Diocese of Moulins, France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Moulins / Molinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Clermont

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 16

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History

1817.07.27: Established as Diocese of Moulins / Molinen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Autun)
1822.10.06: Became suffragan of Sens
2002.12.08: Became suffragan of Clermont

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.03.29 – ...):

Bishop Marc Beaumont (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Moulins (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marc Beaumont (63)
(2021.03.29 – ...)

Bishop of Moulins (France)

L’Espérance ne déçoit pas

Born:	1961.09.14 (Cambrai, France)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.05.16

Priest of Cambrai (France) (1990.05.13 – 2021.03.29)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (2021.03.29 – ...)

Bishop Laurent Percerou (63)
(2013.02.14 – 2020.08.11)

Bishop of Nantes (France)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1961.09.11 (Dreux, France)
Ordained Priest:	1992.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.04.14

Priest of Chartres (France) (1992.06.14 – 2013.02.14)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (2013.02.14 – 2020.08.11)

Bishop of Nantes (France) (2020.08.11 – ...)

Bishop Pascal Roland (73)
(2003.01.27 – 2012.06.15)

Bishop of Belley–Ars (France)

Prædicate evangelium

Born:	1951.01.14 (Chatou, France)
Ordained Priest:	1979.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.02

Priest of Versailles (France) (1979.06.16 – 2003.01.27)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (2003.01.27 – 2012.06.15)

Bishop of Belley–Ars (France) (2012.06.15 – ...)

Bishop Philippe Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin (74) (later Cardinal)
(1998.10.01 – 2002.07.16)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lyon (France)

Qu’ils soient un

Born:	1950.10.17 (Rabat, Morocco)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.11.22
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21

Priest of Créteil (France) (1977.12.17 – 1998.10.01)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (1998.10.01 – 2002.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (2002.07.16 – 2020.03.06)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (2003.10.21 [2004.02.07] – ...)

Bishop André Bernard Michel Quélen
(1975.12.02 – 1998.10.01)

Born:	1922.11.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.01.06
Died:	2006.07.20 († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop of Angers (France) (1968.12.16 – 1974.09.17)

Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiæ (1968.12.16 – 1975.12.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Moulins (France) (1974.09.17 – 1975.12.02)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (1975.12.02 – 1998.10.01)

Bishop Francis-Albert Bougon
(1956.08.02 – 1975.12.02)

Spe gaudentes

Born:	1905.04.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.10.16
Died:	1986.11.26 († 81)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (1956.08.02 – 1975.12.02)

Bishop Georges-Clément-Joseph-Édouard Jacquin
(1942.10.07 – 1956.04.25)

In vinculo pacis

Born:	1881.04.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1906.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.12.08
Died:	1956.04.25 († 75)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (1942.10.07 – 1956.04.25)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Gonon
(1926.08.31 – 1942.04.21)

Verbo et exemplo prodesse

Born:	1869.01.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1892.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.10.18
Died:	1942.04.21 († 73)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (1926.08.31 – 1942.04.21)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Etienne-Honoré Penon
(1911.05.08 – 1926.06.21)

Parate viam Domini

Born:	1850.05.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1873.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.06.27
Died:	1929.09.07 († 79)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (1911.05.08 – 1926.06.21)

Titular Bishop of Cusæ (1926.06.21 – 1929.09.07)

Bishop Emile-Louis-Cornil Lobbedey
(1906.08.07 – 1911.05.05)

Born:	1856.02.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1878.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.08.26
Died:	1916.12.24 († 60)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (1906.08.07 – 1911.05.05)

Bishop of Arras (France) (1911.05.05 – 1916.12.24)

Bishop Auguste-René Dubourg (later Cardinal)
(1893.01.19 – 1906.08.06)

Per Matrem ad cor Filii

Born:	1842.09.30 (Loguivy-Plogras, France)
Ordained Priest:	1866.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.04.16
Created Cardinal:	1916.12.04
Died:	1921.09.22 (Rennes, France † 78)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (1893.01.19 – 1906.08.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) (1906.08.06 – 1921.09.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1916.12.07 – 1921.09.22)

Bishop Pierre-Simon-Louis-Marie de Dreux-Brézé
(1850.01.07 – 1893.01.05)

Born:	1811.06.02 (Brézé, France)
Ordained Priest:	1834.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1850.04.14
Died:	1893.01.05 (Moulins, France † 81)

Bishop of Moulins (France) ([1849.10.28] 1850.01.07 – 1893.01.05)

Bishop Antoine de La Grange de Pons
(1823.05.16 – 1849.09.23)

Born:	1759.03.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1783.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1823.07.13
Died:	1849.09.23 († 90)

Bishop of Moulins (France) ([1822.01.06] 1823.05.16 – 1849.09.23)

Fr. Étienne-Jean-Baptiste des Galois de la Tour (later Archbishop)
(1788 – 1788 not possessed)

Born:	1750.06.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1774.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.09.26
Died:	1820.03.20 († 69)

Bishop of Moulins (France) (1788 – 1788 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) ([1817.08.08] 1817.10.01 – 1820.03.20)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop André Bernard Michel Quélen (1974.09.17 – 1975.12.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Limoges (↙), Bourges (↖), Nevers (↑), Autun (→), Lyon (↘), Clermont (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,381 km²

Population: 201,580 Catholics (60.0% of 335,975 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 80 priests (42 diocesan, 38 religious), 24 deacons, 152 religious (86 brothers, 66 sisters), 4 seminarians