Diocese of

Tarbes et Lourdes

France France

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tarbes et Lourdes / Tarbien(sis) et Lourden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Toulouse

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Notre-Dame de la Nativité

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.03.30 – ...):Bishop Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S. (61)Bishop Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S. (61)
Delegate for the Shrine of Lourdes (2019.05.31 – ...):Archbishop Antoine HĂ©rouard (68)Archbishop Antoine HĂ©rouard (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France)

Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tarbes et Lourdes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S. (61)Bishop Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S. (61)
(2022.03.30 – ...)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Sa misĂ©ricorde s’étend d’ñge en Ăąge

Born:1963.06.17 (Montélimar, France)
Ordained Priest:1991.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:2022.05.29

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (2022.03.30 – ...)

Bishop Nicolas Brouwet (62)Bishop Nicolas Brouwet (62)
(2012.02.11 – 2021.08.10)

Bishop of NĂźmes (France)

Marcher sous la conduite de l’Esprit Saint

Born:1962.08.31 (Suresnes, France)
Ordained Priest:1992.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:2008.06.29

Priest of Nanterre (France) (1992.06.27 – 2008.04.11)

Titular Bishop of Simidicca (2008.04.11 – 2012.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nanterre (France) (2008.04.11 – 2012.02.11)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (2012.02.11 – 2021.08.10)

Bishop of Nümes (France) (2021.08.10 – ...)

Bishop Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier (87)Bishop Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier (87)
(1998.01.16 – 2012.02.11)

Bishop emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Born:1936.12.04 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:1964.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:1990.09.16

Priest of Paris (France) (1964.03.07 – 1990.06.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Chartres (France) (1990.06.22 – 1991.04.06)

Bishop of Chartres (France) (1991.04.06 – 1997.05.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1997.05.30 – 1998.01.16)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1998.01.16 – 2012.02.11)

Bishop Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet
(1988.03.25 – 1998.01.16)

Born:1923.11.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:1948.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1979.02.25
Died:2006.12.07 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Utica (1978.12.11 – 1985.05.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bayonne (France) (1978.12.11 – 1985.05.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1985.05.15 – 1988.03.25)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1988.03.25 – 1998.01.16)

Bishop Henri Clément Victor Donze
(1970.02.12 – 1988.03.25)

Born:1912.10.11 (Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1936.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1963.01.26
Died:2002.06.25 († 89)

Bishop of Tulle (France) (1962.11.15 – 1970.02.12)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1970.02.12 – 1988.03.25)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Théas
(1947.02.17 – 1970.02.12)

Petrus apostolus Jesu Christi

Born:1894.09.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:1920.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:1940.10.03
Died:1977.04.03 († 82)

Bishop of Montauban (France) (1940.07.26 – 1947.02.17)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1947.02.17 – 1970.02.12)

Titular Bishop of Saint German’s (1970.02.12 – 1970.12.10)

Bishop Georges-EugĂšne-Emile Choquet
(1938.02.11 – 1946.04.20)

À Dieu me fie

Born:1878.11.03 (France)
Ordained Priest:1903.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:1935.07.25
Died:1946.04.20 († 67)

Bishop of Langres (France) (1935.05.29 – 1938.02.11)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1938.02.11 – 1946.04.20)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Gerlier (later Cardinal)
(1929.05.14 – 1937.07.30)

Per mariam ad Jesum

Born:1880.01.01 (Versailles, France)
Ordained Priest:1921.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:1929.07.02
Created Cardinal:1937.12.13
Died:1965.01.17 (Lyon, France † 85)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1929.05.14 – 1937.07.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1937.07.30 – 1965.01.17)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1937.12.16 – 1965.01.17)

Bishop Alexandre-Philibert Poirier
(1927.08.24 – 1928.08.25)

Born:1866.03.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:1890.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:1926.02.11
Died:1928.08.25 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Irenopolis (1925.12.14 – 1927.08.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1925.12.14 – 1927.08.24)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1927.08.24 – 1928.08.25)

Bishop François-Xavier Schoepfer
(1899.12.14 – 1927.08.24)

Born:1843.04.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:1866.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1900.02.22
Died:1927.08.24 († 84)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) ([1899.12.07] 1899.12.14 – 1927.08.24)

Bishops of Tarbes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Prosper-Marie BillĂšre
(1882.09.25 – 1899.08.27)

Born:1817.08.10 (France)
Ordained Priest:1843.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:1882.11.30
Died:1899.08.27 († 82)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) ([1882.09.20] 1882.09.25 – 1899.08.27)

Bishop CĂ©sar-Victor-Ange-Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
(1874.12.21 – 1882.07.16)

Born:1813.10.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:1840.04.18
Consecrated Bishop:1875.02.24
Died:1882.07.16 († 68)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) ([1874.12.01] 1874.12.21 – 1882.07.16)

Bishop Benoßt-Marie Langénieux (later Cardinal)
(1873.07.25 – 1874.12.21)

Christus vivat in me

Born:1824.10.15 (Villefranche-sur-Saone, France)
Ordained Priest:1850.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1873.10.28
Created Cardinal:1886.06.07
Died:1905.01.01 (Reims, France † 80)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1873.07.25 – 1874.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1874.12.21 – 1905.01.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1887.03.17 – 1905.01.01)

Archbishop Pierre-Anastase Pichenot
(1870.06.27 – 1873.07.25)

Born:1816.10.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:1840.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:1870.08.21
Died:1880.10.05 († 63)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) ([1870.03.03] 1870.06.27 – 1873.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of ChambĂ©ry (France) ([1873.06.18] 1873.07.25 – 1880.10.05)

Bishop Bertrand-SĂ©vĂšre Mascarou-Laurence
(1845.04.21 – 1870.01.30)

Born:1790.09.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:1821.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:1845.06.01
Died:1870.01.30 († 79)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) ([1844.12.31] 1845.04.21 – 1870.01.30)

Bishop Pierre-Michel-Marie Double
(1833.09.30 – 1844.04.01)

Born:1767.05.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:1797
Consecrated Bishop:1833.11.26
Died:1844.04.01 († 76)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) ([1833.05.26] 1833.09.30 – 1844.04.01)

Bishop Antoine-Xavier de Neirac
(1823.05.16 – 1833.01.28)

Born:1757.11.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:1782
Consecrated Bishop:1823.07.13
Died:1833.01.28 († 75)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) ([1817.08.08] 1823.05.16 – 1833.01.28)

Bishop François Gain de Montagnac
(1782.10.20 – 1801)

Born:1744.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1782.10.20

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1782.10.20 – 1801)

Bishop Michel-François de Couët du Vivier de Lorry
(1769.09.11 – 1782.09.23)

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 Pierre de La RomagĂšre
(1751.08.29 – 1769.02.18)

Born:1712.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:1751.08.29
Died:1769.02.18 († 56)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1751.08.29 – 1769.02.18)

Bishop Pierre de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire
(1741.03.05 – 1751.01)

Consecrated Bishop:1741.03.05
Died:1751.01.11

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1741.03.05 – 1751.01)

Archbishop Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon (later Cardinal)
(1730.10.02 – 1740.11.11)

Born:1696.02.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1725.08.05
Created Cardinal:1771.12.16
Died:1777.10.27 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Sarepta (1725.06.11 – 1730.10.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Limoges (France) (1725.06.11 – 1730.10.02)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) ([1729.12.27] 1730.10.02 – 1740.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) ([1740.01.10] 1740.11.11 – 1752.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Narbonne (France) ([1752.10.02] 1752.12.18 – 1763.01.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) ([1762.12.05] 1763.01.24 – 1777.10.27)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1771.12.16 – 1777.10.27)

Bishop Anne-François-Guillaume du Cambout-Beçay
(1719.11.19 – 1729.07)

Consecrated Bishop:1719.11.19
Died:1729.07.08

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1719.11.19 – 1729.07)

Bishop François de Poudenx
(1692.03.24 – 1716.06.24)

Ordained Priest:1671.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:1692.08.24
Died:1716.06.24

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1692.03.24 – 1716.06.24)

Bishop Armand-Anne-Tristan de La Baume de Suze (later Archbishop)
(1677.08.30 – 1692.02.04)

Ordained Priest:1669
Consecrated Bishop:1677.10.10
Died:1705.03.04

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1677.08.30 – 1692.02.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France) (1692.02.04 – 1705.03.04)

Bishop Marc Mallier
(1668.04 – 1675.05.03)

Consecrated Bishop:1668.11.25
Died:1675.05.03

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1668.04 – 1675.05.03)

Bishop Claude Mallier
(1648.04.25 – 1668)

Consecrated Bishop:1649.04.25
Died:1681.09.21

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1648.04.25 – 1668)

Bishop Salvatus d’Iharse
(1602.06.03 – 1648.10.07)

Consecrated Bishop:1602.06.24
Died:1648.10.07

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1602.06.03 – 1648.10.07)

Bishop Salvatus d’Iharse
(1580.02.29 – 1601.06.23)

Died:1601.06.23

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1580.02.29 – 1601.06.23)

Bishop Gentianus de Bussy d’Amboise
(1556.07.21 – ?)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1556.07.21 – ?)

Bishop Louis de Castelnau
(1539.10.29 – 1549.09.01)

Died:1549.09.01

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1539.10.29 – 1549.09.01)

Bishop Antoine de Castelnau
(1534.09.02 – 1539)

Consecrated Bishop:1534.12.20
Died:1539

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1534.09.02 – 1539)

Cardinal Gabriel de Gramont
(1524.09.19 – 1534.03.26)

Born:1486 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1515
Created Cardinal:1530.06.08
Died:1534.03.26 († 47)

Bishop of Couserans (France) (1523.04.27 – 1524.07.19)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1524.09.19 – 1534.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) ([1529.07.14] 1529.09.24 – 1530.03.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1530.06.22 – 1531.01.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1531.01.09 – 1534.03.26)

Bishop of Poitiers (France) (1532.01.13 – 1534.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) (1533.10.17 – 1534.03.26)

Bishop MĂ©nald de Martory
(1514.11.06 – 1524.09.19)

Died:1548

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1514.11.06 – 1524.09.19)

Bishop of Couserans (France) (1524.09.19 – 1548)

Bishop Thomas de Foix
(1504.12.04 – 1513)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1504.12.04 – 1513)

Bishop MĂ©nald d’Aure
(1494 – 1504)

Died:1504

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1478 – 1485)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1494 – 1504)

Bishop MĂ©nald d’Aure
(1478 – 1485)

(see above)

Bishop Arnaud-Raymond de Palatz
(1467 – ?)

Consecrated Bishop:1466.07.22

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1467 – ?)

Cardinal Louis d’Albret
(1465.01.09 – 1465.09.04)

Born:1422.12.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1461.12.18
Died:1465.09.04 († 42)

Bishop of Aire (France) (1445.01.07 – 1460.07.04)

Bishop of Cahors (France) (1460.07.04 – 1465.09.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Mirepoix (France) (1462 – 1463)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1462.05.31 – 1465.09.04)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1465.01.08 – 1465.09.04)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1465.01.09 – 1465.09.04)

Pseudocardinal Pierre de Foix, O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1453.02.11 – 1464.12.13)

Bishop Roger
(? – 1463)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (? – 1463)

Bishop Roger de Foix
(1440.01.13 – 1461)

Died:1461

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1440.01.13 – 1461)

Bishop Jean de Fortou
(1430.12.15 – ?)

Bishop of Pamiers (France) (1424 – 1431.05)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1430.12.15 – ?)

Bishop Raymond de Bernard
(1427.04.30 – ?)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1427.04.30 – ?)

Bishop Homobonus d’Armagnac
(1417 – ?)

Consecrated Bishop:1417.12.26

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1417 – ?)

Bishop Bernard du Peyron
(1408.09.17 – 1416)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1408.09.17 – 1416)

Bishop Chrétien de Altarippa, O.E.S.A.
(1404.11.07 – 1408.09.17)

Died:1417

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1404.11.07 – 1408.09.17)

Bishop of TrĂ©guier (France) (1408.09.17 – 1417)

Bishop Bertrand
(1400 – 1404)

Died:1404

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1400 – 1404)

Bishop Renaud de Foix
(1392 – ?)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1392 – ?)

Bishop Gaillard de Coadrase
(1374 – 1392)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1374 – 1392)

Bishop Bernard
(1361.06.18 – 1374)

Bishop of Aire (France) (1354 – 1361.06.18)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1361.06.18 – 1374)

Bishop Guillaume, O.S.B.
(1353.05.18 – 1361)

Died:1361

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1353.05.18 – 1361)

Archbishop Guillaume de RosiĂšres (Guglielmo de RosiĂšres), O.S.B.
(1353.04.17 – 1361)

Died:1361

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy) (1343.04.04 – 1344.02.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi–Oria (Italy) (1344.02.28 – 1346.04.07)

Bishop of Montecassino (Italy) (1346.04.07 – 1353.04.17)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1353.04.17 – 1361)

Bishop Pierre-Raymond de Montbrun
(1348 – 1353)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1348 – 1353)

Bishop Guillaume de Lantal
(1316 – 1337.12.04)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1316 – 1337.12.04)

Bishop GĂ©rold Doucet
(1308 – 1313.02?)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1308 – 1313.02?)

Bishop Raymond-Arnaud de Coadrase
(1268 – 1306?)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1268 – 1306?)

Bishop Arnaud de Miossans
(1260 – 1267)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1260 – 1267)

Bishop Arnaud-Raymond de Coadrase
(1250 – 1257)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1250 – 1257)

Bishop Hugues de Pardaillan
(1227 – 1244.02)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1227 – 1244.02)

Bishop Amanevius de Gresinhac
(1224 – 1226)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1224 – 1226)

Bishop Arnaud-Guillaume de Biran
(1200? – 1224)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1200? – 1224)

Bishop Arnaud-Guillaume d’Oson
(1177 – 1179)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1177 – 1179)

Bishop Bernard de Montesquiou
(1141 – 1175)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1141 – 1175)

Bishop Guillaume
(1120 – 1141)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1120 – 1141)

Bishop Heraclius
(? – ?)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (? – ?)

Bishop Ponce
(1103? – ?)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1103? – ?)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Jaca (↙), Bayonne (←), Auch (↑), Toulouse (↗), Barbastro–Monzón (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,464 kmÂČ

Population: 151,300 Catholics (65.5% of 231,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 525 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 117 priests (72 diocesan, 45 religious), 17 deacons, 311 religious (73 brothers, 238 sisters), 3 seminarians

Population

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