2016.03.09)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (2016.03.09 – ...)

Bishop Bernard Housset (84)Bishop Bernard Housset (84)
(2006.11.28 – 2016.03.09)

Bishop emeritus of La Rochelle (France)

Vers la plénitude du Christ

Born:1940.06.01 (Saint-Michel-de-Port, France)
Ordained Priest:1965.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1996.09.15

Priest of Bayonne (France) (1965.06.29 – 1996.05.17)

Bishop of Montauban (France) (1996.05.17 – 2006.11.28)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (2006.11.28 – 2016.03.09)

Archbishop Georges Paul Pontier (81)Bishop Georges Paul Pontier (81) (later Archbishop)
(1996.08.05 – 2006.05.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Marseille (France)

Pauperes evangelizantur / La bonne nouvelle est annoncée aux pauvres

Born:1943.05.01 (Lavaur, France)
Ordained Priest:1966.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:1988.03.20

Priest of Albi (France) (1966.07.03 – 1988.02.02)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1988.02.02 – 1996.08.05)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1996.08.05 – 2006.05.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France) (2006.05.12 – 2019.08.08)

President of Bishops’ Conference of France (2013.07.01 – 2019.04.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Avignon (France) (2021.01.11 – 2021.06.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Paris (France) (2021.12.02 – 2022.04.26)

Apostolic Administrator of France of the Eastern Rite (France) (2021.12.02 – 2022.05.07)

Bishop Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David
(1985.02.21 – 1996.02.02)

Viens Seigneur Jésus

Born:1930.12.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:1956.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1981.09.26
Died:2018.12.19 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Girba (1981.07.27 – 1985.02.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (France) (1981.07.27 – 1985.02.21)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1985.02.21 – 1996.02.02)

Bishop of Évreux (France) (1996.02.02 – 2006.01.28)

Bishop François-Marie-Christian Favreau
(1979.08.17 – 1983.09.08)

Born:1929.11.15 (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, France)
Ordained Priest:1952.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1973.01.20
Died:2021.09.07 (Poitiers, France † 91)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bayonne (France) (1972.11.24 – 1977.10.07)

Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ (1972.11.24 – 1979)

Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1977.10.07 – 1979.08.17)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1979.08.17 – 1983.09.08)

Bishop of Nanterre (France) (1983.09.08 – 2002.06.18)

Bishop Félix-Marie-Honoré Verdet
(1963.07.01 – 1979.08.17)

In veritate et caritate

Born:1904.08.03 (France)
Ordained Priest:1933.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1952.07.12
Died:1992.07.03 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Gurza (1952.06.10 – 1963.07.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nice (France) (1952.06.10 – 1963.07.01)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1963.07.01 – 1979.08.17)

Bishop Xavier Morilleau
(1955.08.10 – 1963.03.23)

Born:1907.02.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:1937.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1954.06.24
Died:1996.06.25 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Ancusa (1954.05.05 – 1955.08.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1954.05.05 – 1955.08.10)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1955.08.10 – 1963.03.23)

Titular Bishop of Colonia in Cappadocia (1963.03.23 – 1970.12.10)

Bishop Louis Liagre
(1938.03.07 – 1955.08.10)

Apostolus Jesu Christi

Born:1883.09.05 (France)
Ordained Priest:1909.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:1938.05.04
Died:1955.08.10 († 71)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1938.03.07 – 1955.08.10)

Bishop Eugène Curien
(1923.12.23 – 1937.11.08)

Born:1868.02.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:1892.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1924.02.05
Died:1947.08.06 († 79)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1923.12.23 – 1937.11.08)

Titular Bishop of Loryma (1937.11.08 – 1947.08.06)

Bishop Jean-Auguste-François-Eutrope Eyssautier
(1906.11.27 – 1923.03.07)

Born:1844.11.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:1868.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:1906.11.30
Died:1923.03.07 († 78)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1906.11.27 – 1923.03.07)

Bishop Emile-Paul-Angel-Constant Le Camus
(1901.04.18 – 1906.09.28)

Born:1839.08.24 (France)
Ordained Priest:1862.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1901.07.02
Died:1906.09.28 († 67)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) ([1901.04.05] 1901.04.18 – 1906.09.28)

Archbishop François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy
(1893.01.19 – 1901.04.18)

Born:1836.02.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:1858.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:1893.03.12
Died:1920.04.20 († 84)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) ([1892.11.26] 1893.01.19 – 1901.04.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France) ([1901.04.05] 1901.04.18 – 1920.04.20)

Archbishop Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin
(1884.03.27 – 1892.07.11)

Born:1840.12.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:1864.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:1880.05.01
Died:1911.11.21 († 70)

Bishop of Oran (Algeria) ([1880.02.12] 1880.02.27 – 1884.03.27)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) ([1884.01.10] 1884.03.27 – 1892.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) ([1892.04.02] 1892.07.11 – 1911.11.21)

Bishop Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas (later Cardinal)
(1867.03.27 – 1884.03.24)

Nil fortius nil dulcius

Born:1826.05.24 (Paray-le Monial, France)
Ordained Priest:1850.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1867.05.13
Created Cardinal:1893.01.16
Died:1894.03.09 (Rouen, France † 67)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1867.03.27 – 1884.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1884.03.24 – 1894.03.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova (1893.06.15 – 1894.03.09)

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot
(1856.06.16 – 1867.03.27)

Parare viam Domini

Born:1816.01.09 (France)
Ordained Priest:1839.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1856.07.20
Died:1874.06.08 († 58)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) ([1856.04.08] 1856.06.16 – 1867.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) ([1866.12.30] 1867.03.27 – 1874.06.08)

Cardinal Clément Villecourt
(1836.02.01 – 1856.06.07)

Absit gloriari nisi in cruce

Born:1787.10.09 (Lyon, France)
Ordained Priest:1811.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1835.03.13
Created Cardinal:1855.12.17
Died:1867.01.17 (Roma, Italy † 79)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1836.02.01 – 1856.06.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1855.12.20 – 1867.01.17)

Archbishop Joseph Bernet (later Cardinal)
(1827.06.25 – 1836.02.01)

Born:1770.09.04 (Saint-Flour, France)
Ordained Priest:1795.11.04
Consecrated Bishop:1827.08.12
Created Cardinal:1846.01.19
Died:1846.07.05 (Aix-en-Provence, France † 75)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) ([1827.03.29] 1827.06.25 – 1836.02.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France) ([1835.10.06] 1836.02.01 – 1846.07.05)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1846.01.19 – 1846.07.05)

Bishop Gabriel-Laurent Paillou
(1805.02.01 – 1826.12.15)

Born:1735.03.07 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1805.02.02
Died:1826.12.15 († 91)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) ([1804.12.17] 1805.02.01 – 1826.12.15)

Bishop Jean-François de Mandolx
(1803.01.20 – 1806.02.04)

Born:1744.10.20 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1803.02.02
Died:1817.08.14 († 72)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) ([1802.09.30] 1803.01.20 – 1806.02.04)

Bishop of Amiens (France) ([1804.12.17] 1806.02.04 – 1817.08.14)

Bishop Michel-François de Couët du Vivier de Lorry
(1802.04.17 – 1802.11.20)

Born:1727.01.09 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1764.05.01
Died:1803.03.14 († 76)

Bishop of Vence (France) ([1763.12.25] 1764.04.09 – 1769.09.11)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) ([1769.06.18] 1769.09.11 – 1782.09.23)

Bishop of Angers (France) ([1782.08.04] 1782.09.23 – 1801.09.19)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) ([1802.04.09] 1802.04.17 – 1802.11.20)

Bishop Jean-Charles de Coucy (later Archbishop)
(1789.12.14 – 1801)

Born:1746.09.23 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1790.01.03
Died:1824.03.09 († 77)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) ([1789.08.16] 1789.12.14 – 1801)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) ([1817.08.08] 1817.10.01 – 1824.03.09)

Bishop François-Joseph-Emmanuel de Crussol d’Uzès d’Amboise
(1768.06.20 – 1789.06.07)

Born:1735.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:1768.07.17
Died:1789.06.07 († 54)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1768.06.20 – 1789.06.07)

Bishop Augustin-Roch de Menou de Charnisai
(1730.08.14 – 1767.11.26)

Born:1681.05.15
Ordained Priest:1707.04
Consecrated Bishop:1730.09.10
Died:1767.11.26 († 86)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1730.08.14 – 1767.11.26)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Brancas (later Archbishop)
(1725.04.16 – 1729.08.17)

Born:1693.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:1725.10.21
Died:1770.08.30 († 77)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1725.04.16 – 1729.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France) (1729.08.17 – 1770)

Bishop de Champflour de Champflour
(1702.12.31 – 1724.11.26)

Born:1646.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:1703.06.10
Died:1724.11.26 († 78)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1702.12.31 – 1724.11.26)

Bishop Charles-Madeleine Frézeau de Frèzelière
(1693.12.24 – 1702.11.04)

Born:1654.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:1694.06.27
Died:1702.11.04 († 48)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1693.12.24 – 1702.11.04)

Bishop Henri-Marie de Laval de Bois-Dauphin
(1661.07.01 – 1693.11.22)

Died:1693.11.22

Bishop of Léon (France) (1651 – 1661.07.01)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1661.07.01 – 1693.11.22)

Bishop Jacques Raoul de La Guibourgère
(1648.05.04 – 1661.05.15)

Born:1589
Died:1661.05.15 († 71)

Bishop of Saintes (France) (1631 – 1646)

Bishop of Maillezais (1646 – 1648.05.04)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1648.05.04 – 1661.05.15)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Luçon (↑), Poitiers (↗), Angoulême (→), Bordeaux (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,106 km²

Population: 400,000 Catholics (60.5% of 661,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes

Personnel: 91 priests (82 diocesan, 9 religious), 40 deacons, 94 religious (10 brothers, 84 sisters), 8 seminarians

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