Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodève

The Bishopric of Lodève is a former Roman Catholic diocese in southern France. Its episcopal see was located in Lodève, in the modern department of Hérault. Its territory is now part of the archdiocese of Montpellier.

History

Since the 14th century local tradition has made St. Florus first bishop of Lodève, and relates that as a disciple of St. Peter, he afterwards evangelized Haute-Auvergne and died in the present village of Saint-Flour.

Bishops of Lodève have existed since 421; the first historically known bishop is Maternus, who was present at the Council of Agde in 506. Among the bishops of Lodève are: St. George [fr] (863–884), previously a Benedictine monk; St. Fulcran (949–1006), who in 975 dedicated the cathedral of St. Genès and founded the Abbey of St. Sauveur; the Dominican inquisitor Bernard Gui (1324–1331); Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville (1450–1453), who played an important part as papal legate, also in the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc; the brothers Guillaume Briçonnet (1489–1516) and Denis Briçonnet (1516–1520).

A Brief of 16 June 1877, authorized the bishops of Montpellier to call themselves bishops of Montpellier, Béziers, Agde, Lodève, and Saint-Pons (Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), in memory of the different former suffragan dioceses at that date united in the present metropolitan archbishopric of Montpellier.

Bishops of Lodève

To 1000

Saint Florus ?
Ranulphus ? 492
Maternus 506
Deutere 535
Edibius ? 557
Agrippin 589
Leonce 610
Anatole 633
Firmin 652
Ansemond 683
Eugenius ? 694
Bernechaire ? 711
Michel ? 769
Nebridius ?
Sisemond 817
Sylvain 824
Radulphus 840
Tatila 844
St. George 863–884 (Benedictine monk, who is known to have contributed in 861 for the foundation of l'abbaye de Vabres, by Raymond I, comte de Toulouse et de Rouergue
Macaire 884
Antgiaire 906
Rodulphus ?
Thierry 911–949
Saint Fulcran 949–1006

1000–1300

Mainfroi 1006–1015
Olombel 1015–1040
Bernard I. 1042–1049
Bernard II. 1050
Rostaing 1054–ca. 1075
Bernard III. de Prévenchères 1077–1099
Dieudonné I. de Caylus 1100–1102
Pierre I. de Raymond 1102–1154
Pierre II. de Posquières 1155–1161
Gaucelin de Raymond de Montpeyroux 1162–1182
Raymond I. Guilhem Madières 1162–1201
Pierre III. de Frottier 1200–1207
Pierre IV. de Lodève 1208–1238
Bertrand de Mornas 1237–1241
Guillaume I. de Cazouls 1241–1259
Raymond II. de Bellin 1259–1262
Raymond III. d'Astolphe de Rocozels 1263–1280
Bérenger I. de Boussages 1280–1284
Bérenger II. de Guitard 1285–1290
Bernard IV. Poitevin 1290–1292
Gaucelin de la Garde 1292–1296
Ithier of Bordeaux, O.Min. 1296–1302^[1]

1300–1500

Dieudonné II. de Boussages 1302–1312
Bernard V. de Guitard 1313–1313
Guillaume II. du Puy 1314–1315
Guillaume III. de Mandagot 1316–1317
Gui de Perpignan 1317–1318
Jacques I. de Cabrerets de Coucots 1318–1322
Jean I. de Tixerandrerie 1322–1324
Bernard VI. de la Guionie (i.e. Bernard Gui) 1324–1331
Bernard VII. Dumas 1332–1348
Robert de la Vie 1348–1356
Gilbert de Montdragon 1357–1361
Aymeric d'Hugues 1361–1370
Gui de Malsec 1370–1371
Jean II. Gastel 1371–1374
Ferry Cassinel 1374–1382
Pierre V. Girard 1382–1385
Clément de Grammont 1385–1392
Guillaume IV. de Grimoard 1392–1398
Jean III. de la Vergne 1399–1413
Micuel Le Boeuf 1413–1430
Pierre VI. de la Treille 1430–1441
Jacques de Gaujac 1441–1450
Guillaume d'Estouteville 1450–1453
Jean de Corguilleray 1462–1488
Guillaume de Briçonnet 1489–1516

1500–suppression

Denis Briçonnet 1516–1520
René I. du Puy 1520–1524
Jean Mattei Giberti 1526–1528
Laurent Toscan 1528–1529
Lélio des Ursins de Céri 1537–1546
Gui Ascanio Sforza, Cardinal 1546–1547
Dominique du Gabre 1547–1557
Bernard VIII. del Bene 1558–1560
Michel II. Briçonnet 1560–1561
Claude Briçonnet 1561–1566
Pierre VII. de Barrault 1566–1569
Alphonse Vercelli 1570–1573
René II. de Biragne 1573–1580
Christophe de Lestang 1580–1602
Gérard de Rolin 1607–1611^[2]
- François de Lévis Ventadour (Administrator ?)
- Charles de Lévis-Vantadour (Administrator ?)
- Anne de Lévis-Ventadour (Administrator ?)
Jean VI. Plantavit de la Pause 1625–1651
François de Bosquet 1648–1655
Roger de Harlay de Cési 1657–1669
Jean-Armand de Rotundis de Biscarras 1669–1671
Jean-Antoine de La Garde de Chambonas 1671–1690
Jacques-Antoine de Phelypeaux 1690–1732
Jean-Georges de Souillac 1732–1750
Jean-Félix-Henri de Fumel 1750–1790
Jean-Georges Gabriel de Levezou 1790–

References

^ Eubel, Konrad (1898). Hierarchia catholica medii aevi: sive Summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series (in Latin). Vol. 1. Münster: sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae. pp. 322–323.
^ Cf. Patrice Gauchat (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii aevi et recentioris aevi... Volumen quartum, A pontificatu Clementis PP. VIII, 1592, usque ad pontificatum Alexandri PP. VII, 1667 (in Latin). Vol. 4. Münster: Librariae Regensbergianae. p. 223.

Bibliography

Reference works

Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. (Use with caution; obsolete)
Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
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Studies

Duchesne, Louis (1910). Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule: II. L'Aquitaine et les Lyonnaises. Paris: Fontemoing.
Du Tems, Hugues (1774). Le clergé de France, ou tableau historique et chronologique des archevêques, évêques, abbés, abbesses et chefs des chapitres principaux du royaume, depuis la fondation des églises jusqu'à nos jours (in French). Vol. Tome premier. Paris: Delalain.
Jean, Armand (1891). Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801 (in French). Paris: A. Picard.
Alzieu, Gérard (1998). Les églises de l'ancien diocèse de Lodève au Moyen-Age (in French). Montpellier: Editions P. Clerc. ISBN 9782904091063.
Fisquet, Honoré (1864). La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Beziers, Lodève, Saint-Pons de Thomières (in French). Paris: Etienne Repos.
Plantavit de La Pause, Jean (1634). Chronologia praesulum Lodouensium. Authore Ioanne Plantauitio de La Pause episcopo et domino Lodouensi Montis-bruni comite (in Latin). sumptibus authoris, in vsum Cleri Lodouensis.

Sources

Gallia Christiana ;
Histoire de Lodève, by Ernest Martin

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[1] Eubel, Konrad (1898). Hierarchia catholica medii aevi: sive Summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series (in Latin). Vol. 1. Münster: sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae. pp. 322–323.

[2] Cf. Patrice Gauchat (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii aevi et recentioris aevi... Volumen quartum, A pontificatu Clementis PP. VIII, 1592, usque ad pontificatum Alexandri PP. VII, 1667 (in Latin). Vol. 4. Münster: Librariae Regensbergianae. p. 223.

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