Former Diocese of

Lavaur

France France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lavaur / Vaurien(sis) (Latin)

United to: Albi

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Lavaur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Antoine de Castellane-Saint-Maurice
(1771.06.17 – 1801)

Born:1732.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:1771.07.07
Died:1802.05.22 († 70)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1771.06.17 – 1801)

Archbishop Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé (later Cardinal)
(1765.03.27 – 1771.02.27)

Born:1732.02.27 (Rennes, France)
Ordained Priest:1764
Consecrated Bishop:1765.04.28
Created Cardinal:1803.01.17
Died:1804.08.22 (Angervilliers, France † 72)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) ([1764.12.26] 1765.03.27 – 1771.02.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France) ([1770.11.04] 1771.06.17 – 1801.11.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France) ([1802.04.09] 1802.04.16 – 1804.08.22)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1803.01.17 – 1804.08.22)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Joseph de Fontanges
(1748 – 1764)

Consecrated Bishop:1748.12.22
Died:1764.11.08

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1748 – 1764)

Bishop Nicolas de Malezieu
(1713.09.18 – 1748.03.14)

Born:1674 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1713.10.22
Died:1748.03.14 († 73)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) ([1713.04.22] 1713.09.18 – 1748.03.14)

Bishop Victor-Augustin de Mailly-Nesles
(1692.10.15 – 1712.12.23)

Consecrated Bishop:1692.11.16
Died:1712.12.23

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1692.10.15 – 1712.12.23)

Fr. Esprit-Valentin Fléchier (later Bishop)
(1685 – 1687 not possessed)

Born:1632.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1692.08.24
Died:1710.02.16 († 77)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1685 – 1687 not possessed)

Bishop of Nîmes (France) (1692.01.09 – 1710.02.16)

Bishop Charles Le Goux de la Berchère (later Archbishop)
(1677.06.18 – 1685)

Born:1647 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1678.04.12
Died:1719.06.02 († 71)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1677.06.18 – 1685)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France) (1687.01.18 – 1703.08.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Narbonne (France) (1703.08.15 – 1719.06.02)

Bishop René Le Sauvage
(1675 – 1677)

Consecrated Bishop:1674.02.04
Died:1677.05.17

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1675 – 1677)

Bishop Michel Amelot de Gournay (later Archbishop)
(1671 – 1673.11.16)

Born:1624.08.15
Ordained Priest:1671.02.15
Consecrated Bishop:1671.08.02
Died:1687.02.17 († 62)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1671 – 1673.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France) (1673.11.16 – 1687.02.17)

Bishop-elect Sébastien de Guémadeuc
(1670.11.01 – 1671)

Born:1626 (France)
Ordained Priest:1662.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:1671.07.05
Died:1702.03.04 († 75)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1670.11.01 – 1671)

Bishop of Saint-Malo (France) (1671 – 1702.03.04)

Bishop Jean-Vincent de Tulles
(1647.05.27 – 1668.12.04)

Consecrated Bishop:1637.04.13
Died:1668.12.04

Titular Bishop of Dioclea (1637.03.16 – 1640.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Orange (France) (1637.03.16 – 1640.10)

Bishop of Orange (France) (1640.10 – 1647.05.27)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1647.05.27 – 1668.12.04)

Bishop Charles-François Abra de Raconis
(1639.01.10 – 1646.07.16)

Born:1580
Consecrated Bishop:1639.05.22
Died:1646.07.16 († 65)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1639.01.10 – 1646.07.16)

Bishop Claude Duvergier
(1606.04.24 – 1636.03.25)

Consecrated Bishop:1606.07.16
Died:1636.03.25

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1606.04.24 – 1636.03.25)

Bishop Horace de Birague
(1583.11.21 – 1601.02.26)

Died:1601.02.26

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1583.11.21 – 1601.02.26)

Bishop Pierre Dufaur de Pibrac
(1582.03.14 – 1582.11.21)

Died:1582.11.21

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1582.03.14 – 1582.11.21)

Cardinal René de Birague
(1582 – 1583)

Born:1506.02.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1573?
Created Cardinal:1578.02.21
Died:1583.11.24 († 77)

Bishop of Lodève (France) (1573 – 1580)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1578.02.21 – 1583.11.24)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1582 – 1583)

Bishop Pierre Danes
(1557.08.09 – 1577.04.23)

Born:1497
Consecrated Bishop:1557.11.14
Died:1577.04.23 († 79)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1557.08.09 – 1577.04.23)

Bishop Pierre de Mareuil
(1542.03.01 – 1556.03)

Died:1556.03

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1542.03.01 – 1556.03)

Bishop Georges de Selve
(1528.03.23 – 1541.04.12)

Born:1508
Consecrated Bishop:1534
Died:1541.04.12 († 32)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1528.03.23 – 1541.04.12)

Bishop Pierre de Buis
(1525 – 1526)

Died:1526.10.30

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1525 – 1526)

Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici (later Pope Clement VII)
(Apostolic Administrator 1514.06.12 – 1523.11.19)

Bishop Pierre de Rosergues
(1500 – 1514)

Died:1514.05.31

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1500 – 1514)

Archbishop Hector de Bourbon
(1497.05.22 – 1500)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) (1491.02.18 – 1502)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1497.05.22 – 1500)

Bishop Jean Vigier
(1469 – 1497)

Died:1497.03.16

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1469 – 1497)

Bishop Jean Gentian
(1460 – 1469)

Died:1469.04.26

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1460 – 1469)

Bishop Jean Boucher
(1438 – 1459)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1438 – 1459)

Bishop Jean Belli
(1415 – 1438)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1415 – 1438)

Pseudocardinal Pierre Girard
(Apostolic Administrator 1410 – 1415.11.09)

Bishop Pierre Neveu
(1408 – 1410)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1408 – 1410)

Bishop Bertrand de Maumont
(1405 – 1408)

Died:1425

Bishop of Mirepoix (France) (1394 – 1405)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1405 – 1408)

Bishop of Béziers (France) (1408 – 1422.01.12)

Bishop of Tulle (France) (1422.01.12 – 1425)

Bishop Pierre de Vissac
(1395.07.12 – 1405.01.23)

Died:1405.01.23

Bishop of Saint-Flour (France) (1383.03.13 – 1395.07.12)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1395.07.12 – 1405.01.23)

Bishop Bernard de Chevenon
(1394 – 1397.03.27)

Died:1420.02.16

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1394 – 1397.03.27)

Bishop of Agen (France) (1397.03.27 – 1398.07.23)

Bishop of Saintes (France) (1398.07.23 – 1411.03.20)

Bishop of Amiens (France) (1411.03.20 – 1413.03.29)

Bishop of Beauvais (France) (1413.03.29 – 1420.02.16)

Bishop Gilles de Bellemère
(1383 – 1390)

Died:1407

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1383 – 1390)

Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France) (1390 – 1392)

Bishop of Avignon (France) (1398 – 1407)

Bishop Robert de Vie
(1360 – 1383)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1360 – 1383)

Bishop Archambaud de Lautrec
(1348 – 1357)

Died:1389.11.10

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1348 – 1357)

Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne (France) (1357 – 1389.11.10)

Bishop-elect Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu (later Cardinal)
(1348 – 1356.03.02)

Born: (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1357
Created Cardinal:1361.09.17
Died:1378.12.05

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1348 – 1356.03.02)

Bishop of Thérouanne (France) (1356.03.02 – 1361.09.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1361.09.17 – 1368)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1368 – 1378.12.05)

Bishop Robert de Foix
(1338 – 1348)

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1338 – 1348)

Bishop Roger d’Armagnac
(1317 – 1338)

Died:1339

Bishop of Lavaur (France) (1317 – 1338)

Bishop of Lectoure (France) (1336? – ?)

Bishop of Laon (France) (1336 – 1339)

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